Join the Healthy Lifespan Institute and help us transform the future of ageing! With fully funded PhD Studentships at the University of Sheffield

The University of Sheffield Healthy Lifespan Institute is currently offering two fully funded 3.5 year PhD Studentships for 2024 entry.

About Healthy Lifespan Institute Studentships

At the Healthy Lifespan Institute, we take a unique holistic, multidisciplinary approach to ageing.

Together, our fantastic PhD students (alongside our 200 academic members), are looking to transform ageing from a variety of angles, including:

• advancing our understanding of its mechanisms and determinants, both biological and social. From what is happening on a cellular and molecular level, to factors such as socioeconomic status, environment, occupation, diet and lifestyle.
• pioneering new lifestyle practices, therapies and drugs to prevent multimorbidity (the development of multiple age related diseases that cause ill health as we age) and boost resilience in frail older adults.
• influencing society by developing policies and best practices to optimise the social, environmental and economic factors that influence how we age.
• researching the most effective combinations of social and behavioural change to promote healthy ageing across the lifespan.
• working with service users, patients and carers to devise solutions that work in real life settings

Funding is available for 2024 entry PhD candidates of outstanding calibre to help deliver the urgently needed knowledge, interventions and impact to tackle multimorbidity, transform ageing and provide a healthy lifespan for all.

What will I gain from a Healthy Lifespan Institute PhD?

You will be a valued and active member of our Institute and your work will be vital in contributing to our aims and helping to effect real change.

You will be part of a vibrant and multidisciplinary network of PhD students and have opportunities to:

• Lead and influence Institute activity, your voice will be represented at our Institute Executive Board meetings.
• Design your own bespoke programme of training activities that benefit your unique needs.
• Benefit from a multidisciplinary supervisory team. We are passionate about helping you to develop the ability to work across disciplines and to understand and integrate your research into the wider context, as these are highly sought after career skills.
• Be supported to organise symposia, seminars, poster sessions, training events and socials.
• Benefit from an external mentor from industry or charity to gain vital intersectoral experience and make connections.
• Meet and host research leaders in your field.

Students will be eligible for:

• A full award paying fees and maintenance at the standard Research Council rates (stipend & fees).
• Research Training Support Grants (see individual advertisements for details)

Important Requirements:

Students must start by October 2024.
See individual advertisements for finer details.

Queries:

Please do not hesitate to contact us with any informal queries, by emailing: healthylifespan@sheffield.ac.uk