NIHR Doctoral Fellowships

Sheffield Hallam University is advertising a Transforming Lives PhD scholarship in perinatal mental health inequities , focused on co-designing tailored interventions to improve outcomes in underserved, high-risk communities. The project sits in Health and Social Care and is especially relevant to public health, nursing, psychology, medical science, sociology , and maternity-related research. The advertised topic explores how social disadvantage, ethnic minority background, migration, poverty, d...

Medicine, Health and Social Care PhD Scholarship at Canterbury Christ Church University in the United Kingdom. This is a funded PhD programme for students worldwide, focused on public health in a global context . The research theme invites proposals on global public health challenges or local population health issues, especially work exploring health policies, health systems, health services , and complex interventions within communities. Projects should also align with the Applied Research Coll...

PhD Studentship: Community-Based Exercise and Social Prescribing Nottingham Trent University is offering a 2027 PhD project examining how community-based exercise and social prescribing can tackle health inequalities in Clifton and Mansfield, England. The research is part of the Collaboratory Research Hub and will build on the university’s Sport and Wellbeing Academy (SAWA), a free NHS-linked 12-week programme supporting physical activity, physical function, confidence, wellbeing, independence, ...

🌟 PhD Studentship Opportunity at Newcastle University 🌟 This fully funded PhD project (with stipend) focuses on health inequalities and community-based health , with an emphasis on research with minority groups to drive change. The opportunity is based in the School of Pharmacy at Newcastle University , with support from the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) North East and North Cumbria and the NIHR PSRC: Newcastle . The supervisory team includes Anna Robinson-Barella (PI), Dr Luke Munfo...

PhD Studentship in Parent-Infant Relationships at the University of York, Department of Health Sciences . This fully funded PhD sits within the Family Wellbeing Team and the STRIVE programme, led by Professor Sarah Blower in partnership with colleagues from health and public health research groups. The project focus is on parent-infant relationships and related early-years constructs, with scope to investigate the quality and robustness of existing measurement tools, how tools are used in practi...