Funded PhD in Cardiovascular Risk and Psoriasis at The University of Manchester The University of Manchester in United Kingdom

University of Oxford’s Botnar Research Centre is advertising a PhD/DPhil project in clinical epidemiology and medical statistics focused on emulating and extending randomised controlled trials (RCTs) using routinely collected real-world medical record data from Europe. The project explores the benchmark – expand – calibrate approach for causal inference across different data types, including electronic health records from the UK and other European countries, and across multiple study types such ...

PhD opportunity at the University of Oxford in Agentic AI for Analytical Code Development to Support Regulatory Real-World Evidence Generation (Botnar-2026-04). This DPhil in Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics is a 3.5-year project based at the Botnar Research Centre , University of Oxford, focused on using agentic artificial intelligence and large language models to translate study protocols into reproducible analytical code for real-world evidence studies. The project sits at the int...

PhD opportunity at the University of Oxford in real-world evidence, epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, pharmacovigilance, paediatrics, cancer biology, data science, medicine, and pharmacology . This DPhil project, hosted by the Botnar Research Centre at the University of Oxford, focuses on assessing the uptake and safety of treatments for rare paediatric cancers using real-world data . The project will use the OMOP Common Data Model to support multi-centre studies of rare childhood cancers, inc...

PhD opportunity at the University of Oxford in Development and Validation of External Control Arm Methodology Using Clinical Trial and Real-World Data (Botnar-2026-03). This DPhil in Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics focuses on developing and validating external control arms (ECAs) using routinely collected real-world healthcare data and electronic health records. The project will compare ECA-derived treatment effects with completed randomized controlled trials, assess the value of li...

PhD opportunity at the University of Bristol in substance use and self-harm , offered through the MRC GW4 BioMed Doctoral Training Partnership . This interdisciplinary project examines the relationship between substance use and self-harm across both long-term and short-term timescales. The research combines epidemiology , advanced statistical methods , Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) , and qualitative interviews to better understand risk factors and mental health outcomes. Research themes ...