Engineering (heart disease) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 19 Engineering (heart disease) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Cardiovascular growth, function and disease modelling in childhood

University of Melbourne Murdoch Childrens Research Institute

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death globally and there is growing evidence that the precursors of adult heart disease start to form in childhood. Read more

Supervisor: Assoc Prof J Mynard

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

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Bioengineering a dynamic culture platform to improve the maturity of iPSC-derived muscle organoids

Murdoch Childrens Research Institute Stem Cell Biology

About the project. Heart disease is a critical health burden and leading cause of mortality worldwide. To understand disease mechanisms and develop future treatments for heart disease, we have developed a human cardiac organoid platform derived from pluripotent stem cells. Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Voges, Assoc Prof RM Mills

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

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Examining the mechanisms that cause cardiovascular disease by studying the heart or adipose tissue

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Sciences

Heart failure has a serious impact on our society and once diagnosed has a poor survival rate. In the United Kingdom, there are about 1.5 million people living with the after-effects of a heart attack. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Boateng

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

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Platelets in health, ageing and disease: new diagnostics and treatments

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Sciences

Platelets are small blood cells that play a vital role in the chronic and acute progression of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), and also have roles in immunity, inflammation, cancer metastasis, Alzheimer's disease and a range of infections, such as dengue, HIV-1, malaria, and COVID-19. Read more

Supervisor: Dr CI Jones

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

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Climate change on indoor air quality and energy nexus

Cardiff University Welsh School of Architecture

Professor Zhiwen Luo is looking for a PhD student to work on the research project Climate change on indoor air quality and energy nexus. Read more

Supervisor: Prof Z Luo

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

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Toxic effects of breast cancer treatment on the heart: using artificial intelligence to predict the potential for heart failure

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Sciences

Project Overview. . Breast cancer is the most common cancer worldwide with ~15% of cases caused by a single gene, HER2. These women are treated with an antibody therapy (e.g. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A Clerk, Prof W Holderbaum, Prof S Nasuto

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

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Self funded MSc by Research or PhD in Biology: Ion channel signalling in cancer cells

University of York Department of Biology

Lead supervisor: Dr W Brackenbury. The student will be registered with the Department of Biology. Our cells constantly sense and transport ions present in their environment. Read more

Supervisor: Dr W Brackenbury

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

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Mathematical Tools for Analysing Binding Kinetics in Biosensors

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

The history of biosensors exhibits an outstanding range of examples of simple ideas leading to revolutionary break-throughs. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Nasr Esfahani, Dr J Bissell

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

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A chemical engine to produce mechanical force: towards a physio-chemical model of heart cells

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Engineering

Living systems are complex, and are based on the basic building blocks of genes, proteins, chemical reactions, and physical forces. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Y Hayashi, Dr Z Wang, Dr N Vasudevan

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

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Investigating the role of ethnicity and inflammation in intramural hematoma to understand disease progression and guide future treatment avenues

University of Liverpool Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology

Intramural hematoma (IMH) is a life-threatening aortic disease. It involves bleeding within the medial layer of the aortic wall. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Madine, Dr HL Wright, Dr R Akhtar, Mr M Field, Dr VS Sorokin

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

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Machine Learning and Deep Learning for Advanced Medical Imaging and Diagnostics

Loughborough University Department of Computer Science

The goal of this Ph.D. project is to leverage machine learning and deep learning techniques to enhance medical image analysis, disease diagnostics, and prognostics. Read more

Supervisor: Prof B Li

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

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Biomedical Engineering: Fully Funded Swansea and Boston Scientific Ltd PhD Scholarship: Bioprosthetic Design Evaluation Through Experimental-Computational Techniques

Swansea University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Funding providers: Swansea University's Faculty of Science and Engineering and Boston Scientific Ltd. Subject areas: Experimental Mechanics, Heart Valves, Digital Image Correlation (DIC), Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV), Biomechanics, Fluid-Structure Interaction. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R van Loon

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

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Understanding the cardiotoxic effects of anti-cancer therapies; a multidisciplinary approach

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Sciences

There are >18 million new cancer patients worldwide every year, of which >2 million are women with breast cancer. Read more

Supervisors: Prof P R Dash, Prof W Holderbaum, Prof S Nasuto, Prof N Derakhshan

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

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Nanobody-conjugated graphene based electromechanical biosensors

The University of Manchester Department of Materials

A nanobody corresponds to a fragment of an camelid antibody (VHH) containing a single monomeric antibody domain. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Vijayaraghavan

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

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Remote patient monitoring using wearable devices and AI

University of Sheffield Department of Computer Science

Artificial intelligence (AI) has permeated various aspects of modern life, significantly influencing the healthcare sector. Fuelled by this momentum, remote patient monitoring facilitated by mobile sensing technology is on the way to changing how patients are monitored and treated. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Sun

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

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We have 19 Engineering (heart disease) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Engineering (heart disease) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 19 Engineering (heart disease) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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