We have 602 clinical PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

All measured clinical parameters vary within individual the same individual. This variation includes biological variation (chance variation around a physiological mean) and variation in the measurement process (measurement error). Read more

Supervisor: Prof T Marshall

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

More Details

Last chance to apply

125th Anniversary Scholarships for Black British Researchers - Transforming the development and use of diagnostics to optimise and accelerate clinical care pathways

University of Birmingham Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy

Background and rationale. In vitro diagnostics (IVDs) are tests that can detect disease, conditions, and infections; IVD results are central to 70% of all clinical and treatment decisions. Read more

Supervisors: Prof AGR Richter, Dr J Heaney

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

More Details

Understanding sleep disturbance in clients seeking treatment for alcohol use disorder

Monash University Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a leading cause of injury and chronic disease and mortality in Australia, and the leading cause of disability or death for those aged 15-49, the most economically productive sector of society. Read more

Supervisors: Prof DL Lubman AM, Prof VM Manning, Assoc Prof SA Arunogiri, Dr RO Ogeil

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

More Details

Last chance to apply

PhD Studentship: Safer Scoring: Application of mixed methods evaluation to understand ward strain

University College London Division of Surgery & Interventional Science

We seek an outstanding early career researcher or clinician to be appointed to a 3-year PhD studentship to collaborate on a series of projects using mixed methods to explore aspects of patient safety related to effective management of acute deterioration (acute illness) across whole wards/departments, hospitals and patient pathways. Read more

Supervisors: Prof C Vindrola, Dr D Smith, Dr J Welch, Dr K Kohler

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

More Details

Advancing joint modelling methodology for clinical prediction

The University of Manchester Department of Mathematics

This is an interdisciplinary project between the Department of Mathematics (Christiana Charalambous, Timothy Waite) and the Centre for Health Informatics (David Jenkins). Read more

Supervisors: Dr C Charalambous, Dr T Waite, Dr DJ Jenkins

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

More Details

Exploring innovative clinical teaching strategies and their implementation through the use of technology enhanced leaning: A case study of two medical schools, in Dundee and Iraq

University of Dundee School of Medicine

Clinical teaching is one of the crucial components in the realm of medical education. It helps students to fill their knowledge gaps between theoretical foundation and practical training (Chapman & Clegg, 2007; Crane, 1991), linking theory to practice. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Q Abdullah, Dr R Alkhadragy, Dr D Karunaratne

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

More Details

PhD Studentship: Safer innovation

University College London Division of Surgery & Interventional Science

About us. The UCL Division of Surgery and Interventional Science (DSIS) is a collaborative and cross-disciplinary environment where clinicians, scientists, engineers, and allied health professionals are constantly striving for innovative approaches to treatment and evaluation. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Y Jani, Dr S Quaife, Dr M Wilson, Dr S Harris

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

More Details

PhD Studentship: Safer innovation

University College London Division of Surgery & Interventional Science

Supervisors: Dr Y Jani, Dr S Quaife, Dr M Wilson, Dr S Harris

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

More Details

The clinical and therapeutic impact of disialoganglioside GD2 and its synthases on breast cancer

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Medicine

Disialoganglioside GD2 is a plasma membrane member of the large glycosphingolipid family which involves a hydrophobic ceramide bound to a hydrophilic sialic acid-containing glycan chain. Read more

Supervisor: Prof WG Jiang

24 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

More Details

Using artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques to improve diagnosis and predict outcomes in children with heart muscle disease.

