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University of Leeds PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for UK Students

We have 78 University of Leeds PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for UK Students

The effects of dietary weight loss on the control of human appetite and energy expenditure

University of Leeds Faculty of Environment

This fully funded PhD project provides an exciting opportunity to pursue postgraduate research in the areas of appetite, energy balance and obesity. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Hopkins, Prof J Stubbs, Dr K Beaulieu

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

Understanding the effects of protein hydration kinetics on their functional properties and product performance

University of Leeds Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Group: School of Chemical and Process Engineering

Proteins play a major role in food products, particularly in confectionery manufacturing. For example, one of the most common dairy ingredients, milk powder is used to formulate and manufacture chocolate and caramel products. Read more

Supervisors: Dr O Cayre, Assoc Prof D Harbottle

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

Accelerated Discovery of Next Generation Polymers Using Artificially Intelligent Reactor Platforms

University of Leeds Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Group: School of Chemical and Process Engineering

The application of digital technologies is transforming the discovery and manufacturing process within materials science. This therefore represents perhaps the only opportunity to address the urgent need for new sustainable, high performing materials to facilitate more efficient processes (e.g. Read more

Supervisor: Dr N Warren

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

Particle properties by design

University of Leeds Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Group: School of Chemical and Process Engineering

This interdisciplinary project presents an exciting opportunity for an ambitious scientist or engineer to work across the boundaries of chemistry, physics and engineering, with opportunities to develop a broad portfolio of skills. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A R Pallipurath

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

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Edge intelligence for Internet of Things

University of Leeds Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Group: School of Computing

Edge intelligence for the Internet of Things (IoT) presents a revolutionary solution to the limitations of existing approaches to data processing and decision-making. Read more

Supervisors: Dr X Zhang, Prof J Xu

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

Research degrees in the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies

University of Leeds Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures

The School of Languages, Cultures and Societies is one of the UK’s leading centres for research and teaching in languages and cultures. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Arts Research Programme

Socio-ecological research to understand the potential impacts of alternative protein sources in the UK and Europe

University of Leeds School of Earth & Environment

We are looking for an academically excellent, impact-focused candidate for an interdisciplinary PhD project working at the science-policy interface. Read more

Supervisors: Dr DR Williams, Dr N M Lomax

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

NIHR Leeds BRC: Utilising genetic and genomic predictors of vasculitis and disease/treatment complications for application in routine clinical practice

University of Leeds Faculty of Medicine and Health

There is substantial interest in using genetic biomarkers to predict those most at risk of disease and treatment complications; this is one of the focuses of Our Future Health, a national study aiming to recruit 5M participants ( https://ourfuturehealth.org.uk/ ). Read more

Supervisors: Prof A Morgan, Dr MM Iles, Dr R Mujica-Mota

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

NIHR Leeds BRC: Using health data to flip the inverse care law in polymyalgia rheumatica

University of Leeds Faculty of Medicine and Health

Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common inflammatory musculoskeletal disease affecting older people. It is treated in primary care with long-term corticosteroids (prednisolone). Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Mackie, Prof A Clegg, Dr K Best

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

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

University of Leeds Faculty of Medicine and Health

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)

NIHR Leeds BRC: Unravelling the pre-clinical immunology of the IL-23/1L-17 axis in axial inflammation in psoriatic arthritis towards optimal disease prevention

University of Leeds Faculty of Medicine and Health

Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) are key disorders within the seronegative spondylarthropathy (SpA) that was first described in… Read more

Supervisors: Prof D McGonagle, Dr H Marzo-Ortego, Dr T Macleod

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

NIHR Leeds BRC: The role of target organs in initiation of autoimmunity in systemic lupus erythematosus

University of Leeds Faculty of Medicine and Health

Autoimmune diseases such as SLE have traditionally been understood to result from aberrant haematopoietic adaptive immune system that targets normal tissues such as the skin and joints. Read more

Supervisor: Dr E Vital

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

NIHR Leeds BRC: The microbiome and the promotion of bowel cancer: The key to understanding causation and prevention of this important disease

University of Leeds Faculty of Medicine and Health

Bowel cancer is the second commonest cause of cancer death in the UK and affects 1.9 million people annually worldwide. Its cause is still unknown but recent work by Wood et al. Read more

Supervisors: Dr K Marks, Dr H Wood, Dr N West, Prof P Quirke

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

NIHR Leeds BRC: Targeting systemic inflammation to treat joint pain

University of Leeds Faculty of Medicine and Health

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the commonest arthritis and affects >530 million people globally; prevalent cases increased 113% since 1990. Read more

Supervisors: Prof P Conaghan, Dr S Kingsbury

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

NIHR Leeds BRC: Pre-clinical evaluation of novel regenerative medicine strategies for knee osteoarthritis

University of Leeds Faculty of Medicine and Health

Historically, articular cartilage was considered incapable of spontaneous repair. However, biomechanical correction in osteoarthritis (OA) using high tibial osteotomy or joint distraction demonstrated the remarkable joint to regeneration by “merely” correcting joint alignment. Read more

Supervisors: Prof H Pandit, Prof D McGonagle

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

NIHR Leeds BRC: Network meta-analysis methods for assessment of complex interventions in the early phase setting

