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gait PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 11 gait PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Enhancing Vision Transformers for Gait Recognition: A Focus on Temporal Encoding and Model Optimization

Gait recognition identifies individuals based on their unique walking patterns, but current models often struggle to effectively capture the dynamic nature of gait due to limitations in temporal modeling. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Lee, Prof A Stefanidis, Dr J Su, Dr M Gianni
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Cholinergic function and ageing: establishing normative data and associations with gait and cognition

Acetylcholine plays an important role in transmitting information across the central nervous system. Cholinergic deficits have been linked to gait and cognitive impairments that often occur with ageing. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Vitorio
 31 March 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Flexible and Intent-Aware Exoskeleton for Gait Assistance

Gait deficits affect millions of individuals worldwide due to various conditions such as stroke, spinal cord injuries, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, and age-related mobility issues. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Z Li
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Development of a new muscle mechanics model - mechanics of lower limb muscles during gait

The goal of this project is to build a new model of muscle contraction called the Active Spring Muscle Model (ASMM) and to verify the model in human gait mechanics. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S-H Yeo
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Development of wearable solutions to monitor lower limb health in daily living

Supervisory Team. Professor Liudi Jiang. This project will employ advanced engineering methods, including data mining, signal processing, and machine learning based on our advanced wearable sensors, to detect gait disorders. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof L. Jiang
 15 July 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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User-Centric Privacy-by-Design AI-based Adaptive Access Control in a HealthCare Robot for the Elderly

The Industry and Innovation Research Institute (I2Ri) draws on talents, expertise and facilities across Sheffield Hallam University. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr JW Wang, Dr J Marchang, Prof A Di Nuovo
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Biomechanics and wearable sensors

Project Overview. Movement analysis and recording in humans has been confined to dedicated gait and motion capture facilities, but this only records movements for a single part of one day in an unusual environment. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof W Harwin, Prof F Hwang
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Human Motion Analysis using Computer Vision and Artificial Inteligence

Analysis of human motion is implicitly or explicitly required in many areas such as healthcare, sports, video surveillance, body-based user interfaces, computer games and animation. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof D Makris
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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BBSRC North East England BBSRC Doctoral Landscape

 North East England Doctoral Landscape (NEEDL) is a BBSRC-funded strategic Partnership in Biosciences doctoral training between four universities based in the North East of England, Durham University, Newcastle University, Northumbria University and Teesside University. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership
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MSc by Research: Caenorhabditis elegans: A genetic model to study anosmia, loss of olfaction, associated with Parkinson’s Disease

Parkinson’s Disease or PD is the second fastest growing neurodegenerative disease in the UK. PD is an age-associated disease characterized by tremors, change in gait, loss of appetite and loss or reduction in the sense of smell (anosmia). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr V Singh
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Self-Funded PhD Opportunities in Sport and Exercise Sciences

Are you passionate about Sport and Exercise Sciences and eager to advance your research career? London South Bank University is pleased to offer self-funded PhD opportunities in Sport and Exercise Sciences for motivated and talented qualified individuals. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  PhD Research Programme
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