We have 447 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in London

FGF signalling is implicated in cancer (e.g., breast and cervical cancer) susceptibility and progression, suggesting that this powerful developmental pathway is co-opted by cancer cells. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Chioni

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

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Improving health literacy for people with intellectual disabilities

Kingston University Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education

Around 1.5 million people in the UK have a learning disability (internationally known as ‘intellectual disabilities’). They experience significantly worse mental and physical health outcomes compared to the general population and die on average 22 years earlier. Read more

Supervisor: Prof I. TW Tuffrey-Wijne

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

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Nanomedicines Prepared using Polymerization Induced Self-Assembly (PISA)

Kingston University Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education

Background. Recent advances in polymer particle design have largely relied on developments in controlled/living or reversible deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP). Read more

Supervisor: Prof F Aldabbagh

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

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Transmucosal Insulin for Diabetes Therapy: Investigation and Development of Polymer Based Films/Patches for Buccal Delivery

Kingston University Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education

Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder characterized by chronic hyperglycaemia. Subcutaneous delivery of insulin used in diabetes therapy possesses many limitations, such as pain and tissue damage. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Vangala

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

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Sport related values and value systems in cultural context

Kingston University Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education

Starting 2021, the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) International Standard for Education (ISE) mandates the four must-have components for anti-doping education delivered to athletes, one of which is values-based education (WADA, 2021). Read more

Supervisor: Prof A Petroczi

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

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Sustained Ocular Delivery of APIs for Management of Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy

Kingston University Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education

1. Introduction: . Diabetic Retinopathy (DRP), a severe ocular complication of diabetes mellitus, is a leading cause of blindness globally. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Al-kinani

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

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Harnessing Breast Cancer Therapy: Innovative Formulation Strategies for Repurposing Medicines to Overcome Resistance

Kingston University Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education

Background. Research in the Kadri group focuses on developing innovative chemical approaches for the discovery of novel therapeutics to address unmet global health needs. Read more

Supervisor: Dr H Kadri

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

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Glycerol valorisation by clay-supported ruthenium catalysts

Kingston University Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education

The valorisation of glycerol has gained significant recent attention as it is considered as an industrial waste product from biodiesel production. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D Heift

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

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Developing a novel drug screening platform for schistosomes using the free-living flatworm Schmidtea mediterranea

Kingston University Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education

Schistosoma mansoni is one of three major schistosome species that infect over 240 million people across 70 developing countries, with an additional 0.6 billion at risk of infection. Read more

Supervisor: Dr E Shakir

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

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Health inequalities and the post pandemic future

Kingston University Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education

Welcome PhD applications in the following areas . Group based conspiracy theories and its impact on public health . Misinformation, and health inequalities . Read more

Supervisor: Prof T Vandrevala

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

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Modification of antibiotics to improve efficacy / safety

Kingston University Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education

With increasing concern over antibiotic resistance, antibacterial agents such as chloramphenicol and colistin, which have frequently been passed over in the past because of concerns over toxicity, are now becoming more important to tackle resistant bacterial strains. . Read more

Supervisor: Dr I Beadham

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

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Using molecular dynamics simulations to understand the effect of lipid membrane composition on its permeability

Kingston University Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education

The permeability of a lipid membrane, such as a cell membrane, relates to the ease with which a chemical entity, such as a drug molecule, can cross the membrane. Read more

Supervisor: Dr G Shearman

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

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Metabolic modulation of microglial homeostasis and immune response

Kingston University Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education

Microglia are a specialised immune cell found in the central nervous system. They are responsible for maintaining brain homeostasis and play an important role in the early onset and development of neuroinflammatory disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Stolinski

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

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Discovery of novel drug targets in schistosomes

Kingston University Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education

Schistosomes are parasites that cause human schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease affecting over 260 million people across the globe. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A Walker

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

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Studies at the intersect of poetry and the chemical sciences.