University of Leeds Faculty of Medicine and Health

Rehabilitation aims to enhance and restore functioning and quality of life and treatment interventions can be multiple and varied, for example, medication, physiotherapy, nutrition, life style interventions, devices. Read more

Supervisors: Prof D Stocken, Mr N Corrigan, Dr R Walwyn

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

NIHR Leeds BRC: Multimodal predictive modelling of outcome in patients with gastrointestinal cancer

University of Leeds Faculty of Medicine and Health

Worldwide, cancer of the upper (oesophagus, stomach) and lower gastrointestinal (colon and rectum) tract is newly diagnosed in 3.6 million patients every year and 2.2 million patients die from this disease every year. Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Grabsch, Dr N West, Dr D Magee

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

NIHR Leeds BRC: Methods to improve research recruitment prediction in complex trials: improved learning from pilot or early phase work

University of Leeds Faculty of Medicine and Health

Recruitment to research studies can be challenging and it is recognised that site level barriers can be unique, widespread and varied with no universal solution. Read more

Supervisors: Prof D Stocken, Mr N Corrigan, Miss J Croft

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

NIHR Leeds BRC: Incorporating patient and health care preferences early in the innovation pathway to inform technology development

University of Leeds Faculty of Medicine and Health

The resources and time required to move from early biomedical research to clinical trials can be substantial. Read more

Supervisors: Dr D Meads, Dr P Cocco

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

NIHR Leeds BRC: Improving understanding of the use and interpretation of risk prediction tools

University of Leeds Faculty of Medicine and Health

There are many risk prediction tools developed but only a fraction make it to routine clinical use. The reasons are multiple, for example some are geographically specific, many remain unvalidated, some lack clinical utility. . Read more

Supervisors: Dr N Rousseau, Prof D Stocken, Prof DC Cairns

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

NIHR Leeds BRC: Improving hip replacement surgery for at risk patient cohort

University of Leeds Faculty of Medicine and Health

More than 10% of the UK population aged over 45 have hip osteoarthritis and there are nearly 100,000 total hip replacement (THR) surgeries performed every year. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R K Wilcox, Dr S Williams, Dr A Jones, Prof A Redmond

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

NIHR Leeds BRC: Force sensing mechanisms of haemostasis in heart failure and diabetes

University of Leeds Faculty of Medicine and Health

Since the original identification of the role of PIEZO1 in vascular integrity and endothelial cell biology by our group in Leeds in 2014, there have been many publications on the role of PIEZO1 in endothelial function and its role in processes such as atherosclerosis, hypertension, cell-cell junctions, vascular permeability and leukocyte diapedesis. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R Ariens, Prof D J Beech, Dr E Levelt

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

NIHR Leeds BRC: Exploring the impact of 'hidden' antibiotic resistance

University of Leeds Faculty of Medicine and Health

Antibiotics make possible the treatment of life-threatening infections and have added over a decade to average human lifespan. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A O'Neill, Dr K Davies, Dr J Sandoe

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

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

University of Leeds Faculty of Medicine and Health

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)

NIHR Leeds BRC: An interferon diagnostic to inform early detection and prevention strategies in Ana positive CTDs

University of Leeds Faculty of Medicine and Health

Type I interferons (IFN) play a role in a wide range of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs), and strong evidence suggests that measurement of IFN activity could have clinical value, although testing has not progressed into clinical settings. Read more

Supervisors: Dr F Del Galdo, Dr R Ross

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

PhD Studentship in Planetary/Interstellar Chemistry

University of Leeds Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Group: School of Chemistry

The School of Chemistry is offering a PhD studentship, funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), in the general areas of planetary and interstellar chemistry. Read more

Supervisors: Prof D Heard, Prof J Plane, Prof D Marsh

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

EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Fluid Dynamics provided by the Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics

University of Leeds School of Computing (part of EPS)

The Leeds Institute for Future Fluid Dynamics offers a four-year programme that combines an integrated MSc (completed over the first two years) paired with a three-year PhD-level research programme. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (European/UK Students Only) 4 Year PhD Programme

Prediction of Non-Spherical Particle Interaction and Agglomeration in Pipe Flows for Nuclear Waste Management Applications

University of Leeds Centre for Doctoral Training in Fluid Dynamics

The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Fluid Dynamics programme is now recruiting to this fantastic PhD opportunity in partnership with Sellafield Ltd. Read more

Supervisors: Prof M Fairweather, Prof J Peakall, Prof T Hunter

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

The Contribution of Lattice Vibrations to Switchable Spin-Crossover Crystals

University of Leeds Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Group: School of Chemistry

Spin-crossover is a high-spin-to-low-spin transition at a transition metal centre, induced by temperature or pressure. It is common in iron chemistry, but also occurs in some compounds of other common metals. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Halcrow, Dr A Burnett

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

Towards digital evaluation of patient-specific wrist repair

University of Leeds Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Group: School of Mechanical Engineering

A funded PhD is available to develop patient-specific evaluation of custom wrist repairs, in collaboration with industry partner Attenborough Medical. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Mengoni, Dr S Williams

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

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