Other PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in the UK

University of Oxford Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences

Ox-POS - Using economic methods to optimise cancer care in the NHS: a case study in sarcoma

Ox-POS - Using economic methods to optimise cancer care in the NHS. a case study in sarcoma. Supervisors. Associate Prof. Apostolos Tsiachristas. Read more

Supervisor: Assoc Prof A P Tsiachristias

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

The Contribution of Mitochondrial Dysfunction to Alzheimer's disease

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

Project Summary. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is associated with increased oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction in the brain. Read more

Supervisor: Dr G Smith

University of Birmingham School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences

Starting School Study: Smartphones and Adolescent Risk and resilient factors for wellbeing when transitioning school

The Centre for National Training and Research Excellence in Understanding behaviour (Centre-UB) is inviting applications for a Doctoral Studentship in association with our collaborative partner Forward Thinking Birmingham to start in October 2024. Read more

Supervisors: Dr V Goodyear, Dr M Pallan, Dr AR Randhawa

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

University of Oxford Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology

Relationship between IFNγ-dependent tumour escape and immunotherapy

Tumours actively escape the immune system by inducing an immunosuppressive state whereby intra-tumoural CD8 T-cells are “exhausted”, lacking effector functions. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Gérard, Dr C Leung

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

University of Leeds Faculty of Medicine and Health

NIHR Leeds BRC: Using early simulation modelling to estimate the health care system impact of new technologies and inform technology development

Evidencing the value of new technologies is an important step in securing market access and allowing patients to benefit from innovations. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Vargas-Palacios, Dr D Meads, Prof H Pandit

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

University of Leeds Faculty of Medicine and Health

NIHR Leeds BRC: Development and application of fast Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging methods for metabolic profiling

Altered metabolism is a hallmark of many disease states, including cardiovascular and musculoskeletal conditions. Importantly, metabolic profiles may be patient-specific and may for example indicate susceptibility to treatment or malignancy. Read more

Supervisors: Prof S Plein, Prof J Schneider

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

University of West London School of Biomedical Sciences

Fully funded PhD position in Biopharmaceutical development for pulmonary delivery; Industrial Collaboration

This cross-disciplinary PhD project is between the School of Biomedical Science at UWL and the School of Pharmacy at UCL, and Pharmaceutical company to investigate the feasibility of developing an inhalation form of biotherapeutics for severe chronic inflammatory diseases. Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Khalili, Dr J Lam

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

The INDICO-II Study – Effects of Body Composition and Dietary Improvement on Cell Membrane Dynamics and their Relationship with the Aetiology of Type II Diabetes

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

The InDiCo Study (Inflammation, Diets, body Composition) is a pre-clinical study conducted at the University of Worcester. The InDiCo Study is currently unravelling links between diets that favour a pro-inflammatory environment with biomarkers of cell function and body composition. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Bueno

The BCAT1 CXXC Motif and Oncogenesis in Acute Myeloid Leukaemia

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

The BCAT1 gene is implicated in the pathogenesis of many cancer types, including acute myeloid leukaemia (AML)1–4. Recently, our group identified a novel antioxidant role for BCAT1 in AML cells5. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Coles

Prognostic Markers in Bladder Cancer

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

Bladder cancer is the ninth most common malignant disease in the world (Ferlay et al., 2015). Following removal of diseased tissue, cancer reoccurs in approximately 40% of patients and in 8% it metastasises into other tissues. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Cherry

Routine Monitoring of Depression and Anxiety in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)

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

This PhD project is aligned with the ‘Living with Long-Term Conditions’ (LWLTC) research group at the University of Worcester. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D Kyte

Clinical Significance and Diagnostic Accuracy of Special Tests in Rotator Cuff Related Shoulder Pain

Supervisor: Dr K Papadopoulos

Special tests are typically used to assist in the diagnostic process by implicating specific tissue structures that are either dysfunctional, pathological, or lack structural integrity, confirming the findings from the physical assessment and providing a tentative diagnosis (Magee, 2014). Read more

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

University of Surrey School of Veterinary Medicine

PROTEOTRANSCRIPTOMIC INVESTIGATION OF EQUINE EXERCISE-INDUCED PULMONARY HAEMORRHAGE: A POTENTIAL NEW ERA OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS

**The project can be adopted/modified to suit the successful candidates’ scientific interest in consultation with the supervisory team.**. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Armstrong, Dr K Jeevaratnam

