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Patient-Specific Stem Cells to Interrogate the Molecular Mechanism of Pain in Parkinson’s Disease

Newcastle University Faculty of Medical Sciences Graduate School

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic, progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by loss of nigrostriatal dopaminergic pathways. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Alsaqati, Dr I Obara, Dr S Telezhkin

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Identifying and validating digital biomarkers of frailty in Parkinson’s disease

Newcastle University Faculty of Medical Sciences Graduate School

Background. Frailty is a medical syndrome of physiological decline, accompanied by diminished resistance to stressors. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Yarnall

15 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Charting new neuronal survival pathways in Parkinson’s disease

University of Otago Department of Biochemistry

The Neurodegenerative and Lysosomal Disease Laboratory is interested in the molecular and cellular basis of neurodegenerative disease, particularly how lysosome dysfunction influences the development of Batten disease and Parkinson’s disease. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Hughes, Dr IB Basik

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Investigation of the extracellular matrix as a regulator of Parkinson’s progression

University of Bradford Faculty of Life Sciences

Research Group: Chemistry and Biosciences

Parkinson’s is the 2nd most common neurodegenerative disease, affecting around 1 in 20 people aged over 65. In the UK, the number of affected people is set to rise by 50% over the next 50 years due to ageing populations. Read more

Supervisor: Dr SM Dickens

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Investigating gut-immune interactions in Parkinson’s disease

University of Cambridge Department of Clinical Neurosciences

It is now well established that both gastrointestinal dysfunction and immune activation occur in early Parkinson’s disease, and emerging evidence indicates that these processes are linked to faster disease progression. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Williams-Gray

5 December 2023 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Imagery in Action in Parkinson’s disease

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative condition affecting around 1 in 500 people, with significant impact on movements, which are typically slower and smaller. Read more

Supervisors: Dr E Poliakoff, Dr E Gowen

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An Actigraphy Analysis Framework for Parkinson’s Disease Characterisation (Ref: RDF24/EE/CIS/FRANCA)

Northumbria University Faculty of Engineering and Environment

Over the last decades actigraphy became ubiquitous as a technique to study and evaluate human movement dynamic in both sleep and wakefulness. Read more

Supervisors: Dr L Franca, Dr M Miguel

26 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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MSc by Research: Molecular mechanisms underlying Parkinson's disease

University of Dundee School of Life Sciences

There is great need for improved understanding of the mechanistic biology underlying Parkinson’s disease. Such knowledge will help with development of new drugs that slow or even halt the progression of the disease. Read more

Supervisors: Prof D Alessi, Dr E Sammler

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Optimising patient selection for Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson’s disease using multimodal machine learning

University of Nottingham Researcher Academy

Parkinson’s disease has debilitating motor symptoms of tremor in the limbs, slowness of movement, and freezing, unable to move. A highly effective treatment is electrical stimulation deep in the motor regions of the midbrain. Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Humphries

12 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Discovery of New Treatments for Parkinson’s disease

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Summary. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurological disease in the world. Current PD therapies and medical interventions are very limited and only address the symptoms of this disease highlighting the need for new and effective treatments for this disease. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Mehellou

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Synthesis of novel metal chelators against Parkinson’s Disease (ref: SF22/HLS/APP/TETARD)

Northumbria University Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

The involvement of iron in the development of Parkinson’s Disease is now well recognised. Iron seems to be accumulating in the neurons of sufferers and is involved in the formation of reactive oxygen species that cause oxidative damage to neurons, resulting in their death. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D Tetard

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Acceptability and Feasibility of Virtual Reality Based Indoor Cycling for Gamified Home-Based Rehabilitation in Stroke and Parkinson’s Disease (Ref: RDF24/HLS/SER/BUTCHER)

Northumbria University Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

Individuals living with Parkinson’s Disease (PD) or post-stroke report low levels of physical activity (PA) and adherence to rehabilitative care. Read more

Supervisors: Mr T Bucher, Dr S Moore

26 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Seeing inside the Parkinson’s disease brain by in situ cryoET

University of Leeds MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership

Parkinson’s disease (PD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) are characterised by the accumulation and spread of ⍺-synuclein filaments in the brain. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R Frank, Prof S E Radford, Prof N A Ranson

Open Day(s) 17 December 2023 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Funded PhD - Developing Drosophila as a model to study the molecular and behavioural changes underlying Parkinson’s disease

University of Bristol School of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience

The general lab interest is how neural circuit activity underlies behaviour including circadian rhythms, sleep, memory and movement. Read more

Supervisor: Prof J Hodge

8 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Communication and co-speech gestures in Parkinson’s disease

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative condition affecting around 1 in 500 people, with significant impact on movements and quality of life. Read more

Supervisors: Dr E Poliakoff, Dr P Conroy

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We have 87 parkinson PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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