fertility PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Pathways to a healthy lifespan: investigating the exceptional fertility of Naked Mole Rats

University of Bradford Faculty of Life Sciences

Research Group: Chemistry and Biosciences

As women age, their reproductive system undertakes significant changes that impact on their fertility and overall health. Despite its importance to society, research that could delay or limit these impacts on women’s health is held back by a lack of suitable models. Read more

Supervisors: Dr P Nicholls, Dr G Helfer

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

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Fertility preservation of male childhood cancer patients

University of Dundee School of Medicine

Every day, around five children receive a diagnosis of cancer in the United Kingdom, with boys slightly more frequently than girls. Read more

Supervisors: Dr F Lopes, Prof R Mitchell

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

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Born Slippy: Understanding the tribological mechanisms of fertility treatments and their impact on conception

University of Birmingham Department of Mechanical Engineering

Infertility affects 186M women in the developed world, with approximately 55M attributed to tubal patency - this is a big problem! Hysterosalpingography or HSG is a diagnostic procedure that is also an effective treatment for tubal problems. Read more

Supervisors: Dr I Stead, Dr A Hajiyavand, Prof K Dearn

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

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Leveraging metabolomics to reduce copper toxicity in dairy cattle

Harper Adams University Department of Agriculture and Environment

Successful candidates will receive a yearly stipend (paid monthly) set at the UKRI rate - for 2024/5 this will be £19,237. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J McCaughern

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

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How does an ageing population impact the Energy transition?

University of Strathclyde Business School

This project will investigate the relationship between population ageing and the energy transition. It aims to quantify the impact of ageing on energy uses and emissions at the macro level. Read more

Supervisor: Dr GF Figus

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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The global challenge of senior housing provision

Aberdeen University Business School

Populations are ageing across the world. According to the World Health Organisation (2022), by 2030, one in six people will be aged 60 or over and the number of people in this age bracket will double to 2.1 billion by 2050. Read more

Supervisor: Prof N E Hutchison

19 May 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Differential equation modelling to address male infertility

University of Birmingham School of Mathematics

Infertility affects 1 in 6 couples, is emotionally devastating, and requires expensive and invasive treatments. Importantly, we place a significant and unequal burden on women, who often require risk-bearing procedures to address what is caused by, in 50% of cases, a male factor. Read more

Supervisor: Dr MT Gallagher

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

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MSc by Research: Understanding the beginning of life: the role of non- canonical ubiquitylation in early embryonic development

University of Dundee School of Life Sciences

Ubiquitin is a small, yet influential, protein that is attached to other substrates to control their stability or activity in a process called ubiquitylation. Read more

Supervisor: Dr V De Cesare

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

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Heads and Tails - Tracking the sperm's beating flagellum

University of Birmingham School of Mathematics

Infertility affects 1 in 6 couples, is emotionally devastating, and requires expensive and invasive treatments. Importantly, we place a significant and unequal burden on women, who often require risk-bearing procedures to address what is caused by, in 50% of cases, a male factor. Read more

Supervisor: Dr MT Gallagher

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

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Using supermarket loyalty cards data to study reproductive health

University of Bristol Bristol Medical School

Rationale. Shopping history records collected by supermarkets contain population level health information which could be missing from traditional health research data such as medical records. Read more

Supervisors: Dr AS Skatova, Prof D Lawlor

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

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Establishing and orienting causal relationships between sleep characteristics and reproductive function

University of Bristol Bristol Medical School

Rationale. A large body of literature from animal studies has highlighted the role of core clock genes in relation to reproductive function [1]. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R Richmond, Dr G Sharp, Prof D Lawlor

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

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Deciphering the landscape of nucleoporin and lamin function in nucleocytoplasmic communication, nuclear scaffolding and transcriptional control in disease prevention

University of Greenwich School of Pharmacy (Medway Campus)

The nucleus has an instrumental role in cellular responses by coordinating shuttling of components in and out of the nucleus and gene expression with genome architecture and stability. Read more

Supervisors: Dr F Papagiannouli, Dr G Lall

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

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Deciphering the landscape of nucleoporin and lamin function in nucleocytoplasmic communication, nuclear scaffolding and transcriptional control in disease prevention

University of Kent Medway School of Pharmacy

The nucleus has an instrumental role in cellular responses by coordinating shuttling of components in and out of the nucleus and gene expression with genome architecture and stability. Read more

Supervisors: Dr F Papagiannouli, Dr G Lall

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

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We have 13 fertility PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

fertility PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 13 fertility PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Pathways to a healthy lifespan: investigating the exceptional fertility of Naked Mole Rats

Fertility preservation of male childhood cancer patients

Born Slippy: Understanding the tribological mechanisms of fertility treatments and their impact on conception

Leveraging metabolomics to reduce copper toxicity in dairy cattle

How does an ageing population impact the Energy transition?

The global challenge of senior housing provision

Differential equation modelling to address male infertility

MSc by Research: Understanding the beginning of life: the role of non- canonical ubiquitylation in early embryonic development

Heads and Tails - Tracking the sperm's beating flagellum

Using supermarket loyalty cards data to study reproductive health

Establishing and orienting causal relationships between sleep characteristics and reproductive function

Deciphering the landscape of nucleoporin and lamin function in nucleocytoplasmic communication, nuclear scaffolding and transcriptional control in disease prevention

Deciphering the landscape of nucleoporin and lamin function in nucleocytoplasmic communication, nuclear scaffolding and transcriptional control in disease prevention

We have 13 fertility PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

fertility PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 13 fertility PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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