Smart cash for our doctoral students
Published on 16 February, 2009
Two CQUniversity Rockhampton postgraduate students and a recent graduate are among 27 top research students who will take up Smart Futures PhD scholarships this year.
The Queensland Government has announced that the Queensland Government scholarships award each postgraduate $22,500 over 3 years for full-time research in varied disciplines.
Morwenna KirwanAmong the recipients is CQUniversity postgrad Morwenna Kirwan who will explore the effectiveness of an electronic self-management tool to assist young people with type 1 diabetes.
Morwenna said she hopes her research will enable adolescents to manage their diabetes through a mobile device that would record glucose readings, insulin injections, lab results, food intake and physical activity.
"Young people are very comfortable using technology, so to be able to monitor their health through software applications that could be linked to mobile phones or other devices would be a practical way for them to manage the disease," she said.
Morwenna will be joined by fellow CQUniversity scholarship recipient Mitchell McClanachan, who will study the optimisation of train haulage operations.
Meanwhile, recent CQUniversity honours graduate Erica Todd will head north to focus on endemic freshwater turtles at Townsville's James Cook University.
Member for Rockhampton Robert Schwarten said the local community is very proud of the achievements of these 3 scholars.
"Although they have 3 years of hard work in front of them, it's clear Morwenna, Mitchell and Erica are all dedicated to their research and I wish them the best of luck in their future endeavours."
