Research Fellow in Medical Engineering, Smart Materials and Bone Fracture Research University of Birmingham in United Kingdom

The University of Birmingham is recruiting a full-time, fixed-term Research Fellow for its School of Engineering in Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK. The post is part of FractureFix, a UKRI EPSRC-funded International Centre to Centre Award involving the University of Birmingham, ETH Zurich and Uppsala University. The successful researcher will work in medical engineering on secondary osteoporosis and bone fracture interventions. Research activities include developing target product profiles for interve...

PhD opportunity at the University of Birmingham in Biomedical Engineering , Mechanical Engineering , and related areas. This project, Actuated microdevices for oral delivery of biologics , explores how actively controlled mechanical stimulation can help large therapeutic molecules cross the intestinal wall. The research combines oral drug delivery , mucus rheology , microfabrication , actuator design , MEMS , finite element modelling, ex vivo tissue methods, and cell culture. You will design, mi...

PhD opportunity at the University of Glasgow in high-resolution ultrasound devices for stroke diagnosis and treatment . The project focuses on developing next-generation catheter-based ultrasound devices that can both image and treat stroke-causing blood clots. Research sits at the intersection of biomedical engineering , ultrasound engineering , medical devices , advanced materials , microfabrication , and translational healthcare technology . Students will work on designing and building cuttin...

[Studentship provides funding of fees plus a stipend per annum for 2026/7; funding amount listed as £21,805.] The University of Exeter is offering a PhD studentship in 3D Printing Mechanically Adaptive Regenerative Interfaces for Improved Bone Screw Fixation at the Penryn Campus. This project addresses an important clinical challenge in spinal surgery: screw loosening and pull-out, especially in patients with poor bone quality such as osteoporosis. These complications can undermine pedicle screw...

Fully funded PhD opportunity at the University of Birmingham in cardiovascular/biomedical research. The project is titled “Decoding IL-17-mediated immune-cardiac signalling and electrical remodelling during cardiorenal stress” and is advertised by Professor Davor Pavlovic together with Asif Iqbal . This PhD is a strong fit for students interested in cardiac pathophysiology , immune-cardiac signalling , electrical remodelling , cardiorenal stress , and IL-17 -related mechanisms. The post explicit...