Other PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

Supervisors: Dr R Burns, Dr AMcC McCloskey, Dr M McAfee, Dr AML Larkin, Dr LMB McBride

The Postgraduate Research Programme Translational Health Research Innovation preVention & Equity (THRIVE) offers 12 PhD research scholarships to commence in 2024. Read more

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

Understanding associations between metabolic risk factors and social exclusion among older adults in the age of digitalisation

Supervisors: Dr SK Keogh, Dr MON O'Neill, Dr KVS VanSomeren

The Postgraduate Research Programme Translational Health Research Innovation preVention & Equity (THRIVE) offers 12 PhD research scholarships to commence in 2024. Read more

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

Virtual Reality (VR) for the promotion of psychological and physiological benefit for older people.

Supervisors: Dr WF Farrelly, Dr SW Wilson, Dr CH Heaney, Dr EMacG Mac Giolla

The Postgraduate Research Programme Translational Health Research Innovation preVention & Equity (THRIVE) offers 12 PhD research scholarships to commence in 2024. Read more

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

Management of Menstrual Cycle Symptomology for Quality of Life and Health

Supervisors: Dr KVS VanSomeren, Dr LR Ryan, Dr LK Keaver

The Postgraduate Research Programme Translational Health Research Innovation preVention & Equity (THRIVE) offers 12 PhD research scholarships to commence in 2024. Read more

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

Communicating benefits of population vaccination and screening programmes for optimal uptake and improved longevity in areas with regional disparities.

Supervisors: Dr LMB McBride, Dr R Burns, Dr GG Gliga, Dr CH Heaney

The Postgraduate Research Programme Translational Health Research Innovation preVention & Equity (THRIVE) offers 12 PhD research scholarships to commence in 2024. Read more

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

Health Outcomes of Socially Excluded Older People in the Age of Digitalisation

Supervisors: Dr SK Keogh, Dr KVS VanSomeren, Dr MON O'Neill

The Postgraduate Research Programme in Innovation, Digitalisation, Enterprise and Society (IDEAS) offers 12 PhD research scholarships to commence in 2024. Read more

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

Sheffield Hallam University Health and Social Care Research

Transforming Lives PhD Scholarship, Sheffield Hallam University: Predicting and preventing intervention-generated inequalities from new digital health technologies

Applications are invited for a Transforming Lives PhD Scholarship in Health and Social Care commencing 1 October 2024 (negotiable depending on circumstances). Read more

Supervisor: Prof G Peat

3 June 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

University of Liverpool Faculty of Health and Life Science

Assessing the consistency assumption underlying network meta-analysis in systematic reviews

Systematic reviews of trial evidence are often carried out to summarise and compare the effectiveness of treatments for a specific disease. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Donegan

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

University of Birmingham Institute of Applied Health Research

An exploration of the support and safety nets in place for families with children experiencing food insecurity

The Centre for National Training and Research Excellence in Understanding behaviour (Centre-UB) is inviting applications for a Doctoral Studentship in association with our collaborative partner, Birmingham City Council, to start in October 2024. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Pallan

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

University of Birmingham School of Social Policy

Embedding behavioural science insights into Early Intervention and Prevention across service areas (adult social care, children and families and housing), to explore ways of supporting citizens before they present to the council during crisis

The Centre for National Training and Research Excellence in Understanding behaviour (Centre-UB) is inviting applications for a Doctoral Studentship in association with our collaborative partner Birmingham City Council to start in October 2024. Read more

Supervisors: Prof C Needham, Dr J Pykett

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

Reframing Critical and Socially Engaged Arts Practices from a Creative Health / Health Humanities Perspective

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

The Arts and Health Research Group was created in 2021 in response to the nationwide increase in physical and mental health needs in the UK, particularly amongst the young, the elderly and minority groups, following the Covid pandemic and lockdown. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Cussans

Development and evaluation of a ‘best housing’ assessment tool for people living with dementia in extra care housing

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

Applications are invited for a fully-funded, full-time PhD studentship for the project. Development and evaluation of a ‘best housing’ assessment tool for people living with dementia in extra care housing. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Barrett

Pain Management for People Living with Dementia in Extra Care Housing

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

There is plenty of research and a large body of evidence that shows that, for older people living with dementia, pain assessment and management is suboptimal as compared to other older people with similar health conditions in hospitals, residential care, nursing care and in their own homes, but there is no evidence relating to people living with dementia in Extra Care Housing (ECH). Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Barrett

Measuring the Cost-Effectiveness of Meeting Centres

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

A Meeting Centre (MC) is a local resource, operating out of ordinary community buildings, that offers on-going warm and friendly expert support to people with mild to moderate dementia and their families. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Evans

Living with allergy during the transition to secondary school

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

Allergy, the immune system’s hypersensitive reaction to typically harmless substances, can be severe and lead to a potentially life-threatening reaction or anaphylaxis (Turner et al, 2019). Read more

Supervisor: Dr B Mahoney