Statistics (equality) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

We have 18 Statistics (equality) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

(BRC) Biomarker adaptive designs in the presence of uncertainty

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

The key precepts of precision medicine are that a) levels of response to a healthcare intervention vary between individuals, b) that this response heterogeneity… Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Kirkham, Mr M Parkes, Prof MH Buch

20 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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(MRC DTP CASE) Understanding Disease Management and Outcomes for Myositis Patients: An International Real-World Study Utilising Multiple Data Sources to Investigate Treatment Patterns, Health-Related Quality of Life, Clinical Outcomes, and Burden of Illness for Patients With Rare Autoimmune Disease

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Myositis is a group of rare conditions which present with physical symptoms that can significantly impact a patient’s life. Many patients are permanently disabled due to irreversible muscle damage. Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Chinoy, Dr AO Oldroyd

13 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Determining the biological basis of observed clinical outcomes in juvenile idiopathic arthritis using genetics and multiomics

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a chronic inflammatory arthritis affecting children and young people with an age of disease onset less than 16 years of age. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Bowes, Dr J Humphreys

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

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Inflammatory Arthritis in Childhood: Impact, Outcomes and Safety of Treatment

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis is the most common inflammatory arthritis of childhood. Although less common than arthritis in adults, a diagnosis of arthritis in a child can have lasting impacts on that child and their families through their entire lifespan. Read more

Supervisors: Prof K Hyrich, Dr L Kearsley-Fleet

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

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Evaluating the risk of biguanides and statins on cancer incidence and mortality rates: a mixed methods study combining pharmacoepidemiological and experimental approaches

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

In the UK, every two minutes someone is diagnosed with cancer and every four minutes someone dies from it– leading to more than 360,000 new cases and 160,000 deaths annually1. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Latif

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

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Drug repurposing for the treatment of aspergillosis

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

The mould Aspergillus fumigatus was classified by the WHO as a critical priority pathogen in 2022. It causes a spectrum of invasive, allergic and chronic disease. Read more

Supervisors: Dr CK Kosmidis, Prof D Ashcroft, Dr M Bottery, Dr M Bromley

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

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Investigating the genetic basis of immunological overlap between inflammatory diseases

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Genetic studies have identified numerous variants within the human genome associated with susceptibility to common complex inflammatory diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and ulcerative colitis (UC). Read more

Supervisors: Mr P Martin, Prof S Eyre, Prof A Morris

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

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Clinical Prediction Modelling under Federated Learning

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Clinical prediction models (CPMs) take a set of characteristics about a patient to estimate their risk of an event of interest. Developing CPMs using data that captures observations across multiple clusters (e.g., countries) can increase the robustness and generalisability of CPMs. Read more

Supervisors: Dr G P Martin, Dr M Sperrin, Dr DJ Jenkins

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

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Adverse Events to Methotrexate in Inflammatory Arthritis: Does Age Matter?

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

A consistent top-5 research priority for both children and adults with inflammatory arthritis is the tailoring of treatments to prevent or lessen adverse events. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Shoop-Worrall, Prof K Hyrich, Dr S Verstappen

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

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Sensor Fusion and management in Autonomous Airborne Platforms

University of Edinburgh School of Engineering

Sensor networks, sensor fusion and management techniques address key challenges in intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance (ISTAR). Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Hopgood, Prof M Davies

28 February 2025 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

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Data-Driven Computational Sensing and Imaging

University of Edinburgh School of Engineering

Today's state-of-the-art imaging and sensing rely as much on computation as they do on sensor hardware. Furthermore, computational sensing and imaging is increasingly exploiting data-driven and machine learning solutions to enhance performance and develop novel hardware/software co-designed sensing systems. Read more

Supervisors: Prof M Davies, Dr J Hopgood

28 February 2025 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

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Advancing joint modelling methodology for clinical prediction models

The University of Manchester Department of Mathematics

This is an interdisciplinary project between the Department of Mathematics (Christiana Charalambous, Timothy Waite) and the Centre for Health Informatics (David Jenkins). Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Charalambous

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Hierarchical Bayesian Model Selection for Inverse Problems in Applied Mathematics

The University of Manchester Department of Mathematics

We often have modelling choices to make when considering an inverse problem, which can have a big impact on the result. It is not always obvious which model might best represent our system. Read more

Supervisor: Prof S Cotter

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

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Characterising human sebum using NMR approaches

The University of Manchester Department of Chemistry

We have recently shown that skin secretions in particular sebum, has a critical diagnostic role in other diseases unrelated directly to the skin. Read more

Supervisors: Dr D K Trivedi, Prof M Nilsson, Prof GA Morris

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

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Novel causal models for multivariate functional data

Queen Mary University of London School of Mathematical Sciences

Research Group: Data Science, Statistics & Probability

The School of Mathematical Sciences of Queen Mary University of London invite applications for a PhD project commencing in September 2024. . Read more

Supervisor: Dr E Solea

31 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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We have 18 Statistics (equality) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

Statistics (equality) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

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