Research Fellow

Job No.: 685527

Location: 553 St Kilda Road, Melbourne

Employment Type: Full-time (negotiable)

Duration: 12 month fixed-term appointment

Remuneration:$118,974 - $141,283 pa Level B (plus 17% employer superannuation) / $145,740 - $168,049 pa Level C (plus 17% employer superannuation)

• Amplify your impact at a world top 50 University
• Join our inclusive, collaborative community
• Be surrounded by extraordinary ideas - and the people who discover them

Drive impactful research that shapes critical care policy and practice.

Monash University's School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine (SPHPM) is a recognised leader in improving health outcomes through evidence-based research, education, and innovation. As one of the largest and most dynamic schools of public health in the Asia-Pacific, SPHPM integrates excellence across disciplines including epidemiology, clinical trials, biostatistics, health economics, and implementation science.

Within the School, the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre (ANZIC-RC) is a world-leading methods centre driving large-scale clinical research in critical care. From sepsis and traumatic brain injury to mechanical ventilation and ECMO, ANZIC-RC's work has shaped intensive care medicine across Australia, New Zealand, and beyond.

The Opportunity

We are seeking an accomplished and motivated Senior Research Fellow (Health Economics) Level B/Level C  on to join the ANZIC-RC and contribute to the advancement of health economics in critical care research. Working closely with the Health Economics Program Lead, you will lead and support economic evaluations alongside clinical trials, including adaptive platform trials and novel trial designs, while analysing linked datasets to assess healthcare resource use following critical illness.

You will play a key role in developing and modelling economic evaluations related to intensive care interventions, collaborating with multidisciplinary researchers and clinicians, and supporting high-quality publications and competitive funding applications. This is a unique opportunity to influence real-world health and economic outcomes across critical care and health systems nationally and internationally.

Key responsibilities include

• Designing and conducting economic evaluations alongside major clinical trials and registry analyses.
• Leading and contributing to research publications, grant proposals, and conference presentations.
• Collaborating with clinical investigators, biostatisticians, and health economists to ensure robust study design and analysis.
• Supervising and mentoring research staff and students in health economics and related disciplines.
• Enhancing the national and international reputation of ANZIC-RC through high-impact research and stakeholder engagement.

About You

You are an innovative researcher with a doctoral qualification in health economics or a related field, coupled with demonstrated research excellence and leadership potential. You thrive in collaborative, interdisciplinary environments and are passionate about translating evidence into policy and practice.

Experience in intensive care, sepsis, or life-threatening infection research will be highly regarded.

About Monash University

At Monash, work feels different. There's a sense of belonging, from contributing to something ground breaking – a place where great things happen.

We value difference and diversity, and welcome and celebrate everyone's contributions, lived experience and expertise. That's why we champion an inclusive and respectful workplace culture where everyone is supported to succeed.

Some 20,000 staff work for Monash around the world. We have 95,000 students, four Australian campuses, and campuses in Malaysia and Indonesia. We also have a major presence in India and China, and a significant centre and research foundation in Italy.

In our short history, we have skyrocketed through global university rankings and established ourselves consistently among the world's best tertiary institutions. We rank in the world's top-50 universities in rankings including the QS World University Rankings 2026.

Together with our commitment to academic freedom, you will have access to quality research facilities, infrastructure, world-class teaching spaces, and international collaboration opportunities.

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Monash supports flexible and hybrid working arrangements. We have a range of policies in place enabling staff to combine work and personal commitments. This includes supporting parents.

To Apply

You must indicate the Level you are applying for in your cover letter. For instructions on how to apply, please refer to 'How to apply for Monash Jobs'. Your application must address the Key Selection Criteria.

Diversity is one of our greatest strengths at Monash. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process at Monash. If you need any reasonable adjustments, please contact us at hr- in an email titled 'Reasonable Adjustments Request' for a confidential discussion.

Your employment is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of all pre-employment and/or background checks required for the role, as determined by the University.

Enquiries:Tony Trapani, Deputy Director (Operations) -

Position Description:  Level B Research Fellow   Level C - Senior Research Fellow

Applications Close:Tuesday 18 November at 11:55pm AEST