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University of Oxford PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 74 University of Oxford PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Oxford Cancer

Oxford Cancer is a city-wide network and partnership between Oxford University and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust based on the University’s Translational Biomedical Research Campus. It harnesses Oxford’s world-leading cancer research from across disciplines, with the core aim of facilitating collaboration on a local, national and international scale to ensure rapid translation from scientific discovery to treatments for patients. The DPhil in Cancer programme delivered by Oxford Cancer provides research-based doctoral training for cancer researchers from clinical, biological, engineering, mathematics and statistics backgrounds. It is unique and distinctive in offering integrated training across the following themes: Immuno-Oncology;Cancer Big Data;Novel Therapeutics;Early Cancer Detection.

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Radcliffe Department of Medicine

The Radcliffe Department of Medicine (RDM) in the University of Oxford is a large multi-disciplinary department with research interests that span the translational spectrum – from basic biology through to clinical application. It’s mission is to improve health through cross-disciplinary research to understand shared mechanisms of disease and to accelerate the transition from scientific discovery to clinical care. RDM is committed to training the next generation of scientists in biological and clinical sciences.

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Understanding neural circuit dynamics in models of Parkinson’s

University of Oxford
Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Background. Applications are invited from both Home students and International students to join a multidisciplinary team of researchers studying the links between behaviour and brain circuit dynamics in animal models of Parkinson’s. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof P J Magill, Prof A Sharott, Dr J Gallego, Dr H Collins
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Developing closed-loop sleep stimulation for motor learning and stroke recovery

University of Oxford
Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Background. Applications are invited from both Home students and International students to join a multidisciplinary team of researchers studying the potential for closed-loop auditory stimulation during sleep to be used to improve memory consolidation following stroke. Read more
 Supervisors: Assoc Prof M Fleming, Prof A Sharott, Prof A Jackson
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Phase-locked Deep Brain Stimulation to restore neural dynamics in Parkinson’s Disease

University of Oxford
Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Background. Applications are invited from both Home students and International students to join a multidisciplinary team of researchers studying phase-locked deep brain stimulation to improve movement and sleep in people with Parkinson’s disease. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof H Tan, Dr S He, Prof A Sharott
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Developing and Testing Brain Stimulation Patterns to Promote Half-Harmonic Entrainment for Therapeutic Benefit in Parkinson’s Disease

University of Oxford
Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Background. Applications are invited from both Home students and International students to join a multidisciplinary team of researchers studying the synchronisation of brain activity to deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr B Duchet, Prof H Tan
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Discovering and translating physiological biomarkers for personalised adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson’s disease

University of Oxford
Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Background. Applications are invited from both Home students and International students to join a multidisciplinary team of researchers studying how neural, movement and behavioural signals can be used to personalise adaptive deep brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson’s disease. Read more
 Supervisors: Assoc Prof A Oswal, Prof T Denison, Assoc Prof H Cagnan, Dr B Abdi-Sargezeh
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Estimating the family and wider societal health economic impacts of genomic therapeutics.

University of Oxford
Nuffield Department of Population Health
A major hurdle to integrating genome-targeted therapies, such as antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) and CRISPR-based therapies, into routine care is the health technology assessment process and the need to demonstrate cost-effectiveness to agencies such as NICE. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S Wordsworth, Prof C Rinaldi
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Mapping and Editing Gene Regulatory Networks to Develop Therapies for Genetic Disorders.

University of Oxford
Radcliffe Department of Medicine
Inherited diseases are often caused by mutations within genes, but an increasing number arise from variants in the regulatory elements that control when and where genes are switched on. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Davies, Prof R Chakraverty
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Reprogramming Human Envelope Proteins for Neuronal Genome Editing

University of Oxford
Radcliffe Department of Medicine
Targeted delivery remains the principal bottleneck for therapeutic genome editing, particularly in the central nervous system where efficient delivery to defined neuronal populations remains challenging. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr JH Haldrup, Prof S Hyde, Prof C Rinaldi
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Developing a Precision RNA Editing Platform for Therapeutic Applications

University of Oxford
Department of Paediatrics
RNA editing is a natural and widespread post-transcriptional modification in mammalian cells, primarily involving adenosine to inosine (A-to-I) conversions mediated by ADAR enzymes, and cytosine to uridine (C-to-U) conversions facilitated by APOBECs. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof C Rinaldi, Prof S Sanders
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Host-microbe dialogue through metabolic interactions

University of Oxford
Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology
The intestinal microbiome is a complex community of organisms that exists in symbiosis with its host. Microbiota perform essential digestive, metabolic, and immunomodulatory functions in health, and disturbance of the microbiota can contribute to disease. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof F Powrie, Prof H Uhlig, Dr C Pearson, Dr A Bertocchi
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Identifying and modifying the cellular basis of osteoarthritis progression (Botnar-2026-10)

University of Oxford
Botnar Research Centre
Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis, affecting 5.4 million people in the UK. At advanced stages of disease, OA is characterised by loss of cartilage and inflammation and fibrosis of the synovial tissue that surrounds the joint. Read more
 Supervisors: Assoc Prof S Snelling, Dr J Mimpen
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Artificial Intelligence for musculoskeletal digital twins: from science to implementation on the ground in routine and emergency settings (Botnar-2026-09)

University of Oxford
Botnar Research Centre
The World Health Organisation estimates musculoskeletal conditions to affect nearly a quarter of the global population. It impacts health outcomes and quality of life, and is in turn compounded by underlying intersectional health inequalities and wider determinants of health. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S Khalid, Dr M Pineda-Moncusí, Dr U Nazir, Dr L Coates
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Emulating and extending randomised controlled trials using routinely-collected data from Europe (Botnar-2026-08)

University of Oxford
Botnar Research Centre
This DPhil in Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics is a 3-year project focussing on the emulation and extension of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) using de-identified, routinely-collected, real-world medical record data from primary and secondary care across European countries. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Jödicke, Prof D Prieto-Alhambra, Dr T Rathod-Mistry, Dr M Català Sabaté
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Learning Prognostic World Models from Longitudinal Medical Data (Botnar-2026-07)

University of Oxford
Botnar Research Centre
Background and Rationale. Longitudinal medical imaging provides a rich but underused account of disease evolution. Clinicians interpret serial scans together with reports and clinical metadata to determine whether pathology is stable, progressing, or responding to treatment, yet most medical AI systems remain static. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Dhiman, Dr R Pinedo-Villanueva
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Evaluating the Transportability of Clinical Prediction Models Across Healthcare Settings: Methods for Assessment and Updating (Botnar-2026-06)

University of Oxford
Botnar Research Centre
Clinical prediction models are developed to help healthcare providers estimate the probability of a patient health outcome and are widely used in many clinical areas [1]. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Dhiman, Dr L Coates, Prof G Collins
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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