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medicine PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 535 medicine PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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(MCRC Clinical) Defining immune fitness in cancer: how cancer treatment and comorbidity shape systemic immunity

Cancer treatment is increasingly personalised according to tumour biology, yet the functional state of the host immune system is rarely measured. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr JL Lim, Dr S Turajlić, Prof M Travis, Prof O Aziz, Prof M Rattray, Dr LA Appleton
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(MCRC Clinical) Understanding the effects of exogenous androgens on normal breast tissue – friend or foe?

Breast cancer incidence rises sharply in women before routine screening begins, and many cases in younger women may be preventable. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr HH Harrison, Dr SH Howell, Dr A Gilmore, Miss KW Williams
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(MCRC Clinical) Real-World Health Economic Value of Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (ePROMs) in Routine Cancer Care

Electronic patient-reported outcome measures (ePROMs) are a digital innovation which enables patients to report symptoms and quality of life to their care team. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof C Faivre-Finn, Dr S Van der Veer, Mr G Rogers, Dr IFW Fornacon-Wood
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(MCRC Clinical) Tissue mechanics as regulator of therapy resistance in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC)

Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma is a treatment recalcitrant tumour, driven by activation of the proto-oncogene KRAS. Recent development and clinical testing of KRAS inhibitors has demonstrated clinical benefits in second-line pre-treated patients, however development of resistance and disease progression is inevitable. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Jorgensen, Prof M Rattray, Dr Colin Lindsay
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(MCRC Clinical) Early detection and therapeutic interception of KRAS-mutant pre-cancerous lung lesions

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide, largely because many patients are diagnosed after the disease has already become advanced and difficult to treat. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Malliri, Dr WD McDaid, Dr Colin Lindsay
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(MCRC Clinical) Development and validation of a transcriptomic and genomic signature of acquired radioresistance in muscle-invasive bladder cancer

Bladder cancer affects around 614,000 people worldwide each year. Muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) is the most aggressive form of the disease and can be difficult to treat. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof AC Choudhury, Dr VB Biolatti, Dr AS Shamin, Prof P Hoskin, Prof LD Dubois
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(MCRC Clinical) Gut-Immune-Leukaemia Crosstalk in Aged AML: Mechanisms of Response to p38 MAPK-Targeted Combination Therapy

Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) predominantly affects older patients, who tolerate intensive curative therapy poorly and are typically treated with non-curative regimens involving azacitidine (AZA), alone or with the BCL-2 inhibitor venetoclax (VEN). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr SV Valletta, Dr A Virós, Dr JL Loke, Dr EG Giampazolias
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Mechanism-based design and screening for synthetic inhibitors targeting the small GTPase splice variant RAC1B

RAC1 is a small GTPase protein that functions as a key signaling node downstream of various microenvironmental signaling pathways. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr Y Jin, Dr S Butterworth, Dr R A Bryce
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED MINIATURISED DEVICE TECHNOLOGIES FOR POINT-OF-CARE DIAGNOSTICS OF DETRIMENTAL DISEASES

A fully funded PhD studentship is available for outstanding candidates to undertake cutting-edge research leading to a PhD in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof P Goldberg Oppenheimer
 3 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Cross-Species determinants of stress susceptibility in PSC-derived Neural Progenitors and Spinal Motor Neurons

Project Title. Cross-Species determinants of stress susceptibility in PSC-derived Neural Progenitors and Spinal Motor Neurons. Life unfolds at remarkably different speeds across species, yet the molecular mechanisms that regulate developmental tempo remain poorly understood. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T Rayon
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Next-Generation Compact Accelerators and Radiation Sources Based on Intense Laser–Plasma Interactions

Research into intense laser–plasma interactions for compact particle accelerators and advanced radiation sources has attracted considerable interest over the past few decades, driven in particular by the development of high-intensity laser technologies such as chirped-pulse amplification (CPA). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Xia
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Industrial imaging using laser-plasma generated X-rays

Join the University of Manchester’s Accelerator Physics Group and help shape the future of compact X-ray and gamma-ray technology. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr O Apsimon
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Using Blood Proteins to Improve the Understanding and Treatment of Heart Disease

Applications are invited for a full-time 3-year PhD studentship starting in 2027 and funded jointly by the British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence (BHF CRE) and the School of Public Health (SPH). Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Mayr, Prof IT Tzoulaki
 15 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Using Blood Proteins to Improve the Understanding and Treatment of Heart Disease

Applications are invited for a full-time 3-year PhD studentship starting in 2027 and funded jointly by the British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence (BHF CRE) and the School of Public Health (SPH). Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Mayr, Prof IT Tzoulaki
 15 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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6 new fully funded positions in the SNI Nanoscience PhD program

The Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI) at the University of Basel invites highly motivated young scientists to apply for a fully funded PhD position in the SNI PhD program. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Switzerland PhD Programme