Fully Funded PhD in Early Signs of Psychosis and Genetic Risk GW4 BioMed MRC DTP in United Kingdom

PhD opportunity at Cardiff University in the Cardiff School of Medicine on shared genetic architecture of neuropsychiatric disorders and novel brain biomarkers . The project sits in the area of imaging genetics and aims to improve the biological specificity of brain phenotypes by implementing novel methods for diffusion weighted imaging in a very large cohort, including UK Biobank data, using the unique Connectome scanner at CUBRIC . The research will generate novel MRI metrics closer to brain b...

Funded PhD opportunity at Cardiff University in the Cardiff School of Medicine on finding the earliest signs of psychosis in young people at high genetic risk. This project focuses on the developmental origins of psychosis , using unique clinical and population-based datasets to identify early-life factors linked to psychotic symptoms. The research examines how genetic risk interacts with childhood experiences, behaviour, development, and environmental influences to shape mental health outcomes....

Stockholm University is advertising a PhD student position in Psychology within the Department of Psychology in Stockholm, Sweden. The project focuses on chronomedicine in psychiatry and investigates how the body’s internal biological clock may improve treatment effectiveness and functioning. The doctoral student will work on questions related to psychiatry, neuroscience, sleep and circadian biology, stress research, cognitive psychology, and physiology . Research activities include ecological m...

[Four-year studentship with UK/Home tuition fees, a doctoral stipend matching the UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum for 2026/27, updated each year), and up to £5,000 per annum in additional research training and support funding.] PhD Studentship at the University of Exeter in the GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme: Unravelling Moral Injury in Eating Disorders in Young Adults . This four-year MRC-funded studentship sits within a broader cohort of up to 18 doctoral proj...

Insel Gruppe / University of Bern is advertising a Postdoctoral Researcher position focused on astrocyte–neuronal networks in sleep regulation and memory . The post is shared by Carolina Gutierrez, who describes a translational systems neuroscience context with relevance to psychiatric and neurological disorders . This is a postdoctoral opening based in Bern, Switzerland and appears to be an on-site role. The announcement does not provide detailed information about salary, funding package, deadl...