MQ The Shepherd Centre Senior Research Fellow

Job description

PRIMARY DETAIL: Shape the future of hearing health through ground-breaking life-course research that translates into real-world policy and practice - Salary Package: $123,435 - $164,276 (Level B.1 – Level C.4) per annum, plus 17% employer's superannuation and annual leave loading - Full-time, fixed-term position for 3 years - Macquarie University, Wallumattagal Campus, North Ryde The Role: This project is a collaboration between the Macquarie University Hearing Research Centre and The Shepherd Centre—a world-leading not-for-profit providing specialised programs for children with hearing loss and their families. Together, we will conduct an Australian-first life-course study of children who received listening and spoken language (LSL) early intervention, moving the field beyond short-term childhood outcomes to robust, policy-relevant evidence about adult education, psychosocial functioning, workforce participation and lifetime economic returns. The Shepherd Centre is uniquely placed for this study given its fifty-year history in paediatric hearing loss research and practice, its national and international networks providing access to a significant cohort, and its support of over 900...