Prof A Briggs, Dr K Boyd
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Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
About the Project
Supervisors:
Prof Andrew Briggs
Dr Kathleen Boyd
Dr Peter Bach
PhD project summary:
Health systems around the world are struggling to accommodate the increasing cost of new cancer treatments. In the UK a new version of the cancer drugs fund has recently been initiated and both the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) have recently published ‘value frameworks’. This PhD will explore both methodological challenges in showing value for new oncology products (such as: use of surrogate endpoints; the need for extrapolation; biomarker/subgroup analysis; adjusting for cross-over) and policy tools designed to improve the value of these new treatments to the health systems (such as: cancer drugs fund in UK; patient access schemes; outcomes-based contracting in US; use of value frameworks, application of stratified/precision medicine). A unique feature of this PhD will be the opportunity to collaborate not only within the University of Glasgow, but also with researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York through international collaborative links with that organisation. Research into the value of cancer therapies is timely and this PhD represents a real opportunity to address a contemporary health care policy problem from an international perspective.
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This MRC programme is joint between the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow. You will be registered at the host institution of the primary supervisor detailed in your project selection.
All applications should be made via the University of Edinburgh, irrespective of project location:
http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/postgraduate/degrees/index.php?r=site/view&id=919
Please note, you must apply to one of the projects and you should contact the primary supervisor prior to making your application. Additional information on the application process is available from the links below.
For more information about Precision Medicine visit:
https://www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvls/graduateschool/precisionmedicine/
Main programme page: http://www.ed.ac.uk/usher/precision-medicine
Funding Notes
Start: September 2019
Qualifications criteria: Applicants applying for a MRC DTP in Precision Medicine studentship must have obtained, or will soon obtain, a first or upper-second class UK honours degree or equivalent non-UK qualifications, in an appropriate science/technology area.
Residence criteria: The MRC DTP in Precision Medicine grant provides tuition fees and stipend of at least £14,777 (RCUK rate 2018/19) for UK and EU nationals that meet all required eligibility criteria.
Full eligibility details are available: https://mrc.ukri.org/skills-careers/studentships/studentship-guidance/student-eligibility-requirements/
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