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Ophthalmology & Visual Science PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships

We have 17 Ophthalmology & Visual Science PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships

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  Development of a new strategy for sustained release of ocular drugs based on patients and health professional’s acceptance
Aston University School of Life & Health Sciences
  Dr R Gil-Cazorla
Application Deadline: 16 December 2018
Main Supervisor. Dr Raquel Gil-Cazorla; Associate Supervisors. Dr Gurpreet Bhogal-Bhamra & Dr Shehzad A Naroo. Topical administration, mostly in form of eye drops, is employed to treat anterior and some posterior segment diseases.
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  The effects of exercise on the ocular stress response to dry environments (RDF19/HLS/SER/PEART)
Northumbria University Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
  Dr D Peart
Application Deadline: 25 January 2019
Unpublished pilot work from our group has identified that a single one hour exposure to a desiccating environment (. The successful applicant will contribute to shaping the direction of the project, and full training will be provided in all of the relevant methods of data collection.
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  The role of isothiocyanates-derived from natural sources in uveal melanoma chemoprevention (ref: SF18/APP/McDermott)
Northumbria University Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
  Prof A McDermott, Prof M Panagiotidis, Dr G Koutsidis
Applications accepted all year round
Uveal melanoma is the most frequent primary intraocular tumor, in Caucasian adults, and one that is very difficult to treat once it becomes metastatic.
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  Medical Imaging and Artificial Intelligence Technologies for the detection of Eye Diseases
University of Bradford Faculty of Engineering and Informatics
  Research Group: Visual Computing
  Prof R Qahwaji
Applications accepted all year round
This project aims to develop Visual Computing and Artificial Intelligence-Based System for the Diagnosis of Infectious keratitis in the Cornea.
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  EPSRC / BBC iCASE award: Understanding Audiences of the Future - development and deployment of non-invasive measures of individual or collective immersion
University of Bristol Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  Prof I Gilchrist, Prof D Bull
Applications accepted all year round
Background. The University of Bristol, through Bristol Vision Institute (BVI) is a world leader in vision science.
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  Optimised acquisition and coding for immersive formats based on visual scene analysis
University of Bristol Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  Prof D Bull, Dr I Gilchrist
Applications accepted all year round
EPSRC iCASE award with BBC Research and Development. Background. The University of Bristol, through Bristol Vision Institute (BVI) is a world leader in vision science.
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  Progenitor cells and recovery from retinal injury
University of Calgary Hotchkiss Brain Institute
  Prof S McFarlane
Applications accepted all year round
The McFarlane lab (https://www.ucalgary.ca/smcfarla/) is interested in how nerve cells are specified and differentiate, and how nerve cells and tissues acquire their correct morphology.
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  Regulation of progenitor biology by neural activity
University of Calgary Hotchkiss Brain Institute
  Prof S McFarlane, Dr G Bertolesi
Applications accepted all year round
The McFarlane lab (https://www.ucalgary.ca/smcfarla/) is interested in how nerve cells are specified and differentiate, and how nerve cells and tissues acquire their correct morphology.
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  MRC Precision Medicine DTP: Virtual biopsy with the Eye – using machine learning to detect and trackchronic kidney disease
University of Edinburgh College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
  Research Group: Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
  Dr T MacGillivray, Dr N Dhaun, Prof B Dhillon
Application Deadline: 7 January 2019
Industrial Partner. Optos. Background. CKD affects 6-11% of the world’s population [1]. Hypertension is an independent risk factor for CKD progression and is a frequent finding in patients with CKD.
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  The eye as a window to the central nervous system – an artificial intelligence approach to biomarker discovery for MS
University of Edinburgh College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
  Research Group: Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
  Dr T MacGillivray, Prof B Dhillon
Application Deadline: 7 February 2019
The eye, with common embryonic origins to the brain and other shared anatomical features such as a blood–tissue barrier and nerves, is an area of the central nervous system amenable to non-invasive study.
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