PhD studentship - Irish Rugby Injury Surveillance

PhD studentship - Irish Rugby Injury Surveillance

Location: University of Limerick, Ireland
Deadline: 17.00 Irish time (GMT+1) 21^st of October 2022
Interview date: Monday 7^th of November 2022
Start date: January 2023
Duration: Four years full-time (structured PhD)
Package: Tax free stipend of euro €18,000 per annum plus tuition fees at the EU rate. International (non-EU) students may apply but will need to self-finance the balance of the non-EU fees. Funded by the Irish Rugby Football Union.

Description:
Applications are invited for a PhD studentship funded by the Irish Rugby Football Union to start in January 2023. The project will be based in the Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences at the University of Limerick. The successful candidate will be supervised by Dr. Tom Comyns, Prof. Ian Kenny and Dr Roisin Cahalan from the University of Limerick, in collaboration with the Irish Rugby Football Union Medical Department. The aims of the PhD will be:

• Support the research programme team to maintain implementation of their injury surveillance system (IRISweb) for the amateur club game in Ireland which allows for the collection, tracking and trend analysis of injury patterns (incidence, nature and severity), in order to identify possible injury casual factors and prevention strategies.
• To explore the women’s game and the potential risk factors for injury.
• To enhance the health and welfare of Rugby Union players across the clubs’ game in Ireland by providing information on injury patterns that can impact on IRFU policy regarding injury prevention measures and by researching the impact of injury prevention strategies on the injury profile of Irish club players.

For informal enquiries about the project, please contact Dr. Tom Comyns tom.comyns@ul.ie  or Prof. Ian Kenny ian.kenny@ul.ie  

Full details about the application process and the IRIS project can be accessed:  HERE