PhD in Substance Use and Self-Harm Through Multi-Method Research University of Bristol 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 ...

Funded PhD project at the University of Bristol within the GW4 BioMed3 MRC Doctoral Landscape Programme . This project, titled “Modelling the impact of homelessness and related social exclusions on health in the UK” , focuses on homelessness , social exclusion , epidemiology , mathematical modelling , medical statistics , data science , and public health . The research will use UK datasets, advanced statistical methods, and mathematical models to quantify health harms associated with homelessnes...

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...

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....

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), University of London is recruiting for a PhD studentship focused on vaccine effectiveness estimation for key respiratory viruses, including influenza , COVID-19 , and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) . The project offers an opportunity to work with the OpenSAFELY platform, which provides secure analytic access to linked electronic health records covering over 99% of general practices in England. This is a strong fit for students interested...