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

Paediatric cardiomyopathies, or heart muscle diseases, are a group of rare and heterogeneous conditions with highly variable outcomes. Read more

Supervisors: Dr JPK Kaski, Dr G Norrish

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

More Details

Investigating the influence of individual culture and cultural competence in developing and applying clinical reasoning skills among junior medical doctors

University of Dundee School of Medicine

Clinical reasoning skills are at the heart of the effective functioning of medical practitioners. They are not only essential for delivering high-quality patient care but also integral to all aspects of a doctor's daily work. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D Karunaratne

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

More Details

Last chance to apply

Evaluating the Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Genotypic Antibiotic Tolerance Among Important Bacterial Pathogens

University of St Andrews School of Biology

Antibiotic resistance jeopardises our ability to effectively treat bacterial infections, yet it is not the only survival strategy pathogenic bacteria use to evade killing by antibiotics. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Hobbs, Dr J pearson, Dr B Parcell

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

More Details

VariantVisualiser: Ensuring precise diagnoses of genetic disorders through the development of intuitive software that facilitates the integration and visualisation of complex informatics with biological and clinical data

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Rare diseases affect. This proposal builds on substantial efforts of a Human Genome Organization committee which has proposed a unified professional-standard for representing genomic data which, when finalised, will be adopted world-wide. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Pettifer, Dr PF Freeman

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

More Details

Development of an early clinical screening tool for oesophageal adenocarcinoma

Western Sydney University School of Medicine

About the Project. A PhD research scholarship is available at the Western Sydney University, School of Medicine, for a highly motivated candidate who is technically skilled with a strong background in biochemistry, human metabolomics, and clinical research. Read more

Supervisor: Dr JZ Zhou

19 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

More Details

Clinical Gastroenterology: Investigation of Fidaxomicin Resistance Mechanisms in Clostridium difficile

University of Leeds Faculty of Medicine and Health

Clostridium difficile is a leading pathogen in healthcare-associated diarrheal infections. C. difficile has a plastic genome with multiple mobile genetic elements and recognized capacity to acquire genes involved in resistance and virulence. Read more

Supervisors: Prof M Wilcox, Prof A O'Neill, Dr J Freeman, Dr I Moura

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

More Details

Detecting and mitigating the algorithmic bias in clinical prediction scores to improve early detection of clinical deterioration in diverse ethnic populations

University of Bradford Faculty of Health Studies

The substantial increase in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms in healthcare decision-making, medical diagnosis, and other fields have raised concerns about algorithmic fairness and bias in AI systems. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Faisal, Prof R Qahwaji

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

More Details

VariantVisualiser: Ensuring precise diagnoses of genetic disorders through the development of intuitive software that facilitates the integration and visualisation of complex informatics with biological and clinical data.

The University of Manchester Department of Computer Science

Rare diseases affect <1-in-2,000 people, but ~8,000 rare genetic diseases impact ~10% of births globally. These arise from variations in patients’ DNA sequences. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Pettifer, Dr PF Freeman

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

More Details

NIHR Leeds BRC: Unravelling the pre-clinical immunology of the IL-23/1L-17 axis in axial inflammation in psoriatic arthritis towards optimal disease prevention

University of Leeds Faculty of Medicine and Health

Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) are key disorders within the seronegative spondylarthropathy (SpA) that was first described in… Read more

Supervisors: Prof D McGonagle, Dr H Marzo-Ortego, Dr T Macleod

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

More Details

Translating biomarkers towards clinical trial application in osteoarthritis

Imperial College London Department of Immunology & Inflammation

Stipend. Standard Research Council London Rate + Tuition Fees (Home rate) for 3 years. A consumables budget is also provided. Applications are invited for a 3-year PhD studentship based in the Centre for Inflammatory Disease, Department of Immunology & Inflammation at Imperial College London. Read more

Supervisor: Dr F Watt

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

More Details

Determining the biological basis of observed clinical outcomes in juvenile idiopathic arthritis using genetics and multiomics

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a chronic inflammatory arthritis affecting children and young people with an age of disease onset less than 16 years of age. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Bowes, Dr J Humphreys

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

More Details

Language Models for Enhancing Healthcare and Clinical Decision Support Systems

Loughborough University Department of Computer Science

The aim of this Ph.D. project is to leverage Large Language Models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT or variations, to enhance clinical decision support systems in the medical domain. Read more

Supervisor: Prof B Li

1 October 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

More Details

The role of selective and novel biomarkers and their correlation with clinical outcome measures, pre and post-surgical treatment of benign and malignant disorders of the prostate

