PhD in the brain-skin link in psychosis: shared biology and new treatment targets University of Bath in United Kingdom

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....

PhD opportunity at the University of Bath in a GW4 BioMed3 MRC Doctoral Landscape Programme project on olfactory genetics, diet, gut microbiota and cardiometabolic health . This is a fully computational PhD using existing large-scale human cohort data. The project sits at the intersection of human genetics , nutritional epidemiology , microbiome science , bioinformatics , genomics , medical statistics , data science and linked electronic health record (EHR) analysis. The central question is whet...

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 ...

PhD opportunity at the University of Bath in the Department of Psychology on epigenetics , neuroimaging , DNA methylation , and mental health across child development. This project is part of the GW4 BioMed3 MRC Doctoral Landscape Programme (DLP) , which offers up to 17 studentships for entry in September 2026 . The work is embedded in the international MIND consortium and focuses on how epigenetic patterns and structural brain variation jointly relate to outcomes such as anxiety , depression , ...

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/...