Funded PhD in Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Children Born with Cleft University of Bristol in United Kingdom

Funded PhD opportunity at the University of Bristol in the MRC GW4 BioMed Doctoral Training Partnership. This project, supervised by Dr Lavinia Paternoster, focuses on the genetic causes of skin disease using genome-wide association studies (GWAS) , multi-ancestry fine-mapping , multi-omic integration , and large-scale data analysis. The work aims to identify causal variants, effector genes, biological pathways, and therapeutic targets linked to approximately 100 skin conditions. Research areas/...

PhD opportunity at the University of Bristol within the MRC GW4 BioMed Doctoral Training Partnership on using genetics to understand early and midlife causes of cardiovascular disease . This project sits at the intersection of genetics , genetic epidemiology , Mendelian randomization , statistics , and medical science . The research asks how age- and trajectory-specific GWAS results can be used in causal inference, how interaction effects across ages or trajectories can be identified from GWAS s...

PhD opportunity at the University of Cambridge in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences with Dr Elizabeth Radford. This project focuses on genetic conditions , splice variants , deep intronic variants , and the diagnosis of rare monogenic and neurodevelopmental disorders. The research aims to improve how clinicians interpret non-coding variation in whole-genome sequencing data, especially variants that alter splicing and remain difficult to predict with current methods. Students will work on ...

Funded PhD project at the University of Bristol within the MRC GW4 BioMed Doctoral Training Partnership . This project, supervised by Prof Abigail Fraser , investigates the placenta and its role in the lifelong health of mothers and their offspring . Using newly generated, globally unique placental pathology data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, the project will examine the genetic and environmental determinants of placental impairment and the long-term health consequenc...

Funded PhD project at the University of Bristol within the MRC GW4 BioMed Doctoral Training Partnership . This project focuses on HIV transmission and the impact of innovations in preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) , using mathematical modelling to study oral and injectable PrEP in the context of structural and behavioural complexity. The research will examine adherence, risk perception, behaviour-driven infectious disease dynamics, and the real-world policy impact of PrEP. Research theme: Populatio...