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4-year PhD Studentship: Monitoring fetal wellbeing before birth using Electroencephalogram and Near Infrared Spectroscopy
In the UK, around 3.4/1000 newborn babies sustain brain injury, predominantly due to intrapartum hypoxia ischaemia.1 The Department of Health, in 2015… Read more
Full PhD Scholarship at Imperial College Department of Bioengineering in Fetal Heart Biomechanics and Machine Learning
A fully funded PhD position is available at Dr. Choon Hwai Yap’s lab at Imperial College. We seek a talented and highly-motivated PhD student, to engage in innovative research concerning machine learning applied to image processing and biomechanics of the fetal heart. Read more
Nitrate supplementation in pregnancy: maternal, fetal and offspring outcomes
Maternal diet has a significant impact of on fetal growth and development, as well as pregnancy outcomes and long-term offspring health. Dietary patterns… Read more
Mechanisms behind fetal vascular dysfunction in pregnancies complicated by diabetes and pre-eclampsia
The central research focus of our group is to understand the mechanisms regulating two key functions of human blood vessels. permeability and angiogenesis. Read more
4-year PhD Studentship: Evaluating the impact of Magnesium Sulphate fetal neuroprotection on cerebral palsy rates in England
Around 10% of very preterm births in developed countries result in Cerebral Palsy (CP),1representing a significant burden for affected individuals, families,2 and healthcare services. Read more
Epigenetic mechanisms and functional pathways linking maternal immune activation and cognitive impairment in a neurodevelopmental model for schizophrenia
A fundamental unknown in understanding disease mechanisms is how stressors experienced during critical developmental periods influence the genesis or ‘programming’ of adult disease (Estes & McAllister 2016). Read more
A10 dopamine neurons: the missing link in cell therapeutics for Parkinson's disease?
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most prevalent neurodegenerative disease and degeneration of the nigral dopamine neurons is a key pathological feature of the condition. Read more
Inducing labour: exploring methods and prediction of success using routinely collected data
Over a third of UK pregnant women undergo induction of labour (IOL) to expedite birth. IOL practice patterns are changing but the supporting evidence-base is weak. Read more
Assessment of nutritional status, body composition, motor- and neurodevelopment in preterm and term children aged 2-4 years: an international, multicentre study.
Oxford Brookes University,. Faculty of Health and Life Sciences,. Department of Sport, Health Sciences and Social Work. Masters by Research one year, full-time self-funded programme. Read more
4-year PhD Studentship: Towards a model of cerebroventricular development using induced pluripotent stem cell derived organoids
Preterm infants, born at under 32-weeks gestation, are at risk of long-term neurodevelopmental impairment including cerebral palsy and compromised cortical development. Read more
4-year PhD Studentship: Using genomics to improve prediction and early diagnosis of adverse pregnancy outcomes
Accurate risk prediction of adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs) has the potential to improve antenatal care by identifying high-risk women, who may benefit from more intense monitoring and intervention, and low-risk women, where we can minimise unnecessary invasive procedures and costs to health services. Read more
4-year PhD Studentship: In utero exposure to SARS-CoV-2 and adverse health outcomes amongst infants: enriching and utilizing a national, linked electronic health record resource
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, over 200 million infants have been born worldwide, of which a significant proportion will have been exposed to maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection in utero. Read more
Creating microcarriers for improving the survival and integration of cells transplanted to the brain.
For neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s disease, where a specific cell type is lost, it is possible to consider replacing these cells to restore the lost function. Read more
The role of the immune system in women’s reproductive health
The human endometrium is a highly dynamic tissue that rapidly regenerates over approximately 20 days and differentiates to form a uterus lining receptive to embryo implantation, further transforming into decidua to support embryonic development, or breaking down before regenerating a few days later. Read more
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