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osteoarthritis PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 15 osteoarthritis PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Investigating the neuro-stromal-immune interactions in inflammageing and osteoarthritis.

Ageing is associated with a higher risk of developing multiple chronic conditions (multimorbidity) including osteoarthritis. Age-associated chronic low-grade inflammation (inflammageing) is a hallmark of osteoarthritis. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Ashraf
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Investigating the neuro-stromal-immune interactions in inflammageing and osteoarthritis.

Ageing is associated with a higher risk of developing multiple chronic conditions (multimorbidity) including osteoarthritis. Age-associated chronic low-grade inflammation (inflammageing) is a hallmark of osteoarthritis. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Ashraf
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Harnessing the body’s anti-inflammatory and pro-resolution defences for the treatment of osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis is a degenerative disease being a major contributor to long term disability leading to increased morbidity and social isolation within groups of individuals over 65 years of age. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Getting, Dr KP Cunningham, Dr IL Locke, Dr M Ashioti
 16 May 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Articular Cartilage: ageing, hydration and energetics

Osteoarthritis is a degenerative disease afflicting articular joints such as at the hip and knee. Over 200,000 knee and total hip arthroplasty procedures take place yearly in the UK alone. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Espino
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding
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3D-printing of implantable devices for sustained drug delivery

The demand for customised medical devices is driving growth in the 3D-printing medical device market, valued at US$3.76 billion and growing at 14% annually. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr E Larraneta
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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3D-printing of implantable devices for sustained drug delivery

The demand for customised medical devices is driving growth in the 3D-printing medical device market, valued at US$3.76 billion and growing at 14% annually. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr E Larraneta
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Establishing the biomarker potential of extracellular RNA structure in chronic diseases

Extracellular RNAs have emerged as potentially important components of intracellular communication mechanisms. Often encapsulated within vesicular structures, the roles that they perform in are still not fully established. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Tew
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) PhD scholarship in the School of Health and Social Care: The use of mobile technology to advance care pathways for joint replacement surgery. , at Sheffield Hallam University, commencing 1 October 2025

The scholarship is for 3.5 years full-time study and covers home PhD fees, currently £4,786, pays an annual stipend at the standard Sheffield Hallam PhD stipend rate (this is aligned with the net Real Living Wage and the current rate for academic year 2024/25 is £20,974 per annum). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Young
 14 May 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Knee Joint-on-a-Chip: A Platform for Studying Cartilage Mechanotransduction and Immune Interactions

Unlocking the Future of Joint Health with Cutting-Edge “Cartilage-on-a-Chip” Technology. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Ferreira-Duarte
 31 March 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Integrated experimental system for assessing innovations in hip replacements

  Research Group: School of Mechanical Engineering
This PhD will develop experimental methods to assess the interaction of hip replacements and surrounding tissue to assess new interventions. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S Williams, Prof R K Wilcox, Dr H L Fermor
 31 March 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Physics-informed modelling of osteocytes network formation

Unlike common belief, our bones are alive, filled with cells, and constantly remodelling. Osteocytes are the most abundant cells of our skeleton that live buried in the mechanically hard bone matrix and are the master regulators of bone remodelling. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr E Kague, Dr FT Turci, Dr D Michieletto
 28 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Virtual Human Twin for predicting bone adaptation due to pharmacological and biomechanical treatments

Do you want to make a difference in healthcare by developing state of the art computational models to help managing patients with osteoporosis? Do you want to challenge yourself in the multidisciplinary field of biomechanics, image processing and skeletal diseases?. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr E Dall'Ara
 31 March 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK 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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Bioprinting Gradient Scaffolds for Osteochondral Tissue Engineering Using Cell Instructive Microparticles

Interested in exploring the untapped potential of stem cells in tissue regeneration and healing using cutting-edge interdisciplinary research techniques?. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M.A Amer, Dr M Domingos, Prof S Kimber
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Graphene oxide as growth factor carriers for meniscus tissue engineering

Damage to the meniscus of the knee leads to increased risk of osteoarthritis. Tissue engineering of a healthy meniscal fibrocartilage offers the opportunity to restore function. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr H Lu, Dr S Richardson, Prof P Xiao
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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