surgery PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 100 surgery PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Simulation-based training for improving surgical performance and patient safety in minimally invasive surgery (MIS).

Minimally invasive surgery including laparoscopic and robotic surgery has increased annually since its introduction, especially in general surgery. Read more

Supervisor: Dr B Tang

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Developing a novel Health Psychology intervention to increase uptake of Awake Surgery

University of Reading School of Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences

Outpatient surgical procedures have traditionally been carried out in the United Kingdom under General Anaesthetic. However, such a choice of anaesthesia comes with additional risks for patients, especially those with co-morbidities. Read more

Supervisor: Dr K Finlay

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Epilepsy and the ageing brain

University of Bristol Bristol Medical School

Our ability to remember ‘where I put my car keys today’ instead of ‘where I put them yesterday’ depends on a computational process called pattern separation. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D Atan

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Full scholarship at EPSRC CDT in Advanced Engineering for Personalised Surgery & Intervention

King’s College London Department of Surgical & Interventional Engineering

Surgery is recognised as an “indivisible, indispensable part of health care” but the NHS struggles to meet its rising demand. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training

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Developing statistical approaches to analyse and report reinterventions in children who have heart surgery for national benchmarking and quality improvement.

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust GOSH BRC Applied Child Health Informatics Theme (Non-Clinical) PhD Studentships

Congenital heart disease (CHD). CHD affects approximately 5600 live-born children annually in England and Wales and is the commonest cause of infant death due to congenital anomalies in the United Kingdom (UK). Read more

Supervisors: Dr D Ridout, Prof K Brown

15 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Development of multimodal optical microscopy for imaging tumour margins during skin cancer surgery

University of Nottingham School of Physics & Astronomy

The aim of cancer surgery is to remove the whole tumour while leaving in place as much healthy tissue as possible (tissue conserving surgery). Read more

Supervisors: Prof I Notingher, Prof H Williams

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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NIHR Leeds BRC: Improving hip replacement surgery for at risk patient cohort

University of Leeds Faculty of Medicine and Health

More than 10% of the UK population aged over 45 have hip osteoarthritis and there are nearly 100,000 total hip replacement (THR) surgeries performed every year. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R K Wilcox, Dr S Williams, Dr A Jones, Prof A Redmond

26 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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EPSRC CDT Advanced Engineering in Personalised Surgery & Intervention

King’s College London Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine

We are now accepting applications for 1st October 2024 entry from home and overseas students that wish to carry out PhD research training at King’s College London. Read more

Supervisor: Dr N/A sie-phd@kcl.ac.uk

3 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Graduate Training Assistant (GTA) PHD scholarship, Sheffield Hallam University: The use of technology to support care pathways for joint replacement surgery.

Sheffield Hallam University Sport and Physical Activity Research Centre

Applications are invited for Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) PhD scholarships in Sport and Physical Activity, Sheffield Hallam University, commencing 1st October 2024. . Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Barnes

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

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Mid-infrared hollow-core fibre and laser development for environmental monitoring, non-invasive surgery and advanced manufacturing

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

In this project we will develop hollow-core optical fibres (HCFs) for mid-infrared laser delivery. HCFs offer a radically new solution for laser delivery as they guide light in a gas-filled core, instead of the glass in conventional optical fibres. Read more

Supervisor: Dr N Wheeler

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

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Developing an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based self-training platform for laparoscopic surgery.

University of Dundee School of Medicine

Various research throughout the years have been devoted to exploring different and more effective ways of training for laparoscopy, within the conventional frameworks of using box trainers and virtual reality simulators. Read more

Supervisor: Dr B Tang

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Development of an Optical Shape Sensing Method Using Optoelectronic Sensors for Soft Flexible Robotic Manipulators in Minimally Invasive Surgery

Brunel University London Aerospace Engineering

About the programme. Over the last two decades, many soft continuum manipulators have been developed by many academic institutions and industries for MIS (minimally invasive surgery), endoscopy, and colonoscopy because they can easily access the small or narrow opening in the body during a medical operation. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Noh

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Multimodal Artificial Intelligence for the Detection and stratification of Necrotising Enterocolitis in premature born infants (MAIDNEC)

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust GOSH BRC Applied Child Health Informatics Theme (Non-Clinical) PhD Studentships

Necrotising Enterocolitis (NEC) is a severe gastrointestinal inflammatory condition affecting neonates, most commonly premature infants although up to 25% is observed among full-term babies1. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Eaton, Dr E Mazomenos

15 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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