If exercise during cancer treatment is to become normal practice, we need to understand from the perspectives of patients, carers, healthcare professionals (e.g. doctors, nurses, clinical exercise physiologists and physiotherapists) and policymakers the psychological, social, cultural, political and resource challenges that need to be addressed. In this PhD project, the student will undertake a qualitative study (via survey, focus groups and interviews) to identify barriers and levers to embedding exercise into the adjuvant cancer treatment pathways from the perspectives of patients, carers and other key stakeholders. This research will underpin the development of good practice implementation guidelines and an intervention to support patients and healthcare professionals.
You will be joining a large multidisciplinary team with a strong track-record of leading research trials (including randomised controlled exercise trials) in people living with and beyond cancer. Working in a supportive, collegiate environment, you will have outstanding career development opportunities through the support provided by the Doctoral College and access to research seminars and workshops in the Department of Sport, Health & Exercise Science, the Hull York Medical School and the Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. You will also engage in regular meetings with other PhD students and supervisors working on related projects as part of the larger research cluster.
For informal inquiries, please contact Dr Maureen Twiddy: [Email Address Removed]
For more information, watch a recording here of a webinar held in December 2021. You'll hear from programme leaders, supervisors and students talking about the funded opportunities available.
About the research cluster
This PhD cluster aims to develop an exercise model that can be embedded within the oesophagogastric and colorectal cancer care pathways and provide evidence that it can influence and potentially improve the efficacy of chemo-radiotherapy treatments. In addition, the cluster aims to provide new mechanistic insights into the role of exercise for ameliorating the adverse cardiotoxic and myotoxic side-effects of chemo-radiotherapy and undertake qualitative investigations aimed at understanding the barriers and levers to embedding exercise within cancer care pathways and informing the development of good practice implementation guidelines.
Submission of thesis
Submission of your final thesis is expected within three years and three months from the start of your PhD scholarship for full time and within five years and six months if studying part-time.
If you need to move into a fourth year (full time) or sixth year (part-time) to complete your thesis, please note that you will not receive a tuition fee waiver or maintenance grant during this period.
Eligibility, entry requirements and how to apply
To find out more about the eligibility criteria, entry requirements and how to apply, please visit the University of Hull PhD scholarships webpage.
International applicants
This opportunity comes with a home fee waiver only.
Closing date for applications
Midnight, 31 January 2022
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