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medicine PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 356 medicine PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Peptide hydrogels as a long-acting multipurpose drug delivery platform for combined contraception and HIV prevention

Provide a brief description of the project. HIV in women, girls and mother-to-child transmission in pregnancy remain a significant source of new infections and the needs of females are inadequately addressed. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Laverty
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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An Accurate 3D Tracking Framework for Virtual Surgery Simulation

Virtual surgery is an important component of the international trend toward the reform of "digital medicine" education, promoting the integration of computer simulation with clinical medicine. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr N Xiang
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Invasive Lung Ventilation empowered by Soft Robotic Implantable Actuators [ILV-robot]

  Research Group: Healthcare Engineering
Lung diaphragm is an integral part of respiratory system, which plays a pivotal role in the initiating and maintaining breathing cycle. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Chauhan
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Closed-loop model predictive control for hypercapnic respiratory failure patients

  Research Group: Lungs and Respiratory System
Currently, due to a struggling healthcare system, patients with hypercapnic respiratory failure are only seen by clinicians once an hour, meaning their oxygen control is suboptimal. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr FA Argus, Dr M Tawhai
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding
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Computational Modelling of the Retinal Microcirculation to Predict Patient Outcomes

Background. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness globally. Current treatments involve the injection of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr W El-Bouri
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Physics-informed AI for virtual magnetic resonance elastography (vMRE)

We will build the AI engine that converts routine diffusion MRI (DTI) into quantitative maps of brain viscoelasticity—shear modulus (G) and damping ratio (ζ)—without the hardware and extra scan time required for conventional MRE. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr VS Shim
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Molecular pathogenesis of diabetes-associated heart disease and assessments of new drugs for treatment

Both the number of cases and the prevalence of diabetes are increasing globally. Cardiovascular complications are the leading causes of diabetes mortality. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr V Liu, Prof M Rutter
 15 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Development of a wearable electro-impedance tomography system for early breast cancer screening

Imagine a future where a simple piece of clothing could help save lives. This PhD project aims to develop a revolutionary smart bra that uses gentle, safe electrical signals to detect breast cancer earlier than ever before. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr MH Hesam, Dr TY Yeung
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding
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Mid-infrared hollow-core fibre and laser development

Supervisory Team. Dr Ian Davidson, Dr Lin Xu and Professor Natalie Wheeler. About the Project. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr I Davidson
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Silicon devices for nonlinear photonics and applications

Supervisory team. Prof Anna Peacock & Dr Meng Huang. Closing date 31 October 2026. This project seeks to develop compact and power efficient nonlinear silicon photonics devices for use in wide ranging applications such as telecommunications, medicine and spectroscopy. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A Peacock
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Smart garments for personalised compression therapy

This exciting project, a collaboration between the Auckland Bioengineering Institute, Auckland University of Technology (AUT), and The Centre for Health, will develop a world-first smart sensing layer that can be integrated into the commercially available dynamic compression suit (Flowpresso). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr MH Hesam
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Investigating neurodevelopmental disorders caused by defects in the protein synthesis machinery

Background. Translation of mRNA into proteins is a critical cellular process for normal development and function. An increasing number of genetic disorders caused by variants in genes encoding translation factors are now known. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Kasher, Prof S Banka, Prof G D Pavitt
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Identifying the target of the natural product cordycepin

Natural products are historically proven to be excellent drug leads, but they have been largely ignored in western medicine in recent years. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C de Moor, Dr K Spriggs
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Cyber-physical systems for Medicines Development and Manufacturing (CEDAR)

Our CEDAR CDT is offering 17 fully funded PhD studentships for ambitious individuals who are passionate about using cutting-edge technology to translate new molecules into medicines. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (European/UK Students Only)  EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training
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Understanding microneedle-assisted jet injection

Tune in for our live info webinars coming up - the next one is July 5. Subcutaneous (SC) drug delivery offers several advantages over intravenous (IV) delivery including. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr JM McKeage, Prof AT Taberner
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding

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