Fellowships

The Department of Ophthalmology offers sub-speciality Senior Clinical Research Fellowship and Pre-Vocational Clinical Research Fellowship opportunities.

The Senior Clinical Research Fellowships are targeted to prepare a candidate for a clinical academic career with subspecialty training in the respective field. Objectives of the fellowship include gaining medical, surgical and research experience.  Teaching medical students and supervision of registrars is a key element of the fellowship.  These are fully-funded positions. Most fellowships are for a 12-month period, though occasionally we have fellowships for 15 to 18 months.

Normally the Department of Ophthalmology offers the following senior fellowship positions depending on the availability of research funds. Senior Clinical Research Fellowship sub-specialties include Cornea and External Eye Diseases, Glaucoma, Uveitis, Medical Retina, Vitreo Retina, Paediatric Ophthalmology and Oculoplastics. 

The Pre-Vocational Clinical Research Fellowships are targeted for junior doctors pursuing a career in Ophthalmology. These are fully-funded fellowships for a period of one year.  Depending on the availability of research funds fellowships are the Maurice and Phyllis Paykel Trust Fellowship in Cornea and Anterior Segment, Fellowship in Cornea and Crosslinking, Medical Retina and Neuro-ophthalmology.

Senior Clinical Research Fellowships

The University of Auckland, New Zealand and Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand have openings for the following Senior Clinical Research Fellowships:

  Fellowship Name Start date 
1  ** Medical Retina November 2027
2 Vitreo Retina February 2028
3 Uveitis #1 January 2028
4 Uveitis #2 Febuary 2028
5 Oculo Plastics April 2028
6 Glaucoma March 2028
7 Ocular Genetics February 2028

The fellowships are fully funded. Interested candidates should email their complete application as one single pdf which must include:

  • Cover letter specifying reasons for applying and plans post-fellowship
  • Up-to-date CV in chronological order with referee contact details. One referee must be a current supervisor
  • 1-2 page summary of surgical log
  • Copy of IELTS or OET results, if applicable (check minimum score criterial on Medical Council website www.mcnz.org.nz) 

Incomplete applications or applications with several attachments will be automatically rejected.

Job descriptions and guidelines are available below

Closing date: Applications to be emailed to Sara (Yan) Wang at yan.wang@auckland.ac.nz by 15 February 2027:

** Closing date for Medical Retina Fellowship is 1 February 2027

 

Fellowship Reports

Previous fellowship candidates have written reports of their time here in Auckland: