Other (medical) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

The impact of extended waiting times for treatment and investigation in people Long-term conditions

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

Waiting lists for hospital treatment have steadily increased since 2016 (2016 was the last time that the 18-week treatment target was met by the NHS). Read more

Supervisor: Prof R Stack

Investigating causal effects of neurodevelopmental and mental health problems in childhood on adult physical health

Supervisors: Dr E Stergiakouli, Dr L Howe, Dr RB Blakey, Ms CD Dardani

Rationale. Neurodevelopmental and mental health problems in childhood have been linked to adverse physical health outcomes in both childhood and adult life. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Investigating the relationship between digital media use and children’s mental health

Supervisors: Dr E Stergiakouli, Prof C Haworth, Dr O Davis, Dr AH Havdhal

Rationale. Children are now exposed to and use digital media from a very young age both for entertainment and educational purposes. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Understanding psychiatric outcomes in children born with cleft lip and/or palate using genetics

Supervisors: Dr E Stergiakouli, Dr S Lewis, Prof M J Owen, Dr M van den Bree

Rationale. Cleft of the lip and/or palate is a common birth defect worldwide and occurs at a rate of one in 650 live births in the UK. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Synthesizing evidence on different outcome scales: development of mapping methods for analysing childhood obesity data

Supervisors: Prof J Higgins, Dr AD Davies

Obesity in childhood is a central theme in life course epidemiology. As well as middle-age mortality, childhood obesity is associated with type 2 diabetes and heart disease in adulthood [1]. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Exploring the relationship between alcohol consumption and self-harm combining epidemiological and human laboratory methods

Supervisors: Dr B Mars, Dr J Heron, Assoc Prof AA Attwood, Prof M Munafo

Project Background. Self-harm is a major public health concern. It is the strongest predictor of suicide and is particularly common among young people; a group in which rates of self -harm and suicide appear to be rising. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Reframing Critical and Socially Engaged Arts Practices from a Creative Health / Health Humanities Perspective

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

The Arts and Health Research Group was created in 2021 in response to the nationwide increase in physical and mental health needs in the UK, particularly amongst the young, the elderly and minority groups, following the Covid pandemic and lockdown. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Cussans

Living with allergy during the transition to secondary school

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

Allergy, the immune system’s hypersensitive reaction to typically harmless substances, can be severe and lead to a potentially life-threatening reaction or anaphylaxis (Turner et al, 2019). Read more

Supervisor: Dr B Mahoney

Arts-led Approaches to Trauma, Memory and Healing

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

The Covid pandemic led to a worldwide increase in physical and mental health needs, particularly amongst the young, the elderly and minority groups. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Cussans

The management of young people's mental health in primary care

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

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, new prescriptions for medication used to treat anxiety and depression were increasing in young people [1, 2]. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Archer

University of Liverpool Department of Music

MUSIC-AF: Personalised music interventions to reduce arrhythmia recurrence after rhythm control in patients with atrial fibrillation

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common cardiac arrhythmia characterized by irregular and often rapid electrical activity in the atria of the heart due to a disruption to the normal coordinated contractions1. Read more

Supervisors: Dr EC Coutinho, Dr A Shantsila, Prof GYH Lip

30 September 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Sheffield Hallam University Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

Sheffield Hallam University - Psychology Demonstratorships: Mind your language: the development of gender stereotypes

Applications are invited for Psychology Demonstratorships in the department of Psychology, Sociology, and Politics, commencing October 2024. Read more

Supervisors: Dr DR Reynolds, Dr JAO Aguado-Orea

24 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Atlantic Technological University Research

Last chance to apply

Virtual Reality (VR) for the promotion of psychological and physiological benefit for older people.

The Postgraduate Research Programme Translational Health Research Innovation preVention & Equity (THRIVE) offers 12 PhD research scholarships to commence in 2024. Read more

Supervisors: Dr WF Farrelly, Dr SW Wilson, Dr CH Heaney, Dr EMacG Mac Giolla

29 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only) PhD Opportunities

125th Anniversary Scholarships for Black British Researchers

University of Birmingham

A new PhD scholarship scheme will fund up to ten talented Black postgraduate research students in Autumn 2024. Read more