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medical statistics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 75 medical statistics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Mathematical Modelling of Cancer Metastasis: Towards Personalised Digital Twins

  Research Group: Mathematical Biology Group
Cancer metastasis is a very complex process involving the migration of cancer cells away from a primary tumour, their transport through the circulation, and the establishment of secondary tumours in distant organs. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr NS Sfakianakis
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Funded PhD – Optimal and equitable monitoring of coeliac disease: using real-world data and evidence synthesis to design better follow-up care - HLSUOB26

About the project. Around 1% of people have coeliac disease, yet we still do not know what the best long-term follow-up should look like. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Elwenspoek, Dr P Whiting, Dr J Watson, Prof H Jones
 13 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Improving the Translation of Diagnostic Test Accuracy Research Into Real‑World Clinical Practice Using Routine Health Data and Advanced Meta‑Analysis Methods

Diagnostic tests are central to effective clinical decision‑making, yet the performance reported in research studies often differs markedly from that observed in everyday NHS settings. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr B Willis
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Eliciting Patient, Carer and Clinician Preferences for Virtual Ward Models in acute Atrial Fibrillation Care

  Research Group: Cardiovascular Sciences
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is one of the most common cardiac arrhythmias and associated with increased risk of stroke, hospitalisation, and reduced quality of life [1], [2], [3]. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof GY Yao
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Unifying distributional and distribution-free uncertainty quantification for trustworthy medical decisions

Supervisors. Dr. Nery Riquelme-Granada, Prof. Gabriela Czanner, Prof. Mahesan Niranjan. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr N Riquelme-Granada
 31 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Co-producing Sexually Transmitted Shigella Health Promotion Interventions for Gay, Bisexual and other Men who have Sex with Men (GBMSM) and General Practice Clinicians

Supervisors. Dr Jo Kesten, Dr Tom May, Dr Gemma Lyness, Dr Katy Sinka, Dr Kathrin Loosli. Background. Sexually transmitted enteric infections (STEIs) are an increasing public health concern. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr JK Kesten, Dr TM May, Dr GL Lyness
 29 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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DPhil in Cancer Science

Explore our DPhil course designed to provide you with the best possible start to your graduate research career with both world-leading fundamental scientific training and the skills to apply your work for cancer patient impact. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Cancer Research UK PhD Programme
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Evaluating Infectious Disease Interventions Using Electronic Health Records and Causal Inference Including Target Trial Emulation

  Research Group: Modernising Medical Microbiology Unit
Background. Increasingly available large-scale electronic health record data have the potential to answer a number of questions about infection management that are challenging to address using randomised controlled trials (RCTs). Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S Walker, Dr D Eyre, Dr C Turner
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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NIHR ARC South West Doctoral Award: Evaluating the use of probiotic implementation in preterm babies to prevent necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)

Overview. Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) is a life-threatening bowel condition that is a leading cause of death and long-term disability in preterm babies. Read more
 Supervisors: Assoc Prof S Redwood, Dr IW Ward, Prof K Luyt, Dr R Denholm
 22 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Mapping ceramides in atherosclerotic plaques to understand the role of lipids in cardiovascular disease

This studentship aims to uncover the mechanistic basis of why fats, and in particular a subset of fats called ceramides, are independent risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) by studying the lipid composition of atherosclerotic plaques - the deposits of fat, cholesterol and dead cells that accumulate in arteries and lead to CVD and heart attacks. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof J.L Griffin, Dr M J Macleod
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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(MRC NW-DMS) Reliable Multimodal Agentic AI for Cardiovascular Disease Diagnosis and Risk Prediction

  Research Group: Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Sciences
Diagnosing cardiovascular disease and predicting future health risks require doctors to combine heart scans, electrocardiograms (ECGs), blood tests and medical records. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Duan, Prof S Ananiadou, Dr Chris Miller
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(EPSRC DTP) Causal Modelling of Cardiac Dose, Tissue Recovery and Survival in Thoracic Reirradiation

Radiotherapy is used to treat many cancers and plays a key role in cancer care. As patients live longer, increasing numbers require a second course of radiotherapy because their cancer recurs or a new cancer develops in a previously treated area. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr E Vasquez Osorio, Dr H Guo, Dr A McWilliam, Dr KB Banfill, Dr PHdCA da Costa Avelar
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Multimodal Federated Learning in Healthcare

These projects are open to students worldwide, but have no funding attached. Therefore, the successful applicant will be expected to fund tuition fees at the relevant level (home or international) and any applicable additional research costs. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr B Bhattarai, Prof L Anderson, Dr P Gyawali
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Healthcare Data Science (HDS CDT)

The EPSRC CDT in Healthcare Data Science is a four-year cohort-based doctoral training programme offering opportunities for doctoral study in computational statistics, machine learning, data engineering and infectious disease analytics within the context of ethically-responsible health research. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training
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Medical Research Council-funded PhD Programme in 3i Biomedical Research

Applications open to home students only. Several fully funded four-year ‘Core' studentships are available for September 2027 to join Warwick's MRC-funded Doctoral Training Partnership (MRC DTP). Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  MRC Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE)