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global health PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 266 global health PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Engineered Self-Assembled Medical Scaffolds: Properties, Modification, and Application Testing

Project Advert. Are you interested in developing novel degradable structures to address antimicrobial resistance?. Antimicrobial resistance is a current threat to the recovery of patients. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr MW Wadge
 25 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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COI Project 1: Characterizing the ultrastructure of coronavirus replication complexes using in-situ cryo-Electron Tomography

SARS-CoV-2 marked the third zoonotic insertion of a pandemic coronaviral infection into the human population, causing one of the greatest global health challenges to date. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr AC Wing, Dr L Carrique, Prof JM Grimes
 19 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Synthesis, Characterisation and Evaluation of Novel Antimicrobial Agents against Polymicrobial Biofilms.

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a major global health threat, driven in part by the persistence of polymicrobial biofilms that exhibit high tolerance to antimicrobial treatments and immune defences. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A R Rahman, Dr L Cox
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Federated Learning for Multi-Modal Pulmonary Disease Diagnosis in Real-Time Clinical Environments

Pulmonary diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), pneumonia, and lung cancer are global health challenges. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T Rahim
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Design and Optimization of Tapered Plastic Optical Fiber Biosensors for Neurodegenerative Disease Biomarker Detection

Research Group. Biomedical Engineering Research Group. Proposed supervisory team. Dr Adil Mustafa. Dr Mohammed Zahed Khan. Theme. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Mustafa
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Intranasal delivery of nucleic acid therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases using a novel peptide carrier

Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease represent a growing global health burden, with limited treatment options that effectively target the brain. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr E McErlean, Dr V Kett
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Bacteriophage-derived antimicrobial proteins

Antimicrobial resistance is a global health challenge and there is an urgent need for precision antimicrobials that can eradicate pathogens and biofilms without driving broad-spectrum resistance. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Skvortsov, Dr S Carmali
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Peptide-like hydrogels as long-acting injectable drug delivery platforms for the prevention of tuberculosis

Provide a brief description of the project. Low to middle-income countries (LMIC) account for 95% of tuberculosis infections and deaths. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr G Laverty, Prof K Malcolm
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Optimizing mRNA Purification: Advanced Chromatography Techniques for Enhanced Binding, Mass Transfer, and Purity

PhD Scholarship in mRNA Purification and Process Optimization on Oligo dT Chromatography. Adelaide University, School of Chemical Engineering, Biomanufacturing Research Group. Read more
 Supervisor: Mr LG Gerstweiler
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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CRISPR-Cas-based genetic biocontrol of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes for disease prevention

Lead supervisor. Dr Joshua Ang. Co-supervisors. Dr Clive McKimmie and Dr Daniella Lefteri. The student will be registered with the Department of Biology. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Ang, Dr CS McKimmie, Dr D Lefteri
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Investigating Catecholamine Signalling in Human Pancreatic Islets- A New Target for Diabetes Therapy

Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences and will be supervised by Dr Despoina Aslanoglou and Dr Tony Lewis. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Aslanoglou, Dr A Lewis
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Listening in the Wild: Understanding Everyday Audio Exposure and Its Impact

Billions of people use headphones, earbuds, and loudspeakers every day, yet we still know surprisingly little about how loud they really listen, how long they are exposed, and what this means for long-term hearing health. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr I McGregor, Dr RS Selfridge
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Understanding antimalarial kill profiles and their influence on the development of drug resistance

Malaria persists as a global health issue with the recent WHO malaria report 263 million cases and 597 thousand deaths (WHO, 2024). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr HM Matthews, Dr RNM Magwaza
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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How does pollution impact skin health? Assessment across global populations

Maintaining healthy skin is essential for overall well-being, particularly as the global population ages. By 2050, nearly a quarter of the world’s population will be over 60, making it increasingly important to understand and mitigate factors that contribute to skin ageing. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Langton, Dr M Farrar
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Cocoa Flavanols and Mental Health: An Investigation of Mood, Cognition and Gut–Brain Mechanisms

Are you interested in how diet can influence mental health and brain function? This PhD offers an exciting opportunity to investigate how bioactive compounds in cocoa may support mood, cognition and psychological wellbeing. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K Barfoot, Dr D Lamport, Dr G Walton
 21 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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