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We have 298 finance PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Turning the Malaria Parasite’s Protein Degradation Machinery Against It -Professor Katerina Artavanis-Tsakonas, co-supervised with Laura Itzhaki (Department of Pharmacology)

Professor Katerina Artavanis-Tsakonas. Can we turn the malaria parasite’s own protein-degradation machinery against it?. Malaria remains one of the world’s most important infectious diseases, and the continuing emergence of drug resistance creates an urgent need for new interventions. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Artavanis-Tsakonas
 2 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Investigating mechanisms of cell-to-cell spread of persistent viruses – Professor Colin Crump

Professor Colin Crump. Herpesviruses and polyomaviruses are examples of highly successful viruses that can establish life-long infections with periodic shedding of infectious virus enabling transmission to new host. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Crump
 2 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Comparative innate immune sensing of zoonotic viruses – Professor Brian Ferguson

The Department of Pathology has an excellent reputation in pure biological and biomedical research and is offering fully funded* studentships from October 2027 to work with one of the Research Group Leaders in this large and vibrant Department. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr B Ferguson
 2 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Cell and Vector Engineering for Production of Next-generation Biopharmaceuticals

Biopharmaceuticals offer the most promising pathway to treatments for diseases including cancer, Alzheimer’s and autoimmune disorders. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Brown
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Dual Ended HDAC-Bcl-2 Inhibitor Therapeutics (DEHBIT): A Continuous Flow Chemistry Approach to Next-Generation Polypharmacological Cancer Therapeutics

Background and Scientific Rationale . Cancer remains one of the most significant global health challenges, characterised by complex, multifactorial disease mechanisms requiring equally sophisticated therapeutic strategies. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Sellars
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Identifying Novel Therapeutics for the Treatment of Alpha-Synucleinopathies: A Chemistry-Biology Approach to Parkinson's Disease

The Clinical Challenge. Parkinson's Disease and Protein Aggregation. Parkinson's disease affects approximately 150,000 people in the UK and accounts for around 8,000 deaths annually. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Sellars
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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RESET-RLS: Reviewing Safe and Effective (De)Prescribing Strategies in RLS

Applications are invited for a PhD studentship investigating the safe and effective use of medicines in Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS), with a particular focus on prescribing and deprescribing in patients who experience treatment-related complications such as augmentation. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Rathbone
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Exploring the role of carers and family members in supporting better medicines use, asking the question what works, for whom, how, and in what circumstances?

Carers can help in all aspects of a person’s life, but they can be left out of the conversations about medicines despite often heavily aiding in medicines management. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Richardson
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Advanced Non-Invasive Strategies: Cell-Penetrating Peptides as Smart Carriers for Theranostic Innovations

The brain contains trillions of glial cells that communicate with each other, respond to infections, and support learning and memory. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr O Al Musaimi, Dr C Tolley
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Shared decision making and antipsychotic medication: qualitative study exploring the experiences of people with serious mental illness in a specific population such as young adults or peri-menopausal women

Prescribing antipsychotics has increased steadily in England over the last decade. For serious mental health conditions like schizophrenia, they are usually prescribed with the view of keeping the patient on them indefinitely. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr L Lindsey, Dr C Richardson
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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The development of new antiviral agents targeting HIV-1

Even before the current global COVID-19 pandemic, the threat posed to human health by viruses was extensive and although significant progress in targeting some viruses (e.g., HIV-1 and hepatitis C) has been made, challenges remain. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Ashton
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Great North Sleep research: a mixed methods study to explore the safe and effective use of medicines to improve sleep health

Sleep is a fundamental pillar of human health, underpinning physical wellbeing, cognitive performance, emotional regulation, and long-term disease prevention. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Rathbone
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Exploring Innovative Approaches in Chronic Pain: Focus on Neuropathic pain and Spinal Cord Stimulation

Pain can be a debilitating long-term and persistent symptom in many medical conditions, adversely affecting quality of life. Neuropathic pain originates from nervous system damage, resulting in deficits in neural transmission leading to sensory, autonomic, and motor impairment. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr I Obara
 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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Microneedles for transdermal delivery of long-acting biologics

  Research Group: Dermal Drug Delivery & Diagnostics Laboratory
Long‑acting delivery of biologic therapeutics is widely recognised as a major unmet need in modern healthcare. Biologic drugs, including peptides, proteins and nucleic acid‑based medicines, are increasingly used to treat chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, neurodegenerative conditions and metabolic disorders. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K Wooi Ng, Dr K Novakovic
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only