Maelor Academic Unit of Medical & Surgical Sciences (MAUMSS) PhD Opportunities

The Maelor Academic Unit of Medical & Surgical Sciences (MAUMSS) is a novel initiative by the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB), and is designed to encourage and support research within the Health Board and to promote academic activity, basic science and clinical research across North Wales (UK) and beyond. Read more

Supervisors: Prof SF Hughes, Mr I Shergill

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

More Details

NIHR Leeds BRC: An interferon diagnostic to inform early detection and prevention strategies in Ana positive CTDs

University of Leeds Faculty of Medicine and Health

Type I interferons (IFN) play a role in a wide range of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs), and strong evidence suggests that measurement of IFN activity could have clinical value, although testing has not progressed into clinical settings. Read more

Supervisors: Dr F Del Galdo, Dr R Ross

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

More Details

AI-assisted diagnosis, surgical planning & implant design for craniofacial patient care

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust BRC Translational Research (Non-Clinical) PhD Studentships

Craniofacial diseases, particularly in craniosynostosis cases, present significant challenges in diagnosis and treatment. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Schievano, Prof O Jeelani

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

More Details

SELF-FUNDED 3.5-YEAR PHD – Automatic segmentation of femur using deep learning combined with phantomless calibration for rapid personalised fracture risk predictions in clinical applications

University of Sheffield Department of Mechanical Engineering

We are excited to announce a new PhD opportunity in the areas of modelling, biomechanics & deep learning. The project is in collaboration with multiple NHS Trusts including the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and Sheffield Children’s Hospital. Read more

Supervisor: Dr X Li

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

More Details

NIHR Leeds BRC: Utilising genetic and genomic predictors of vasculitis and disease/treatment complications for application in routine clinical practice

University of Leeds Faculty of Medicine and Health

There is substantial interest in using genetic biomarkers to predict those most at risk of disease and treatment complications; this is one of the focuses of Our Future Health, a national study aiming to recruit 5M participants ( https://ourfuturehealth.org.uk/ ). Read more

Supervisors: Prof A Morgan, Dr MM Iles, Dr R Mujica-Mota

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

More Details

NIHR Leeds BRC: Pre-clinical evaluation of novel regenerative medicine strategies for knee osteoarthritis

University of Leeds Faculty of Medicine and Health

Historically, articular cartilage was considered incapable of spontaneous repair. However, biomechanical correction in osteoarthritis (OA) using high tibial osteotomy or joint distraction demonstrated the remarkable joint to regeneration by “merely” correcting joint alignment. Read more

Supervisors: Prof H Pandit, Prof D McGonagle

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

More Details

Last chance to apply

Methylation profiling in colorectal cancer and its relation to other molecular and clinical characteristics

Charles University Second Faculty of Medicine

Methylation profiling in colorectal cancer and its relation to other molecular and clinical characteristics. Second Faculty of Medicine, Department of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology. Read more

Supervisor: Dr L Boublikova

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

More Details

Clinical Prediction Modelling under Federated Learning

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Clinical prediction models (CPMs) take a set of characteristics about a patient to estimate their risk of an event of interest. Developing CPMs using data that captures observations across multiple clusters (e.g., countries) can increase the robustness and generalisability of CPMs. Read more

Supervisors: Dr G P Martin, Dr M Sperrin, Dr DJ Jenkins

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

More Details

NIHR Leeds BRC: Multimodal predictive modelling of outcome in patients with gastrointestinal cancer

University of Leeds Faculty of Medicine and Health

Worldwide, cancer of the upper (oesophagus, stomach) and lower gastrointestinal (colon and rectum) tract is newly diagnosed in 3.6 million patients every year and 2.2 million patients die from this disease every year. Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Grabsch, Dr N West, Dr D Magee

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

More Details

We have 602 clinical PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

clinical PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 602 clinical PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Select your nearest city

Do you want hassle-free information and advice?