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We have 233 MRC PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Precision Medicine DLA - Data-Driven Cardiovascular Flow Modelling: Echocardiography and AI for Precision Treatment of Congenital Heart Disease

Additional Supervisor. Prof Liesl Zühlke ( University of Cape Town). Background. Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common birth defect, affecting more than 1.3 million newborns each year worldwide. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr BO Owen, Dr J O'Connor
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Precision Medicine DLA - Motor Cognitive Reserve 2.0: Equitable AI-Supported Stress Testing of Motor–Cognitive Reserve for Early Neurodegeneration

Background. Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD) may be biologically detectable years before overt symptoms emerge. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K Gal, Prof M Bernabeu
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Precision Medicine DLA - AI-Driven Drug Discovery for Neglected Tropical Parasites

Background. Leishmania parasites (and the related Trypanosoma species), are together the deadliest single-cell parasites after the malaria parasite. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Wheeler, Dr A Maclean, Prof A Unciti-Broceta
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Precision Medicine DLA - Uncovering hidden genomic rearrangements to improve risk prediction in multiple myeloma

Background. Multiple myeloma (MM) is a malignancy of bone marrow plasma cells and the second most common blood cancer. In the UK, there are 16 new diagnoses and eight deaths daily. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof C Semple, Dr AM Mikulasova , Dr CV Vallejos
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Precision Medicine DLA - Equitable variant interpretation across the protein order-to-disorder continuum

Background. Computational variant effect predictors (VEPs) are increasingly used as evidence in clinical genetics, but they must perform reliably for all patients. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof J Marsh, Dr G Kudla, Prof D Robertson, Dr K yuan
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Precision Medicine DLA - Medication use and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with suspected angina due to coronary artery disease: a data-driven analysis of the SCOT-HEART trial linked to national prescribing data

Background. Coronary artery disease is a leading cause of death and disability. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof MW Williams, Dr M Mizani
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Precision Medicine DLA - Probing the role of endothelial dysfunction in vascular dementia using advanced imaging

Background. Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) is the second leading cause of dementia. Unfortunately, well-established radiological features of vascular dementia, such as microbleeds and white matter hyperintensities, are only observed in the late-stages of disease. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Farr, Dr M Stringer, Prof A Williams
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Precision Medicine DLA - Co-occurring adversities in childhood as predictors of multimorbidity

Background. Parental and family adversities are important determinants of children’s health (1) and may contribute to the early development of multiple long-term conditions (multimorbidity). Read more
 Supervisors: Prof R Reynolds, Dr C MacRae, Dr A MacBeth
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Precision Medicine DLA - Eliminating Silent Failures in Precision Medicine: An Uncertainty-Aware Imaging Framework for Equitable Patient Stratification in Neurovascular Disease Validated Using Multi-omic Data and a National Imaging Databank

Background. Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) is a major driver of cognitive decline and stroke underlying senescence and a myriad of neurodegenerative diseases, yet targeting the right therapeutic strategy to the right patient to slow the progress of the disease remains a critical challenge. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Valdes Hernandez, Prof M Bernabeu, Dr S Harris
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Precision Medicine DLA - Health inequalities across the trajectory of early-onset type 2 diabetes: a Scotland–Sweden study

Additional Supervisor. Dr Sofia Carlsson [Karolinska Institutet]. Background. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Jackson, Prof S Wild
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Precision Medicine DLA - Who needs monitoring? Modelling individual risk of HIV drug resistance from routine clinical data

Additional Supervisors. Dr Chris Illingworth [University of Glasgow], Prof Arvind Patel [University of Glasgow]. Background. Almost all people living with HIV now start the same first-line regimen, but outcomes on that regimen vary. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof K Atkins, Prof ALB Leigh Brown
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Precision Medicine DLA - Uncertainty-aware modelling of insulin sensitivity for automated insulin delivery in Type 1 Diabetes

Background. In type 1 diabetes the immune system destroys the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas, and insulin must be replaced. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr L Schumacher, Prof S Forbes
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Precision Medicine DLA - Biological Characterisation and Health Inequalities in Functional Neurological Disorder (FND)

Additional Supervisor. Dr Rona Strawbridge [University of Glasgow]. Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) is a major and underserved cause of disability and healthcare use. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr H Whalley, Dr X Shen, Prof A Carson, Prof J Stone
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Precision Medicine DLA - Diagnostic indicators and co-experience of mental health, neurodivergence, and learning difficulties for multi-omics discovery and prediction

Additional Supervisor. Dr Sarah Bergen [Karolinska Institutet]. Background. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr MA Adams, Prof M Luciano, Dr C Crompton
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Precision Medicine DLA - Causal Actionable Prediction and Target Trial Emulation in Psychosis: Leveraging Real-World Clinical Cohorts to Target Treatment Resistance and Cardiometabolic Disease

Additional Supervisor. Prof Fani Deligianni [University of Glasgow]. Background. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr SL Leighton, Dr L Stirland
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)