The University of Oxford’s Department of Chemistry invites applications for a DPhil studentship in clinical mass spectrometry and machine learning, supervised by Professor Claire Vallance. This fully funded opportunity, sponsored by the Doogood Foundation, is available from October 2026 and offers course fees at the Home rate plus a stipend of at least £20,780 per annum for four years. The project is based in the Chemistry Research Laboratory (CRL) and involves close collaboration with consultan...

The British Heart Foundation funded 4-year Doctoral Training Programme (DTP) offers an exciting opportunity for aspiring cardiovascular scientists to join a collaborative, cohort-based PhD programme shared between the University of Edinburgh and the University of Glasgow. Both institutions are renowned for their research excellence and commitment to advancing health sciences. The programme is designed to develop scientifically agile, forward-looking, and critically thinking researchers equipped ...

This PhD position at The University of Manchester offers an exceptional opportunity to address the challenge of patient heterogeneity in neurodegenerative diseases through the development of foundational AI models. The project is situated at the intersection of artificial intelligence, bioinformatics, and clinical neuroscience, aiming to create a sophisticated 'Digital Twin'—a dynamic health profile that mirrors an individual's condition over time. The successful candidate will integrate multi-m...

The University of Reading's School of Pharmacy is offering a full-time, 24-month postdoctoral fellowship focused on developing stem cell extracellular vesicle (MSC-EV) therapies for neuropathic pain, particularly chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). The successful candidate will join the international RESOLVE consortium, collaborating with Dr. Maria Maiarù, Prof. Darius Widera, and Dr. Graeme Cottrell. The research sits at the interface of immunology and neuroscience, aiming to mit...

The Podium Institute, an independent academic institute affiliated with the University of Oxford and focused on the safety and lifelong health of youth, grassroots, and professional athletes, is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Assistant or Senior Research Associate in Cerebrovascular Imaging. This position will support the research of Professor Thomas Okell, with a primary focus on developing new MRI acquisition, reconstruction, image-analysis, and modelling approaches to improve the assessment ...

[100% of home tuition fees paid and an annual stipend of £21,805 (UKRI rate) plus funding for research training and conference attendance. International candidates must fund the difference between home and international fees.] This PhD studentship at Newcastle University offers an exciting opportunity to advance neurotechnology through closed-loop neurostimulation, aiming to control neuronal circuit dynamics. The project is based at the Centre for Transformative Neuroscience and is part of the M...

This fully funded PhD opportunity at the University of Surrey focuses on the Freeform Reversible Embedding of Suspended Hydrogel (FRESH) additive manufacturing technique to create sustainable porous calcium phosphate scaffolds for hard tissue engineering. The project aims to advance bone construct bioprinting, which significantly improves patient quality of life by enabling the fabrication of biomimetic structures for bone regeneration. Central to the research is the development and use of novel...

This PhD opportunity at the University of Bristol focuses on modelling stroke progression and treatment in the brain, specifically targeting ischaemic stroke—a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. The project aims to advance computational models of stroke development, blood flow, oxygen transport, and fluid dynamics in the human brain. By expanding these models to simulate diverse population groups, the research seeks to help clinicians tailor treatments more effectively and understa...

This PhD project at the University of Bristol investigates the relationship between sleep patterns and the risk of developing brain diseases such as dementia. Despite advances in experimental data collection—including measurements of brain blood flow and electrical activity—the mechanisms by which sleep influences long-term brain health remain poorly understood. The project aims to develop the first multi-scale mathematical model that links daily sleep patterns to whole-life changes in brain phy...