PhD in Predicting Disease Progression Using Polygenic Risk Scores in Eye Disease and Cancer QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Australia

PhD opportunity in Genetics of Gastro-Intestinal Cancers at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia. This funded PhD project focuses on the genetics of gastro-intestinal cancers, including colorectal, gastric, oesophageal, pancreatic, and hepatobiliary cancers. The project explores shared and cancer-specific genetic architecture, pleiotropic risk loci, biological pathways, and the translational potential of cross-cancer genetic risk models for precision screening. Research...

Curtin University is advertising two PhD HDR scholarship opportunities for the 2027 intake in Alzheimer’s disease research. The projects are led by Dr Emmanuel Adewuyi (NHMRC Investigator Fellow, Curtin University) and focus on integrating genomic epidemiology , statistical genetics , exposome research, biostatistics , bioinformatics , and precision medicine approaches to better understand dementia risk, mechanisms, and prevention. The two available projects are: (1) Towards precision medicine i...

PhD opportunity in Human Neuroimaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Brisbane, Australia . This project sits within the Cerebellum & Neurodegeneration Research Group (CNRG) and focuses on hereditary cerebellar ataxias (HCAs) , an inherited group of neurodegenerative diseases associated with motor, cognitive, and neuropsychiatric impairment. The research combines advanced MRI neuroimaging , blood-based biomarkers , and digital biomarkers to improve p...

PhD opportunity at Curtin University, Australia in neonatal intensive care, child outcomes, family health, and health economics . The project, led by Marshall Makate (Senior Lecturer and Associate Director, Graduate Research), examines the value of intensive care for high-risk newborns in Western Australia. It focuses on babies born around the 1,500 gram birthweight threshold , using linked population records to estimate the effect of additional neonatal care on survival, hospital use, costs, la...

Postdoctoral Researcher in Multi-Omics and Causal Inference at Eurac Research Eurac Research is advertising a Postdoctoral Researcher position focused on multi-omics , causal inference , and molecular traits in large datasets. The role is associated with the research group led by Cristian Pattaro , Research Group Leader in Genetic Epidemiology & Biostatistics . This opportunity is aimed at researchers interested in developing and applying statistical and computational models to biological and bi...