e-Health Research Centre Announces Industry Traineeship

First Industry Trainee Appointed
25 July 2006
Brisbane, Australia

The CSIRO e-Health Research Centre today announced that The University of Queensland undergraduate student Ben Woodcroft has been awarded the inaugural e-Health Research Centre Industry Traineeship.

"The Traineeship provides Ben Woodcroft with the opportunity to pursue his research goals with supervision from e-Health researchers, in a friendly and open environment," said Dr Anthony Maeder, Research Director of the e-Health Research Centre. "It is important that our brightest ICT undergraduate students have an opportunity to pursue exposure to professional experience with appropriate and timely supervision in a working environment and with financial support."

"The relationship with the e-Health Research Centre is exactly the sort of strategic partnership that the University of Queensland values and it is a sign that our research in ICT related areas is adopting an increasingly mature domain-oriented focus," said Professor Paul Bailes, Head of the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering. "Moreover, this opportunity for enriching Ben Woodcroft's student experience exemplifies what a research intensive university like The University of Queensland has to offer its students."

CSIRO e-Health Research Centre offers a traineeship program specifically catering for the Health Information Technology research sector. Industrial Traineeships are offered to currently enrolled under-graduate students who have completed not less than three years of a full-time undergraduate course. These positions are intended to provide students with the opportunity to undertake an appropriate research project in a field of interest to the successful applicant and the CSIRO e-Health research program.

About the e-Health Research Centre

The e-Health Research Centre, a $15 million joint venture between CSIRO and the Queensland Government, is a leading national research facility in ICT for healthcare applications. Its world-class researchers conduct trials on e-health solutions and undertake R&D to improve healthcare decisions around the burden of chronic disease through technologies that harness the explosion of health data and enhance the ability to provide quality healthcare with a patient-centric focus.

About the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland

Situated within the Faculty of Engineering, Physical Sciences and Architecture (EPSA), the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering teaches and researches across the gamut of ICT activity, from engineering and hardware, to software and information management, to human-computer interaction and multimedia design. While a rigourous depth of academic endeavour is apparent in each of these fields, the breadth of the School's disciplines facilitates a modern, interdisciplinary approach.