1 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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

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

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

Investigating the role of RNA dependent DNA repair in childhood cancer

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

Damage to our genetic material DNA is responsible for a wide range of human diseases including neurodegenerative diseases, haematological diseases, immune deficiencies, early ageing and cancers. Read more

Supervisor: Prof K Hiom

Molecular characterisation of post-tuberculous bronchiectasis

Supervisors: Prof J Chalmers, Dr M Al-Khairalla

Tuberculosis is a major health problem is Iraq and globally. While treatment of TB, including MDR TB has greatly improved resulting in high rates of clinical cure, many patients with TB are left with persisting lung disease including airflow obstruction and bronchiectasis. Read more

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

University College London Division of Surgery & Interventional Science

Last chance to apply

PhD Studentship: Safer Scoring: Application of mixed methods evaluation to understand ward strain

We seek an outstanding early career researcher or clinician to be appointed to a 3-year PhD studentship to collaborate on a series of projects using mixed methods to explore aspects of patient safety related to effective management of acute deterioration (acute illness) across whole wards/departments, hospitals and patient pathways. Read more

Supervisors: Prof C Vindrola, Dr D Smith, Dr J Welch, Dr K Kohler

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Royal Veterinary College Central

Last chance to apply

Investigating the role of thymosin beta 10 in feline chronic kidney disease

Chronic kidney disease is an extremely common but heterogeneous condition in cats that adversely affects their health and welfare and is the most frequent cause of death in cats over five years of age. Read more

Supervisors: Dr E Vasilopoulou, Prof J Elliott, Dr R Jepson

28 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

University of Leicester Department of Population Health Sciences

Sarcopenia as a biomarker for people with multiple long-term conditions: an epidemiological perspective

Background . The term ‘multiple long-term conditions’ (MLTCs) refers to the co-existence of two or more chronic conditions (physical or mental) in a person [Navickas et al. Read more

Supervisor: Dr T Wilkinson

9 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Last chance to apply

Investigating inequalities in the safety of artificial intelligence triage in general practice

Background. GP practices in England provide over 30 million appointments per month. Some are for urgent medical conditions that require urgent treatment where delays in care can lead to patient harm. Read more

Supervisors: Dr B Brown, Dr S Cheraghi-Sohi, Prof E Kontopantelis

26 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

University of Sheffield Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

Multimodal Control of Prosthetic Limbs/Paralysed Muscles

This project aims to enhance the quality of life of patients with amputees, spinal cord injury, stroke and brain injury by developing advanced control strategies for artificial limbs. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Arvaneh

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

Effect of Probiotics on Dysregulated Complement Mediated Synaptic Pruning Mechanisms relevant to complement C4 risk alleles for Schizophrenia.

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

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

Supervisor: Dr T Hughes

Deciphering how neurodevelopmental disorder-associated risk mutations disrupt striatal neuron development and function

Supervisor: Dr M Fjodorova

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

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

Uncovering mechanisms of associative learning and memory in the male and female brain relevant to psychiatric disease

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

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

Supervisor: Prof J Hall

Reward processing deficits in the cacna1c rat model of genetic risk for psychiatric disorder: biological bases and potential pharmacological rescue.

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

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

Supervisor: Prof D Dwyer

Developing an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based self-training platform for laparoscopic surgery.

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

Various research throughout the years have been devoted to exploring different and more effective ways of training for laparoscopy, within the conventional frameworks of using box trainers and virtual reality simulators. Read more

Supervisor: Dr B Tang

Simulation-based training for improving surgical performance and patient safety in minimally invasive surgery (MIS).

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

Minimally invasive surgery including laparoscopic and robotic surgery has increased annually since its introduction, especially in general surgery. Read more

Supervisor: Dr B Tang

University of Liverpool Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology

Creation of cell lines modelling complex karyotype in B cell lymphomas using CRISPR/Cas9

Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) and diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) make up more than half of all the newly diagnosed cases of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL), the 6th most common cancer in the UK. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Slupsky, Dr N Kalakonda, Dr M Glenn

1 May 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Queen’s University Belfast School of Pharmacy

Microfluidic Encapsulation of biologics into Nanomedicines

Progress in drug design has led to the development of new peptides, proteins, and drug molecules. However, the limited ability to deliver selectively these molecules at well-defined dosing regimens and without invoking drug-resistance remains a significant challenge. Read more

Supervisor: Prof D Lamprou

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)