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global health PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 281 global health PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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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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Loneliness and mental health in sport

Loneliness is recognised as a global public health concern, yet its role within sport remains underexplored (Jackman et al., 2024). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Quinton
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Vaccine hesitancy among adults living with allergy

The global spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV2) brought the impact of vaccine-related hesitancy on healthcare planning and delivery into sharp focus (Clark et al, 2025). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr B Mahoney
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Investigating molecular mechanism of medium chain fats in muscle health and cardiovascular disease treatment

Ketogenic diets, involving restricted carbohydrate and high fat consumption, have been proposed to increase skeletal muscle strength, with likely impacts on professional sports performance. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof R S B Williams, Dr AB Malerba
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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PhD Global Excellence and Mobility Scholarship (GEMS 2027). Climate Change and ESKAPEE Pathogen Resistance: A Localised Mixed-Methods Study

Growing evidence shows that climate-induced temperature rises directly accelerate bacterial growth and resistance mutations, while extreme weather events indirectly affect healthcare disruptions and antibiotic misuse. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr NAJ Johari
 31 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Severe mental illness, inflammation and cardiometabolic health

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr JT Tyrrell
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Living with allergy during the transition to secondary school

Allergy, the immune system’s hypersensitive reaction to typically harmless substances, can be severe and lead to a potentially life-threatening reaction or anaphylaxis (Turner et al, 2019). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr B Mahoney, Prof E Bradley, Prof A Kington
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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PhD Global Excellence and Mobility Scholarship (GEMS 2027). Co-designing Community-Based Antimicrobial Stewardship Interventions through a One Health Framework

This project addresses the behavioural, social and system-level drivers of inappropriate antimicrobial use in community settings using a One Health approach. Read more
 Supervisor: Assoc Prof AC Chuah
 31 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Examining professional practice with intersex service users in health and social care (HHS-2026-20)

Intersex is an umbrella term for people whose sex characteristics do not fit with those considered typical for males and females, including chromosomes, hormones, and reproductive organs. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K Wood, Dr E Heavey
 30 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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GW4 BioMed3 MRC DLP PhD project: Combining epigenetics and neuroimaging to predict mental health traits across child development

This project is one of several in competition for funding from the GW4 BioMed3 MRC Doctoral Landscape Programme (DLP), which is offering up to 17 studentships for entry in October 2027. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr E Walton
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Social determinants of mental ill-health over the life course: longitudinal analysis of young people in the Philippines and UK

This interdisciplinary project provides training in global mental health and advanced epidemiological/statistical methods. Using data from two large cohorts in the Philippines and England, the project will improve our understanding on life course risk factors for poor mental health and self-harm. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T Sharp
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Promoting health behaviors among the rural elderly in China: theory and evidence

To cultivate research talents with global leadership, interdisciplinary innovation capabilities, and international research collaboration capabilities… Read more
 Supervisor: Dr MJ Jia
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Open uncontrolled burning of plastic waste – measuring / modelling prevalence, emissions and impacts on climate change and human health exposure

Solid waste management remains a major sustainability challenge globally, and especially in the Global South, where substantial quantities of (uncollected) waste are often set in fire as a means of disposal or resource recovery. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr CV Velis
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)