PhD Opportunities in Nutrition in New Zealand

MARCH – Menstrual health and resilience in challenging military environments is a PhD project at the University of Southampton examining why heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) may be recognised late in servicewomen undertaking demanding military training. The research will investigate how the physical and psychological stresses of military training affect the gut and vaginal microbiome and metabolome, and whether these changes are associated with HMB. The project aims to identify biological markers ...

The Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley provides advanced training in urban and planning theory, research, and the practice of planning. Established in 1968, the program has educated doctoral researchers who have gone on to work as planning educators, social science researchers and theorists, policymakers, and practitioners. The Department of City & Regional Planning studies how cities, infrastructure, and public services can become more sustainable, aff...

This PhD project at Maastricht University and Maastricht UMC+ explores how nutrition, metabolism, and the immune system influence treatment response in periampullary tumors , including pancreatic cancer. The research focuses on the complex tumor-host interaction and asks how patient condition, nutritional status, metabolic state, and immune response shape outcomes and can inform more personalized care. The doctoral researcher will work across clinical and translational laboratory research , comb...

This doctoral project at Malmö University is part of the national BioLabX research school and addresses the future of non-invasive laboratory diagnostics through the use of oral fluids, especially saliva, as diagnostic material. The research aims to develop and validate standardized methods for multi-omics analysis, with a particular emphasis on metabolomics and proteomics , so that biomarkers in oral fluids can be identified and validated in a reproducible way. The project is framed around the ...

The Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences at the University of Copenhagen is offering a PhD fellowship in an AI-driven study of plant metabolism, focused here on the molecular basis of flower colour and pattern formation. The project sits within the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network Stripes&Stars , a European training network exploring modern breeding of ornamental and fruit crops using anthocyanins and other flavonoids as a scientific showcase. The PhD project addresses h...

[For eligible students, the studentship covers home tuition fees plus an annual tax-free stipend.] This PhD studentship explores how anthropogenic contaminants interact with global change stressors to alter the role of zooplankton in marine biogeochemistry. The project focuses on key planktonic organisms, including copepods, and asks how exposure to mixtures of plastics, plastic alternatives and metals affects their physiology, behaviour and ecological functioning. The research is designed to co...

The Department of Molecular Physiology of Exercise and Nutrition (MPEN) at the German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE) in Potsdam-Rehbrücke is offering a doctoral student position focused on how short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) are regulated and metabolized in the liver. The project examines hepatic SCFA uptake and metabolic fate under different nutritional states, including fasting and feeding, as well as in pathological conditions such as metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver dise...

Florida International University is recruiting doctoral students for its Dietetics and Nutrition PhD program for Fall 2027. The program is designed for aspiring nutrition researchers, educators, and leaders seeking to develop independent research skills and pursue careers in academia, research, industry, or public health leadership. Research opportunities span clinical nutrition and metabolism, eating behaviors, chronic disease prevention, and community-based nutrition interventions. Students ca...

CSIRO Agriculture and Food is offering two PhD scholarships focused on grazing livestock research at the F.D. McMaster Laboratory site in Armidale, New South Wales. The opportunities support doctoral research connected with pastoral livestock systems and provide access to CSIRO scientists, mentors, facilities and research expertise. Available projects address important challenges in sustainable and productive livestock production, including: Evaluating tree plantings for productive and sustainab...