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bristol medical school PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 15 bristol medical school PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Using population data and bioinformatics to explore glomerular endothelial disease with a mechanistic focus on the glycocalyx

University of Bristol

Bristol Medical School

The glycocalyx is a protective gel-like layer that lines the endothelial cells of all blood vessels. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R Foster, Prof S Satchell, Dr S Hayward, Dr K Watts

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Appropriate Innovation: Using AI technology to enhance clinical trial accessibility for marginalised communities

University of Bristol

Bristol Medical School

This project explores how AI translation tools, like Google Translate and ChatGPT, can help make health research more inclusive for people from marginalised groups who face language barriers. Read more

Supervisor: Dr K Roberts

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Multivariate, longitudinal and cross-cultural exploration of the effects of becoming a parent on mental health and wellbeing in modern society

University of Bristol

Bristol Medical School

Why do some people thrive when they become parents, while others struggle? This PhD explores how mental wellbeing changes during the transition to parenthood, using rich data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) and datasets from non-UK countries. Read more

Supervisor: Prof C Haworth

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Revising value sets for health economic evaluation: exploring the criteria required to justify updating population value sets using the ICECAP-A capability wellbeing measure as a case study

University of Bristol

Bristol Medical School

Health economic evaluations have become an important tool to guide the cost-effectiveness of health and care resource allocation decision making in the 21st century. Read more

Supervisors: Dr P Mitchell, Prof J Coast

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Uncovering the role of epigenetics in modifying disease risk

University of Bristol

Bristol Medical School

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have uncovered many genetic associations linked to health outcomes but uncovering the mechanisms behind these associations remains difficult. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Min, Dr E Hannon, Dr G Leyden, Prof J MIll

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Harnessing PROTAC Degraders to Develop Next-Generation Anti-thrombotic Therapies

University of Bristol

Bristol Medical School

Blood clots are central to life-threatening conditions such as heart attacks and strokes. Current antithrombotic treatments, including COX inhibitors and P2Y12 antagonists, are effective at preventing recurrent clots but carry a significant risk of bleeding due to their broad effects on haemostasis. Read more

Supervisors: Dr I Hers, Prof V Aggarwal, Dr RC Corey

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Measuring and valuing the health and wellbeing of young people (16-25) with mental health conditions for use in health economic evaluation

University of Bristol

Bristol Medical School

The studentship will be based at the University of Bristol’s Medical School, a leading centre for research and teaching in Population and Translational Health Sciences. Read more

Supervisors: Dr SS Sanghera, Dr P Mitchell, Dr L Maddox

30 September 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Multimodal Learning for Human-Centered Healthcare: Motion Understanding and Medical Imaging

University of Bristol

School of Engineering Mathematics and Technology

Project summary and focus. The project aims to develop multimodal machine learning methods for advanced healthcare data analysis. Read more

Supervisor: Dr QM Men

28 February 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Funded project GW4 BioMed3 MRC DTP - Hidden codes: Genetic Determinants of HIV-1 Fitness and Immune Recognition.

University of Bristol

MRC GW4 BioMed Doctoral Training Partnership

HIV-1 remains one of the world's most significant infectious diseases, with an estimated 38 million people living with the virus globally. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Mann

21 October 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Development and Testing of Ex-Vivo Human Myeloma Model for Personalised Medicine Applications

University of Sheffield

School of Clinical Dentistry

Development and Testing of Ex-Vivo Human Myeloma Model for Personalised Medicine Applications. Multiple Myeloma (MM) is the second most common blood cancer, defined by its dependence on the supportive Bone Marrow Microenvironment (BMME). Read more

Supervisors: Dr Z Al-Ahmady, Dr Michelle Lawson

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Mapping the Developing Brain: Linking Structure and Function through Imaging

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Psychology

This PhD project explores how young children’s brain develops during the first five years of life and how this shapes thinking, language, and self-control. Read more

Supervisors: Prof M Cercignani, Dr M Palombo

21 October 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Chronic pain, sensory hypersensitivity and neurodiversity: why are they linked?

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Psychology

Chronic pain conditions such as fibromyalgia, dysmenorrhea and back pain affect millions of people and severely disrupt daily life. Read more

Supervisor: Prof P Sumner

21 October 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Pain as neurobiological surprise: Using human brain imaging and animal studies to advance new concepts in persistent pain.

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Psychology

We experience surprise when our best guess about the immediate future turns out to be wrong. This can be dangerous. it might mean tripping on an unexpectedly loose stone, or underestimating the temperature of a saucepan and burning your hand. Read more

Supervisors: Dr GT Tackley, Dr J Davies

21 October 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Mapping the biology of complex brain disorders: uncovering molecular pathways and identifying potential drug targets

University of Bristol

School of Engineering Mathematics and Technology

Drug development has proven extremely challenging for complex brain disorders such as autism, schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease, leading many companies to scale back or abandon work on CNS conditions. Read more

Supervisor: Dr DD D'Andrea

26 October 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Modelling stroke progression and treatment in the brain

University of Bristol

School of Engineering Mathematics and Technology

Ischaemic stroke, the disease that occurs when a clot blocks a large blood vessel in the brain, causing brain tissue to die, remains a common cause of death and a leading cause of disability. Read more

Supervisor: Prof SP Payne

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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