childhood PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for UK Students

Using artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques to improve diagnosis and predict outcomes in children with heart muscle disease.

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust GOSH BRC Applied Child Health Informatics Theme (Non-Clinical) PhD Studentships

Paediatric cardiomyopathies, or heart muscle diseases, are a group of rare and heterogeneous conditions with highly variable outcomes. Read more

Supervisors: Dr JPK Kaski, Dr G Norrish

15 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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PhD candidate - Origin of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders in Childhood (f/m/x)

Helmholtz Zentrum Munich Helmholtz Institute for Metabolic, Obesity and Vascular Research (HI-MAG)

We are Helmholtz Munich. In a rapidly changing world, we discover breakthrough solutions for better health. Our research is focused within the areas of metabolic health/diabetes, environmental health, molecular targets and therapies, cell programming and repair, bioengineering, and computational health. Read more

Supervisor: Prof S Körner

22 March 2025 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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

University of Bristol Bristol Medical School

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

Supervisors: Prof J Higgins, Dr AD Davies

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

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

University of Bristol Bristol Medical School

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

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

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

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Developmental and international perspectives on child eating behaviours and parent feeding practices (Deakin University)

Aston University College of Health and Life Sciences

ADCP PhD is a partnership cotutelle PhD program between Aston University (Birmingham, UK) and Deakin University (Melbourne, Australia). Read more

Supervisors: Dr G Russell, Miss T Lee, Prof J Blissett, Prof C Farrow

1 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Smart Kids, Healthy Lives: Integrating Technology to Combat Childhood Obesity in Ireland

Atlantic Technological University Research

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

Supervisors: Dr RM Mooney, Prof S Pillai, Dr MQ Queally, Dr SG Ghafoor, Dr AD Dwivedi

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

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Cardiovascular growth, function and disease modelling in childhood

University of Melbourne Murdoch Childrens Research Institute

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death globally and there is growing evidence that the precursors of adult heart disease start to form in childhood. Read more

Supervisor: Assoc Prof J Mynard

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

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Childhood Obesity - Fully Funded Graduate Research Position

University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health

The Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina is currently seeking a PhD level applicant who are interested in pursuing a research‐focused doctoral degree on the topic of childhood obesity. Read more

Supervisor: Assoc Prof RW Weaver

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

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Platforms and Political Economy of Digital Childhood

Deakin University Faculty of Arts and Education

Deakin University – School of Education - Research for Educational Impact (REDI). We are currently seeking expressions of interest to undertake research at the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child, based at the Centre’s Deakin University node. Read more

Supervisor: Prof J Sefton-Green

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

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Using early developmental predictors to understand heterogeneity in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Medicine

Hodge Centre for Translational Neuroscience. “Towards innovative treatments for mental illness”. Cardiff University Neuroscience and Mental Health Innovation Institute. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Martin

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

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Using big data to better define disease types and predict outcome in childhood myositis.

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust GOSH BRC Applied Child Health Informatics Theme (Non-Clinical) PhD Studentships

Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM) is a rare serious childhood autoimmune disease presenting with muscle and skin inflammation, which can affect any organ, and carries burden of serious morbidity and even mortality. Read more

Supervisors: Prof L Wedderburn, Prof MCB Cortina Borja, Dr M Wilkinson

15 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Graduate Training Assistant (GTA) PHD scholarship, Sheffield Hallam University: Validation and utility of wearable sensors to assess locomotion in early childhood.

Sheffield Hallam University Sport and Physical Activity Research Centre

Applications are invited for Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) PhD scholarships in Sport and Physical Activity, Sheffield Hallam University, commencing 1st October 2024. . Read more

Supervisor: Dr G Penitente

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

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Postgraduate Research Opportunities in Education

University of Leeds Faculty of Social Sciences

About the School of Education. The School of Education is recognised as one of the very best in the UK for its research and teaching excellence, with 81% of our research deemed 'world-leading' and 'internationally excellent' by the Research Excellence Framework in 2021. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Social Sciences Research Programme

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Breastfeeding and big babies - lifecourse and genomics epidemiological approaches to disentangle cause and effect.

University of Bristol Bristol Medical School

Rationale. The World Health Organisation recommends exclusively breastfeeding for 6 months, but in the UK, only 1% of infants meet the guidelines (1). Read more

Supervisors: Dr L Zuccolo, Dr LJ Johnson, Dr L Howe, Dr C Borges

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

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Data and datafication and digital childhood

Deakin University Faculty of Arts and Education

Deakin University – School of Education - Research for Educational Impact (REDI). We are currently seeking expressions of interest to undertake research at the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child, based at the Centre’s Deakin University node. Read more

Supervisors: Prof J Sefton-Green, Dr LP Pangrazio

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

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We have 46 childhood PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for UK Students

childhood PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for UK Students

We have 46 childhood PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for UK Students

Using artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques to improve diagnosis and predict outcomes in children with heart muscle disease.

PhD candidate - Origin of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders in Childhood (f/m/x)

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

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

Developmental and international perspectives on child eating behaviours and parent feeding practices (Deakin University)

Smart Kids, Healthy Lives: Integrating Technology to Combat Childhood Obesity in Ireland

Cardiovascular growth, function and disease modelling in childhood

Childhood Obesity - Fully Funded Graduate Research Position

Platforms and Political Economy of Digital Childhood

Using early developmental predictors to understand heterogeneity in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia

Using big data to better define disease types and predict outcome in childhood myositis.

Graduate Training Assistant (GTA) PHD scholarship, Sheffield Hallam University: Validation and utility of wearable sensors to assess locomotion in early childhood.

Postgraduate Research Opportunities in Education

Breastfeeding and big babies - lifecourse and genomics epidemiological approaches to disentangle cause and effect.

Data and datafication and digital childhood

We have 46 childhood PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for UK Students

childhood PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for UK Students

We have 46 childhood PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for UK Students

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