Digital Health Technologies PhD

This 4-year PhD programme provides multidisciplinary training for the next generation of researchers and innovators in digital health at home, in hospitals, and in the community. The degree is funded by the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Digital Health Technologies; which is run jointly between UCL and Ulster University. Students will benefit from the world leading departments and facilities of both institutions across engineering and health technology research.

Students are registered and supervised for their PhD at either UCL or Ulster University, and undertake their programme of research at one of the institutions. Additionally, students may participate in formative cohort training and development activities organised jointly between the institutions.

This programme is for students with a background in engineering, physical sciences, mathematics or another related discipline who wish to produce a significant contribution to research within digital health technologies. This programme will allow you to develop knowledge in your area of specialism and you'll receive the comprehensive training you need to develop digital health technologies that have a positive impact on patients and society.

You will benefit from a unique blend of academic and healthcare expertise with health data access, industry partnerships, digital innovation, business and entrepreneurship.

You will work with colleagues from diverse academic backgrounds – from computer science to electrical engineering and medicine.

The NHS has launched a mission to become world leaders in digital healthcare, and digital health saw a record $24 billion of investment in 2020. This acknowledges that digital health technologies have the potential to tackle many of the challenges faced by the healthcare system – from infectious diseases to an ageing population and staff shortages.

Advanced monitoring technologies, virtual wards, and ‘hospital-at-home' programmes are the future of healthcare, but this requires a new generation of digital health technologists, trained at the intersection of engineering, computing, data science and healthcare.

This programme will produce highly skilled, multidisciplinary researchers and innovators in digital health.

You'll receive a comprehensive training programme and pursue internationally leading research at the intersection of engineering, computing, data science and healthcare, to develop digital health technologies that have a positive impact on patients and society.

The programme consists of four themes, covering all disease areas:

1. Diagnostic and prognostic indications
2. Treatment and care optimisation
3. Disease tracking, surveillance and modelling
4. Health data security, interoperability and sharing

How to apply

For UCL applicants, please see more information here. The deadline for UCL applicants is 31st January 2025.

For Ulster applicants, please see more information here. The deadline for Ulster applicants is Monday 24th February 2025 at 4pm.

Email: hello@tech4health.co.uk