Pharmacy (growth) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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

Targeted therapies such as tamoxifen, fulvestrant and anastrozole have exhibited significant clinical success since being introduced as treatments for Estrogen Receptor positive (ER+) breast cancer patients. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Burden

Newcastle University School of Pharmacy

Quantifying the risk of precipitating drug induced crystalluria (XTALURIA)

The growth of crystals in the body often results in pain, damage, and gross harm. Read more

Supervisor: Dr O Kavanagh

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

Multipurpose gel formulations containing antiretroviral-loaded lactoferrin nanoparticles and antibiotics for combination HIV prevention and treatment of bacterial vaginosis

Supervisors: Dr S Carmali, Prof K Malcolm

This is an exemplar PhD project co-supervised by Dr. Sheiliza Carmali (School of Pharmacy) and Prof. Karl Malcolm (School or Pharmacy). Read more

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

Novel strategy for treatment of chronic wounds via multi-functional liposomal nanocarriers

Supervisors: Dr X Liu, Prof R Falconer

Research Group: Medicines Development and Pharmaceutical Sciences

A confounding issue of non-healing skin wounds is the presence of pathogenic bacteria, that protect themselves from conventional antibiotic treatments by encasing themselves within protective shields (biofilms). Read more

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

3D & 4D PRINTING IN CANCER MANAGEMENT

Supervisor: Prof D Lamprou

According to WHO, cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide, with nearly 1 in 6 deaths been due to cancer. The principal modes of cancer management are surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and pharmaceutical agents. Read more

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

University of Strathclyde Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy & Biomedical Sciences

Investigating the factors leading to crystallisation in drug melts and glasses

Objectives. Read more

Supervisors: Prof KE Edkins, Prof J Sefcik

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

Targeting the MAPK scaffold protein KSR1 for the treatment of prostate cancer

Supervisors: Dr J Muller, Prof R Falconer

Research Group: Institute of Cancer Therapeutics

Prostate cancer is one of the leading causes of male cancer deaths. It arises when individual cells escape their normal growth control mechanisms and proliferate in an uncontrolled fashion. Read more

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

University of Nottingham School of Medicine

The Importance of Muscle Stem Cells: Implications for Muscle Repair in Inflammation and Trauma

Skeletal muscle possesses a remarkable capacity for adaptation and repair, processes essential in the maintenance of skeletal muscle health. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Joanisse, Prof P Greenhaff, Dr JM Mallinson, Dr C Deane

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Therapeutic resolution of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) by natural products

Supervisors: Dr T Nasim, Prof C Wright

Research Group: Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a devastating cardiovascular disorder which, if left untreated, leads to heart failure and death. Read more

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

Development of a personalized therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)

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

Research Group: Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a devastating cardiovascular disorder which, if left untreated, leads to heart failure and death. Read more

Supervisor: Dr T Nasim

Re-purposing established drugs for the resolution of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)

Supervisors: Dr T Nasim, Dr K Assi

Research Group: Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a devastating cardiovascular disorder which, if left untreated, leads to heart failure and death. Read more

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

Regulation of CaaX protein processing

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

USP17 is over-expressed in a range of primary tumours including NSCLC, breast, colorectal, cervical, ovarian and osteosarcoma and its depletion has been shown to block the growth of cells from all these cancer types, as well as the migration of a range of cancer cells (NSCLC, breast, ovarian, osteosarcoma). . Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Burrows

Self-regulating, self-cleaning biomaterials

Supervisors: Prof C McCoy, Dr M Wylie

A major problem associated with medical devices is infection. With infection rates of approaching 100% in some devices, ways to prevent formation of bacterial biofilm on medical device surfaces are urgently required. Read more

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

Freeze-dried bacteriophage formulations against antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Supervisors: Dr T Skvortsov, Prof K Malcolm, Dr V Kett

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) presents a significant global public health issue. Read more

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

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Cell-matrix interface engineering for regenerative medicine applications and disease modelling

Dr. Mahetab Amer is seeking motivated students with backgrounds in tissue engineering, cell biology, materials science, or related fields to join her dynamic, multidisciplinary research group at the Division of Cell Matrix Biology and Regenerative Medicine, University of Manchester. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M.A Amer

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