Pharmaceutical Chemistry (therapy) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 15 Pharmaceutical Chemistry (therapy) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Developing new chelate scaffolds for binding radiofluorine and radiometals – towards combined theragnostic agents for imaging and therapy in medicine

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Professor Gill Reid & Dr Richard Knoghton. Project Description. Developing new chelate scaffolds for binding radiofluorine and radiometals – towards combined theragnostic agents for imaging and therapy in medicine. Read more

Supervisor: Prof G Reid

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Non-invasive Therapy for Soft Tissue Reconstruction: Applications in Cosmetics and Wound Healing

Newcastle University Faculty of Medical Sciences Graduate School

Soft tissue reconstruction is emerging as an important strategy to repair and replace diseased or damaged tissue that has been compromised due to tumour removal, injury, trauma, ageing, etc. Read more

Supervisors: Dr K Wooi Ng, Dr O Almusaimi

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

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Pharmacokinetics Guided Natural Products Exploration for Drug Discovery, Development, Delivery and Therapy

University of Bradford Faculty of Life Sciences

Research Group: Institute of Cancer Therapeutics

Natural products have emerged as a key standard in novel and safe delivery of anticancer bioactive compounds. Apart from their ease of administration and delivery, natural/phytochemicals still face several hurdles, due to their physiochemical and pharmacokinetic properties. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Muhammad Wahajuddin

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

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Harnessing Breast Cancer Therapy: Innovative Formulation Strategies for Repurposing Medicines to Overcome Resistance

Kingston University Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education

Background. Research in the Kadri group focuses on developing innovative chemical approaches for the discovery of novel therapeutics to address unmet global health needs. Read more

Supervisor: Dr H Kadri

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

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Freeze-dried bacteriophage formulations against antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Queen’s University Belfast School of Pharmacy

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) presents a significant global public health issue. Read more

Supervisors: Dr T Skvortsov, Prof K Malcolm, Dr V Kett

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

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Studying of cancer biology with doped magnetic nanomaterials to unravelling their thermal therapeutic potentials

University College London Department of Physics and Astronomy

Cancer has a major impact on society, this is reflected by the large number of newly diagnosed cases (375,400 annually for the years 2015-2018 in the UK, i.e. Read more

Supervisor: Prof N T K Thanh

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

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Anticancer Phototherapeutics Based on Transition Metal Complexes

University of Sheffield Department of Chemistry

Cancer is one of the leading causes of death around the world. Although existing chemotherapy regimens are often successful in curing many common cancers, they frequently cause serious and unwanted side-effects. Read more

Supervisor: Prof JA Thomas

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

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Structural-guided PROTAC targeting of BMX to modulate apoptotic sensitivity in disease

University of Leicester Molecular and Cell Biology

What determines at the molecular level whether a cell lives or dies? Regulation of the cellular life–death switch is essential in healthy cells for normal foetal development and for the clearance of damaged cells. Read more

Supervisors: Dr JF Fox, Dr JH Hodgkinson

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

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Small molecule cancer drug discovery targeting resistant disease.

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Despite continuous advances in targeted cancer therapy in recent years, there remains a major challenge to combat drug resistance and poor levels of efficacy in areas of unmet medical need, such as advanced colorectal and breast cancer. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A Westwell

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

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Therapeutic resolution of Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) by natural products

University of Bradford Faculty of Life Sciences

Research Group: Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are a type of blood cancer where the patients do not have enough healthy blood cells. Read more

Supervisors: Dr T Nasim, Dr M Najafzadeh

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

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Design, synthesis and evaluation of protease-activated anti-cancer prodrugs

University of Bradford Faculty of Life Sciences

Research Group: Institute of Cancer Therapeutics

Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a family of endoproteases that are overexpressed in tumours and play crucial roles in many tumourigenic processes, not least tumour invasion and angiogenesis. Read more

Supervisors: Prof R Falconer, Prof P Loadman

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

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Therapeutic resolution of BMPR2-mediated signalling defects in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)

University of Bradford Faculty of Life Sciences

Research Group: Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is an incurable and devastating disease and death occurs within 2.5 years of diagnosis. Read more

Supervisors: Dr T Nasim, Dr R Gopalan

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

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Enzyme-responsive peptide hydrogels as in situ forming long-acting drug delivery implants

Queen’s University Belfast School of Pharmacy

One of the key issues in the treatment and prevention of disease is that patients struggle to adhere to the complex dosage regimens of therapies, which often require multiple dosing at very specific times each day. Read more

Supervisor: Dr G Laverty

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

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Development of Nanomaterials for Targeting the Bacteria–Host Interface in Cystic Fibrosis Airways

Queen’s University Belfast School of Pharmacy

The attachment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) to the airway mucus in the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis (CF) represents an important step in airway colonization and the subsequent development of lung infection. Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Tunney

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

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EPSRC CDT in Bioprocess Engineering Leadership: Complex Biological Products Manufacture

University College London Department of Biochemical Engineering

Biological products and their manufacture are progressing to unparalleled levels of complexity. Examples include engineered biocatalysts, antibody-drug conjugates, multivalent vaccines and cellular therapies. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only) EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training

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We have 15 Pharmaceutical Chemistry (therapy) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Pharmaceutical Chemistry (therapy) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 15 Pharmaceutical Chemistry (therapy) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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