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population health PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 172 population health PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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The potential of AI in the detection and diagnosis of dementia in rural areas/underserved groups

There are currently around 982,000 people with dementia in the UK with the number expected to rise to 1.4 million by 2040 (Alzheimer’s Society, 2025). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Evans
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Integration of large-scale genetic and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) data to understand fibrosis across different organs

Second Supervisor. Professor Sue Francis, Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre, University of Nottingham. Additional Supervisors. Dr Richard Allen, University of Leicester / Dr Eleanor Cox, University of Nottingham. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof L Wain
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Trusted AI for Diabetes personalised self-management systems

Diabetes mellitus is a common cause of morbidity and mortality across the globe. Type 2 diabetes continues to rise in prevalence annually; from 1980 to 2004, Type 2 quadrupled in both prevalence and incidence [1]. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr N Philip
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for Mapping Hydromorphology and Hydraulic Habitat

Hydromorphology is synonymous with physical habitat in rivers and describes the combination of the morphological and hydrological / hydraulic components of river channels. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr F Visser
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Detecting Hostile Behaviour Through Real-time Voice Analysis

This PhD study will explore the automation of hostility assessment from the human voice in real-time. The project will leverage recent advances in machine learning to train a hostility predictor model to identify and classify hostile behaviours. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Bowers, Dr FW Why
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Transforming Practice: Co-Creating Practitioner Training to Challenge Stigma and Support Activity with Type 1 Diabetes

People with Type 1 diabetes (T1D) consistently report a strong desire to participate in physical activity (PA), yet face persistent structural, educational, and interpersonal barriers throughout their lives. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr E Richardson
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Nesting Biology of Sea Turtles

Turtles are unique among vertebrates living their lives inside a box - their shell - which influences every aspect of their biology. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof J Codd, Dr R Nudds, Prof W Sellers
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Computational Modelling of the Retinal Microcirculation to Predict Patient Outcomes

Background. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness globally. Current treatments involve the injection of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr W El-Bouri
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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“PhD opportunities on the conservation biology and genetics of threatened diadromous species in reconnected rivers”

Habitat, fragmentation is a major source of biodiversity loss in freshwaters, with rivers around the world fragmented by dams and weirs. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Britton
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Population-Based Indirect Damage Detection System for Railway Bridges

  Research Group: Centre for Infrastructure Systems Engineering and Surrey Institute for People-Centred AI
The UK’s railway bridge asset stock represents over 80% well-aged (>50 years) infrastructure, often carrying loads beyond their original design capacity, hence in urgent need of a reliable real-time damage identification system. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Hajializadeh, Dr S Atito, Dr D Bompa
 12 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Unravelling Sex-Specific Mechanisms Underpinning Long COVID: An Integrative Epidemiological and Biomarker-Based Investigation of Women’s Disproportionate Burden (Ref: SSEHS/SF-MF26-2)

Long COVID (post‑COVID condition) is a chronic, multisystem disease state that persists for ≥3 months after SARS‑CoV‑2 infection and impairs dailyfunctioning for many sufferers. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Faghy, Dr E O'Donnell
 18 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Understanding the evolution of structural variation of the drug metabolising gene CYP2D6

  Research Group: Genetics
The way our bodies process medicines is not uniform across individuals, and a significant part of that variation is written into our DNA. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof E Hollox, Dr FF Freund
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Apathy in MND

Award Type. PhD Studentship. Department. Neuroscience. Location. University of Sheffield. Supervisor(s). Dr Liam Knox & Wider Supervisory Team. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr L Knox, Prof C McDermott, Dr A Griffiths
 10 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Investigating the metabolic and transcriptional regulation of lipid-associated macrophages

Project Overview. Metabolic diseases such as obesity, liver steatohepatitis and atherosclerosis are increasingly prevalent worldwide and more emphasis is focused on identifying molecular targets for both prevention and treatment. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L Dib
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Leveraging machine learning to improve assisted reproductive technology outcomes for those with endometriosis.

Infertility is a disease of the reproductive system defined as a failure to achieve a clinical pregnancy after 12 months or more of regular unprotected intercourse. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr N Tempest, Dr W El-Bouri, Prof D Hapangama, Dr C Hill
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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