Other PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in Bristol

We have 39 Other PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in Bristol

Automating Literature Mining and Triangulation with Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs

University of Bristol Bristol Medical School

Around 1.7 million new articles were published in PubMed in 2022, with a further 47,000 pre-prints posted on bioRxiv and medRxiv in the same period. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Y Liu, Prof T Gaunt

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

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Estimating the global cancer burden due to low levels of physical activity

University of Bristol Bristol Medical School

Rationale. Around 40% of all cancers are thought to be avoidable by modification of lifestyle factors. Obesity has been found to be a risk factor for several cancers and was estimated to have caused around 3.6% of all new cancers which occurred in 2012. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Lewis, Prof R Martin, Dr R Pulsford, Prof R Jago, Dr FB Bray

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

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Quantifying prognosis in the current era of antiretroviral therapy among persons with HIV in Europe and North America across different HIV acquisition route groups

University of Bristol Bristol Medical School

In Europe and North America, prognosis for persons with HIV (PWHIV) has improved since the introduction of combined antiretroviral in 1996[1]. Read more

Supervisor: Dr SI Ingle

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

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Investigating causal mechanisms between parental social disadvantage and risk of ADHD to the offspring

University of Bristol Bristol Medical School

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a chronic neurodevelopmental condition, characterised by persistent difficulties in the areas of attention span/impulse control. Read more

Supervisor: Dr E Stergiakouli

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

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Exploring Parkinson’s disease subtypes using data driven approaches applied to prospective cohorts

University of Bristol Bristol Medical School

Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterised by a wide range of motor and non-motor features, for which there is no known cause. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Lawton

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

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Developing tailored solutions to under-recruiting randomised controlled trials: a mixed-methods investigation

University of Bristol Bristol Medical School

Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) drive evidence-based medicine, but they can be resource-intensive and challenging to conduct. Read more

Supervisor: Dr L Rooshenas

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

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Metabolomic characterisation of adiposity across the life course

University of Bristol Bristol Medical School

There is evidence that adiposity, measured by body mass index (BMI), causally influences a range of health outcomes, but little understanding of the mechanisms driving BMI effects. Read more

Supervisor: Dr L Corbin

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

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The genetics of human scarring – cross-cutting approaches to the understanding of human wound repair.

University of Bristol Bristol Medical School

Rationale. Repair of adult tissues involves a complex interplay of several key cell lineages and inevitably leads to formation of a fibrotic collagenous scar. Read more

Supervisors: Prof N Timpson, Prof P Martin

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

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Synthesizing evidence on different outcome scales: development of mapping methods for analysing childhood obesity data

University of Bristol Bristol Medical School

Obesity in childhood is a central theme in life course epidemiology. As well as middle-age mortality, childhood obesity is associated with type 2 diabetes and heart disease in adulthood [1]. Read more

Supervisors: Prof J Higgins, Dr AD Davies

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

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Metabolomic characterisation of adiposity across the life course

University of Bristol Bristol Medical School

Project Background. There is evidence that adiposity, measured by body mass index (BMI), causally influences a range of health outcomes, but little understanding of the mechanisms driving BMI effects. Read more

Supervisors: Dr L Corbin, Prof N Timpson, Dr RT Tsang

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

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We have 39 Other PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in Bristol

Other PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in Bristol

We have 39 Other PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in Bristol

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