Areas of departmental strength for postgraduate research
Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine
Anaesthetic and pain drugs and techniques- Anaesthesia - pharmacokinetics and dynamics, interface design and outcomes.
- Matching drug delivery to patient needs.
- Post-surgical acute pain and its transition to chronic pain
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
- Neuropathic pain
- Bio-Psychosocial- Rehabilitative model of chronic pain
Intensive Care
- Metabolism and glycaemic control
- Cardiovascular dysfunction and its diagnosis and treatment
- Pulmonary mechanics and management of mechanical ventilation
- Kidney injury in critical illness
Potential topics for PhD and Masters' study
- Transition of Acute Post-traumatic or perioperative pain to chronic pain
- New modes and Routes of Drug Delivery
- New techniques in Regional Anaesthesia/Analgesia
- The Pathogenesis of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
- Electrical Stimulation Analgesia – new waveforms and frequencies
- Multimodal pharmacological management of neuropathic pain
- Central post stroke pain syndrome
- Opioid consumption in New Zealand
- The role of the Anaesthetist in enhanced recovery programs
- Simulation and Anaesthesia
- Kidney injury in Critical Illness
- Metabolism and glycaemic control
- Cardiovascular monitoring for circulatory dysfunction
- Effect site levels of opioids
- Depth of Anaesthesia and Recovery
PhD study
Current opportunities
We encourage enquiries from enthusiastic and highly motivated postgraduate students regarding PhD study.
