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musculoskeletal PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 20 musculoskeletal PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Musculoskeletal Health in the Workplace: Prevention and Intervention

Musculoskeletal (MSK) issues persist as the leading cause of work-related absenteeism. These multifaceted problems encompass a wide spectrum, ranging from lifestyle-related behaviours to injuries and pre-existing diseases that individuals bring with them into the workplace. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Holland
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Building psychosocial and physical resilience using self-management skills for offshore workers

This PhD scholarship is offered by the EPSRC CDT in Offshore Wind Energy Sustainability and Resilience; a partnership between the Universities of Durham, Hull, Loughborough and Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Maidment, Prof F Munir
 9 May 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Development of wearable solutions to monitor lower limb health in daily living

Supervisory Team. Professor Liudi Jiang. This project will employ advanced engineering methods, including data mining, signal processing, and machine learning based on our advanced wearable sensors, to detect gait disorders. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof L. Jiang
 15 July 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD opportunities in health sciences

Do you have a proposal for research that could make an original contribution to healthcare knowledge and go on to improve the health of our society?. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  PhD Research Programme
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Automated imaging to assess fibrotic orofacial and digital vascular involvement in systemic sclerosis

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) often referred to as ‘scleroderma’ is a rare rheumatological disease characterized by widespread vascular dysfunction (including Raynaud’s phenomenon, cold hands with skin colour changes), immune dysregulation, and progressive fibrosis (scarring of tissue). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Hughes, Dr A Murray, Prof T Cootes
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Robotic human leg simulation

  Research Group: Healthcare Engineering
Humans are bodies; and bodies are movement. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Ellison
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Sheffield Hallam University - Graduate Teaching Assistantship (GTA) Scholarship in the Sheffield Business School: Vitamin D status in South Asian and African-Caribbeans living in Northern England

Applications are invited for Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) PhD scholarships in the Sheffield Business School, commencing 1 October 2025. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr SB Bowles, Prof SS Sahadev, Dr T Lynn
 23 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Mechanobiology in manufacturing: Human cell therapies

Human stem cell therapies have passed full clinical trials and entered healthcare markets around the world, providing advanced regenerative and personalised medicines to treat complex disease. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Henstock
 31 March 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Investigating the role of collagen glycosylation in joint development and homeostasis using stem cell models of neocartilage

In the UK, over 20 million adults live in poor musculoskeletal health, which equates to around one third of the population. This figure is steadily rising due to our ageing population. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Rice
 31 March 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) PhD scholarships in the School of Sport and Physical Activity, Sheffield Hallam University

Applications are invited for Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) PhD scholarships in the School of Sport and Physical Activity, Sheffield Hallam University, commencing 1 October 2025. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Stone
 14 May 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Understanding the Sensorimotor Neuroscience of Cycling

Despite the long history of bicycle use, we still lack a clear understanding of how we balance and manoeuvre them. Balancing on a bicycle differs from balancing on foot; it requires moving—specifically turning the handlebars—towards the direction of falling, a strategy not used elsewhere by our brains (see video. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S-H Yeo, Dr R Reynolds
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Investigating the impact of different flooring surfaces on EMG muscle activation of the knee and hip muscles during squatting and stair descending in patients with Patellofemoral Pain.

Patellofemoral Pain (PFP) is a prevalent musculoskeletal condition that affects a significant portion of the population, particularly athletes and physically active individuals. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Papadopoulos
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Regenerative Medicine: Understanding and Improving the efficiency of Extracellular Vesicle biogenesis

Communication between individual cells is vital to coordinate overall function of the cell population. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Pryor, Prof P Genever
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Design for functionally graded 3D printing

  Research Group: Healthcare Engineering
This project will investigate methods to design and develop functionally graded parts through 3D printed plastics. The primary focus will be on orthopaedic medical devices used to replace bone where current parts often fail due to stress discontinuities between implants and bone. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Ellison
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Unveiling the relationships between the alveolar bone mechanical and structural properties in health and periodontal disease

Project details. Periodontitis presents a significant challenge in dentistry, often leading to tooth loss due to irreversible damage to the supportive soft and hard tissues surrounding teeth. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C M Neves, Dr E Dall'Ara
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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