Kingston University Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education

This unfunded project will investigate the role of poetry to assist chemistry learning at university level. . Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Wren

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

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Development of molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) assisted analytical methods for detection and monitoring of protein/enzyme biomarkers

Kingston University Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education

Biomarkers have been used prolifically in the field of medicine to provide a rapid and easy method of monitoring many normal biochemical pathways and many pathological conditions without the need for any invasive procedures [1,2]. . Read more

Supervisor: Prof J Barker

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

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Contemporary issues in sport integrity and anti-doping

Kingston University Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education

This ‘project’ is a flexible portfolio of connected studies relating to sport integrity, clean sport, clean athlete identity, role of personal and societal values of sport, anti-doping education and legitimacy. . Read more

Supervisor: Prof A Petroczi

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

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Curing disease: using natural or novel compounds to target key signalling pathways

Kingston University Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education

The role of signalling pathways in the initiation and progression of disease is an extensively studied but not clearly understood field. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Elbediwy

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

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Exploring and understanding inclusivity of LGBTQIA+ recreational athletes in the UK

University of Greenwich Institute for Lifecourse Development

Researchers, practitioners, and policy makers have shown that physical, mental, and social health research disparities exist between lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual (LGBTQIA+) populations and others. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Gorczynski

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

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Circadian Rhythms and Ageing

University of Greenwich School of Pharmacy (Medway Campus)

About the Project. We are pleased to offer the opportunity for a self-funded PhD student to join our research team within the School of Pharmacy, University of Kent. The research aims of this project are to explore the impact of Aging on the mammalian circadian clock. Read more

Supervisors: Dr G Lall, Dr AS Steponenaite

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

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Modelling the Impact of Diagnostic Pathways in Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease - University of Swansea (part of Health Data Research UK’s Big Data for Complex Disease Driver Programme)

Health Data Research UK Big Data for Complex Diseases (BDCD)

HDR UK is funding six PhDs with leading UK universities and research organisations. This brand-new programme offers the chance to carry out a doctoral research project at the leading edge of health data science. Read more

Supervisor: Prof RO Owen

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

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Repurposing and enriching cardiovascular risk prediction model to identify people at risk of cancer – UCL (part of Health Data Research UK’s Big Data for Complex Disease Driver Programme)

Health Data Research UK Big Data for Complex Diseases (BDCD)

Risk-stratified management of cardiovascular disease (CVD), where people without established disease receive preventative interventions and monitoring based on their 10-years predicted risk, has been highly successful to ensure healthcare resources are allocated to those most likely to benefit. Read more

Supervisor: Dr FS Schmidt

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

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Cross-modal sensory integration for motor decision making.

University of Greenwich School of Pharmacy (Medway Campus)

Dr Koutsikou’s research group in collaboration with Dr Tobias von der Haar (School of Biosciences, University of Kent) would like to invite applications from outstanding and highly motivated candidates, worldwide, who wish to develop and advance neuroscience research. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Koutsikou, Dr T von der Haar

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

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The Creation of Anti-Viral Plastic Nanobodies for Diagnostics and Therapeutics via Molecular Imprinting of Synthetic Polymers

University of Greenwich School of Pharmacy (Medway Campus)

Overview. The need to quickly generate new diagnostic tools and therapies in the battle against viral diseases has been highlighted recently by the continuing global pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Hall, Dr N Temperton

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

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Selection and evaluation of new universal influenza vaccine candidates using monoclonal antibodies and digitally designed HA and NA libraries & pseudotype virus screens

University of Greenwich School of Pharmacy (Medway Campus)

Universal influenza vaccines are a major global R&D vaccine priority. The Temperton (ORCID. Read more

Supervisors: Dr N Temperton, Dr S Scott, Prof J Heeney

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

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Cross-talks of immune checkpoint pathways determine the abilities of human malignant tumours to suppress cytotoxic attacks and escape immune surveillance

University of Greenwich School of Pharmacy (Medway Campus)

Overview. Immune checkpoint pathways determine the abilities of human malignant tumours to escape cytotoxic immune attack and thus progress the disease. Read more

Supervisor: Dr V Sumbayev

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 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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We have 447 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in London

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