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biomedical science PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 398 biomedical science PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Smart biomaterials to combat infection and encrustation in long-term urinary catheterisation

Urinary catheters are among the most widely used medical devices in healthcare. Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) remains one of the most common healthcare-associated infections worldwide. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Wylie
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Innovative microsampling technologies for minimally invasive disease diagnosis

  Research Group: Dermal Drug Delivery & Diagnostics Laboratory
Early diagnosis is critical to effective treatment, yet many diseases still rely on invasive and time‑consuming sampling techniques such as blood draws and tissue biopsies. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Wooi Ng
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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The regulation of platelet function - towards new strategies to prevent thrombosis

Project Overview. Platelets perform a pivotal role in the regulation of haemostasis, a physiological response to injury that prevents excessive bleeding. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof J M Gibbins
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Platelets in health, ageing and disease: new diagnostics and treatments

Platelets are small blood cells that play a vital role in the chronic and acute progression of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), and also have roles in immunity, inflammation, cancer metastasis, Alzheimer's disease and a range of infections, such as dengue, HIV-1, malaria, and COVID-19. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr CI Jones
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Biologically-informed machine learning to identify clinically actionable subgroups in bladder cancer

Lead supervisor. Dr Andrew Mason. Co-supervisors. Dr Simon Baker. The student will be registered with the Department of Biology. Project Overview. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Mason, Dr S Baker
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Role of stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles in immune cell function; clinical development of a new biotherapeutic

Lead supervisor. Prof Paul Genever. Co-supervisors. Dr Ioannis Kourtzelis. The student will be registered with the Department of Biology. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof P Genever, Dr I Kourtzelis
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Ion Channel Signalling in Cancer Cells

Lead supervisor. Prof Will Brackenbury. The student will be registered with the Department of Biology. Join our team for an exciting PhD project exploring the critical role of ion channel signalling in cancer metastasis. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof W Brackenbury
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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A multi-modal approach to study acute myeloid leukaemia

Lead supervisor. Dr William Grey. Co-supervisors. Dr Anjum Khan. The student will be registered with the Department of Biology. Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) remains the most lethal blood cancer, with long-term survival under 10% in older patients. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr W Grey, Dr A Khan
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Multi-wavelength Raman spectroscopy for non-invasive differentiation of ageing and metabolic risk signatures in blood plasma and saliva

Project Description. Could a simple saliva sample one day replace a blood test for health screening? This PhD project uses a laser-based technique called Raman spectroscopy, which reveals a chemical "fingerprint" of a biological sample without needles, chemical labels or lengthy lab processing. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Mughal, Dr A R Pallipurath, Dr JS Stephenson, Dr HV Viswhambharan, Dr K Riches-Suman
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: AI-assisted rapid on-site evaluation in lung cancer diagnosis: model development and two-centre external validation

Lung cancer is often diagnosed by endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) or robotic-assisted bronchoscopy (RAB), procedure that takes needle samples from tissue in the chest. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof Y Zheng, Prof M Evison, Dr T Fitzmaurice, Dr A Haragan
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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UKRI BBSRC NEEDL DLA: Deciphering Immune-Metabolic Signalling Networks Through Integrative Proteomics and Systems Biology

Biological systems depend on constant communication between cells, tissues, and organs to maintain health and respond to environmental challenges. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A English
 24 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Programmable Ultrafast Fiber Lasers for Adaptive Multiphoton Microscopy

Supervisors. Dr Lin Xu, Prof Summet Mahajan. This project aims to develop programmable ultrafast fibre lasers for multiphoton microscopy, enabling flexible control of pulse duration, energy and repetition rate. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L Xu
 30 September 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Assessing human carotid body, cardiovascular and respiratory function in diabetic patients with and without obstructive sleep apnoea

Patients with diabetes have impaired cardiovascular and respiratory responses to multiple stimuli including a fall in blood oxygen (hypoxia), a rise in blood carbon dioxide (hypercapnia) and a decrease in blood glucose (hypoglycaemia). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A H Holmes, Dr J Welch, Dr A Coney
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Identifying the importance of age, sex, ethnicity and obesity in establishing cardiovascular-respiratory reflex responses to heat exposure

One of the major threats to human health is climate change and its association with increased exposure to extreme heat. An important effect is an increase in the frequency, duration and intensity of heatwave exposure. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A H Holmes, Dr J Welch, Dr A Coney
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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PhD Position: Deep Learning & Mathematical Morphology for Biomedical Imaging

  Research Group: Centre for Biomedical Image Analysis (CBIA), FI MU
PhD Position. Deep Learning & Mathematical Morphology for Biomedical Imaging. Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University (FI MU), Brno, Czech Republic. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Matula
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)