About the Project
The University of Bristol is offering a 3-year funded PhD studentship for an individual with a strong academic record relevant to behavioural science and an interest in developing engaging and effective interventions. You will work directly with UK Health Security Agency to develop, adapt and optimise interventions to reduce the transmission of disease.
This work will focus on important questions relating to developing effective and engaging interventions, such as: How can we improve the speed and efficiency of intervention development? How can we harness new digital methods of implementation and evaluation to feed into intervention optimisation? How can we best integrate public and community involvement into intervention development? This studentship offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to methodology in this important area. You will apply and develop the Person-Based Approach to intervention development, and will master skills in a variety of relevant methodologies such as systematic reviewing and mixed methods evaluation.
This studentship offers an excellent opportunity to train with highly experienced supervisors Prof Lucy Yardley and Prof Richard Amlot. You will further benefit from co-supervision from Prof Isabel Oliver, Director of the National Infection Service of Public Health England. You will be based at the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Behavioural Science and Evaluation at University of Bristol, a leading centre for research excellence. This studentship will begin from October 2021. The student will be registered with Population Health Science with members of the supervisory team from Psychological Science.
University of Bristol, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School
Bristol Medical School is the largest and one of the most diverse Schools in the University of Bristol, with approximately 930 members of staff and over 260 postgraduate doctoral research students. The School is a leading centre for research and teaching across Population Health Sciences and Translational Health Sciences. Research in the School is collaborative and multi-disciplinary, with staff coming from a wide range of academic disciplines and clinical specialties.
The 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) confirmed the University of Bristol’s position as a leading centre for health research. In Population Health Sciences 50% of our research was rated as 4* (world leading), and 86% as 4* or 3* (world- leading or internationally excellent). 100% of our research impact case studies were rated as world-leading, as was 100% of our research environment. This recognition of our outstanding impact and research environment reflects our engagement with patients, the public and policy makers and our commitment to training, staff development, multi-disciplinary research and collaboration. In the areas of Clinical Medicine and Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience returns from staff in the Medical School also had approximately 80% in the world-leading (4*) or internationally excellent (3*) categories.
Within the Medical School are several major research centres, groups and programmes. More details can be found on the Medical School website.
University of Bristol, Faculty of Life Sciences, School of Psychological Science
The School of Psychological Science is home to nearly 40 academic staff with a mixture of research and teaching duties, and to approximately 30 academic staff on research only contracts, and approximately 50 post‐graduate research students. Research is organised into three research themes: cognitive science; brain and behaviour, and physical and mental health, which together reflect a tradition of excellence in experimental psychology coupled with real strengths in the application of psychology to real world issues. An important feature of this research structure is the extent of collaboration and team-working within and across themes. Our use of state‐of‐the‐art technology and statistical approaches and status as the developers of current psychological theory mean that our research embodies the University’s vision of ‘tradition with edge’.
The School’s international standing is shown by a number of recent awards to its academic staff, including the 2017 British Psychological Society’s President’s Award, a 2018 Philip Leverhulme Prize, and the recent election of an individual to the Academy of Social Sciences. Further evidence of research quality is demonstrated by the range of large grants that members of school lead or contribute to, which include ERC Advanced, EPSRC platform, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, and MRC Unit awards.
More details can be found on the School of Psychological Science website.
Candidate requirements:
Applicants are sought from individuals who have, or are expected to obtain, a 2.1 or higher degree indegree in psychology, public health or a similar field. Possession of a relevant Master’s degree, or research experience, would be advantageous.
Please note: A research proposal is not required at application stage.
How to apply:
Please make an online application for this project at http://www.bris.ac.uk/pg-howtoapply Please select Faculty of Health Sciences and Population Health Science PhD on the Programme Choice page. You will be prompted to enter details of the NIHR/HPRU funding in the Funding and Research Details sections of the form.
Further information:
For informal enquiries or further information about this PhD project, please contact Prof Lucy Yardley ([Email Address Removed]).
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