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bristol medical school PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 43 bristol medical school PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Funded PhD – Leveraging existing interventions to Deliver HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among People who Inject Drugs: Modelling the Impact and cost-effectiveness of Integrated Prevention - HLSUOB26

About the project. HIV remains a major public health challenge among people who inject drugs (PWID), who often experience stigma, criminalisation, and limited access to health services. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr JW Walker, Dr K Kipkoech, Prof P Vickerman
 13 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Funded PhD – Preventing childhood hepatitis B and C in low- and middle-income countries: modelling the impact and cost-effectiveness of antenatal interventions

About the project. Globally, hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are a major causes of liver disease, cirrhosis, and liver cancer. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Trickey, Dr TA Alamneh, Dr J Stone
 13 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Funded PhD – The placenta and lifelong cardiovascular health of mothers and their offspring

The great obstetrical syndromes such as pre-eclampsia, preterm birth and fetal growth restriction are associated with significant maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality as well as a two-fold increased risk of maternal cardiovascular disease later in life. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Fraser, Dr G Clayton
 13 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Funded PhD – Digital maternity care and perinatal mental health: understanding and addressing racialised and intersectional inequalities - HLSUOB26

About the project. Pregnancy and childbirth are not equally safe for everyone in the UK. Black people, and those living in more deprived areas, are more likely to have poor experiences of maternity care and worse perinatal health outcomes. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C McQuire, Dr L Tinner, Prof L Howe
 13 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Funded PhD – Understanding cardiovascular and mental health disorder multimorbidity in Zimbabwe: epidemiology and response to a healthy ageing intervention - HLSUOB26

About the project. Multimorbidity, the co-occurrence of two or more chronic conditions, is increasingly recognised as a major challenge for health systems and healthy ageing. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof CG Gregson, Dr AM Manyara, Dr TM Madanhire
 13 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Funded PhD – Understanding vulval health literacy as a determinant of inequalities in vulval disease and vulval cancer - HLSUOB26

Vulval conditions are common, yet remain among the most neglected areas of women's health. Vulval conditions such as lichen sclerosus (LS), vulvodynia, eczema, recurrent candidiasis, and vulval cancer can have profound impacts on quality of life, sexual wellbeing, body image, and psychological health. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Rees, Prof M Ridd, Dr AD Davies, Dr CO Owen
 13 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Funded PhD – Appropriate Innovation: Using AI technology to enhance clinical trial accessibility for marginalised communities - HLSUOB26

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
 Supervisors: Dr K Roberts, Prof LNV Nunes Viera, Prof A Lane, Dr A Realpe
 13 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Funded PhD – Advancing population neuroimaging with AI: Understanding brain development and mental health - HLSUOB26

About the project. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides detailed information about brain structure and has enormous potential to improve our understanding of brain development and mental health. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr Y Yin, Prof M Suderman
 13 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Funded PhD – Estimating population-level impacts of public health evaluations using multiple data sources - HLSUOB26

About the project. To improve population health, policymakers need robust evidence about which interventions and policies will translate into meaningful impacts when implemented at scale and to inform subsequent assessments of cost-effectiveness and return on investment. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Salway, Dr JM Mclaughlin, Prof F de Vocht
 13 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Funded PhD – Mental health through the menopause transition - HLSUOB26

About the project. There is currently poor understanding of why the menopause transition is associated with an increased risk of mental health problems, and which women are most at risk of poor mental health. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof C Joinson, Dr AGS Goncalves Soares, Dr L Beasant, Prof L Howe
 13 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Funded PhD – Beyond weight loss: the therapeutic potential of GLP1-1R agonists in the treatment of prostate cancer

About the project. Novel strategies to prevent and treat prostate cancer are urgently required as it is the most common solid tumour and second leading cause of cancer death in men. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Perks, Dr M Greenwood
 13 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Funded PhD – Accommodating the competing risk of all-cause mortality when estimating disease incidence and treatment effects in localized prostate cancer

About the project. This project will identify the appropriate statistical approaches to estimating disease incidence and intervention effects for prostate cancer outcomes such as diagnosis and cause-specific mortality. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof C Metcalfe, Dr RM Maishman, Dr DG Gaunt, Dr M Lawton
 13 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Funded PhD – Understanding the role of obesity and BMI in men with prostate cancer from different ethnicities to improve outcomes

About the project. Prostate Cancer (PCa) is a leading cause of male mortality, with 336,000 deaths worldwide annually. Although most PCa cases are indolent (slow-growing) and tend not to progress, a subset are aggressive and progress to metastases, treatment resistance and death. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K Coulman, Prof A Lane, Ms GY Young, Prof JA Aning, Prof R Martin
 13 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Funded PhD – Implications of Peripartum Antibiotic Use for Maternal and Infant Health and Antimicrobial Resistance

About the project. WHO recommends prophylactic antibiotics for women undergoing operative vaginal birth or caesarean section [1], making antibiotic use around childbirth increasingly common. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr WC Cong, Prof A Dowsey, Dr JC Currie, Dr NAL Al Husein
 13 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Funded PhD – Making statistics count: Improving statistical literacy among undergraduate students in UK Dental Schools - HLSUOB26

In the UK, the General Dental Council (GDC) sets the statutory standards for all undergraduate dental programmes (Standards for Education). Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S Leary, Dr SM Moghadam, Dr CF Farrugia
 13 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)