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parkinson's disease PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 32 parkinson's disease PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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PhD studentship in microbiome and Parkinson’s Disease: A pan African multi omic and organoid investigation

Award summary. Funding will cover an annual stipend aligned to the UKRI rate (£21,805 for 2026/27) and 100% of tuition fees at the Home (UK) rate. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof C Stewart, Prof R Walker, Dr T Fothergill-Misbah
 10 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Alpha-Synuclein Condensates and Synaptic Dysfunction in Parkinson’s Disease

  Research Group: Lautenchlager Lab
Parkinson's disease is the fastest-growing neurodegenerative disorder, with cases projected to more than double by 2050. No disease-modifying treatment strategies exist to date, and mechanistic insights are urgently needed. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof J Lautenschlaeger
 10 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Discovery of New Treatments for Parkinson’s disease

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
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Targeting retrosplenial cortex function to improve cognitive deficits in Parkinson’s disease

  Research Group: Neuroscience
Project Description. Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder and is associated with a range of motor and cognitive symptoms. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Lelos, Prof S Vann
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Implementing AI‑Enabled Wearable Technologies for Symptom Prediction in Parkinson’s Disease: A PD‑LIFE Project

  Research Group: Intelligent Systems
OPEN FOR UK AND REPUBLIC OF IRELAND STUDENTS ONLY. . Applications are invited by Ulster University for a PhD in Parkinson’s disease research as part of a cohort of nine linked PhD studentship positions across Ireland in the exciting PD-LIFE project. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Connolly, Prof J Condell
 3 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Closed-Loop Embodiment and Gait Stabilization Using a Robotic Tail for Neurorehabilitation in Parkinson’s Disease

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 Supervisor: Dr Y Hayashi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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MSc by Research: Caenorhabditis elegans: A genetic model to study anosmia, loss of olfaction, associated with Parkinson’s Disease

Parkinson’s Disease or PD is the second fastest growing neurodegenerative disease in the UK. PD is an age-associated disease characterized by tremors, change in gait, loss of appetite and loss or reduction in the sense of smell (anosmia). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr V Singh
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Neural and behavioural correlates of speech production in Parkinson's disease

Speech is a complex task requiring highly coordinated movements of a large group of respiratory, laryngeal and articulatory muscles and involves precise integration with auditory and somatosensory feedback to plan and execute speech movements. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr F Mollaei
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Exploring the interplay between ageing, gut microbiome, and neurodegenerative diseases

Project Overview. Neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease represent major health risks in ageing societies. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr E Kevei
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Targeting human neurodegenerative diseases using the fruit-fly Drosophila melanogaster

Almost a million of people in the UK suffer from neurodegenerative disorders. Alzheimer’s disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, and Frontotemporal dementia are the most common causes of neurodegenerative dementias. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr H Augustin
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Medical Video Classification

These projects are open to students worldwide, but have no funding attached. Therefore, the successful applicant will be expected to fund tuition fees at the relevant level (home or international) and any applicable additional research costs. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Zhong, Dr T Lambrou, Dr I Sleeman
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Developing an advanced microscopy platform to characterise neuronal internalisation and spreading of pathological protein aggregates

PhD studentship in automated fluorescence microscopy to study intercellular aggregate spreading, Imperial College London. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Ye
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Untangling how Metal Dyshomeostasis Pathologically Interacts with Protein Aggregates to Drive Neurodegeneration

Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) consists of two syndromes, Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB) and Parkinson’s Disease with Dementia (PDD). Cognitive and motor symptom order differs, but phenotypes eventually converge. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr I Pienaar
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Ubiquitin Signalling in Ageing and Age-Related Disease: The Interplay of Genetics, Lifestyle, and Environment

Project Overview. Ageing leads to a progressive decline in essential cellular processes, including protein production, folding, and degradation. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr E Kevei
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Design and Optimization of Tapered Plastic Optical Fiber Biosensors for Neurodegenerative Disease Biomarker Detection

Research Group. Biomedical Engineering Research Group. Proposed supervisory team. Dr Adil Mustafa. Dr Mohammed Zahed Khan. Theme. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Mustafa
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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