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3.5-Year PhD Studentship in Artificial Intelligence for Eliciting Patient Histories University College London in United Kingdom
Degree Level
PhD
Field of study
Computer Science
Funding
The 3.5-year studentship is funded by the National Institute for Health Research UCLH Biomedical Research Centre. It provides a starting stipend of £28,212 per annum and covers tuition fees at the UK Home rate. International applicants who are not eligible for Home fee status must fund the difference between Home and overseas tuition fees.
Deadline
Dec 21, 2026
Country
United Kingdom
University
University College London
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Project: AI for Eliciting Patient Histories
This 3.5-year PhD explores how artificial intelligence can be integrated into clinical consultations to improve the quality of interaction between clinicians and patients. Based in the Institute of Health Informatics at University College London, the project focuses on the consultation as a central event in medical care and investigates how emerging technologies can support more patient-centred encounters.
The research examines two complementary technologies: AI scribes that record consultation audio, transcribe conversations and generate summaries for clinicians, and conversational agents or chatbots that elicit information directly from patients. The successful researcher will identify insights and frameworks from literature on conventional clinical encounters, history-taking and shared decision-making that can inform the design of conversational agents.
The project will also develop and test AI-based approaches for analysing and assessing transcribed consultations. This will provide evidence about the characteristics of clinical interactions and support the testing of literature-based insights, as well as exploration of questions involving factors such as age and gender.
The PhD offers collaboration with an AI start-up, healthcare AI researchers and practising clinicians who teach communication skills to future doctors. The researcher will join a vibrant health-informatics community and contribute to teaching within the Institute of Health Informatics over the duration of the doctorate.
Funding details
The 3.5-year studentship is funded by the National Institute for Health Research UCLH Biomedical Research Centre. It provides a starting stipend of £28,212 per annum and covers tuition fees at the UK Home rate. International applicants who are not eligible for Home fee status must fund the difference between Home and overseas tuition fees.
What's required
Applicants should hold or expect to obtain an upper second-class Bachelor's degree and a Master's degree, or equivalent work experience, in a relevant discipline, or an overseas qualification of equivalent standard. Applicants should provide a current CV with contact details for two professional referees and a one-page A4 cover letter. Applicants from outside the UK may apply but must fund the difference between UK Home and overseas tuition fees if they are not eligible for Home fee status.
How to apply
Send a current CV, including contact details for two professional referees, and a one-page A4 cover letter to Professor Paul Taylor at [email protected]. Apply by 21 December 2026.
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