histopathology PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

Supervisor. Philipp Schneider, Philip Basford, Peter Lackie (Faculty of Medicine). Project description.

Defining Mycobacterium tuberculosis in lung tissue – a novel discovery platform for new vaccine and drug targets

Brighton & Sussex Medical School
Post-graduate Research

Dr S Waddell, Dr J Salguero, Dr S Sharpe, Dr A Rawkins

Application Deadline: 29 June 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

Applications are invited for a 3-year PhD studentship to join our tuberculosis research group in the Department of Global Health and Infection at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS).

Neutrophils and Chemokine Signalling in the Tumour Immune Micro-environment and Progression

University of Glasgow
College of Medicine, Veterinary and Life Sciences

Dr T Iwata

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy is promising, however still requires an improvement in response and development of markers to predict the patients who would benefit from this therapy.

Atrial fibrillation: Investigating the impact of atrial fibrosis and atrial myopathy

University of Liverpool
Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease

Dr T Sakai, Prof GYH Lip

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac rhythm disorder, effecting 1-2% of the general population, which is characterised by a rapid and irregular heartbeat.

Establishing and validating different histology-based approaches to quantitatively assess efficacy of therapies in an animal model of ischaemia reperfusion injury (IRI)

University of Liverpool
Institute of Infection and Global Health

Dr L Ressel, Prof P Murray, Dr B Wilm

Application Deadline: 30 June 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

Acute and chronic kidney disease in children is increasing but new therapies to help treat and prevent the progression of the disease are lacking.

Therapeutic targeting of chemokines in inflammation

University of Oxford
Radcliffe Department of Medicine

Prof S Bhattacharya

Application Deadline: 24 July 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Inflammation, driven by leucocytes, adversely affects organ function in diseases such as myocarditis, myocardial infarction, acute lung injury, sepsis and pancreatitis,.

Novel therapeutic approaches for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

University of Sheffield
Department of Biomedical Science

Prof S Winder

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is caused by mutations in the DMD gene leading to loss of the cytoskeletal protein dystrophin.