PhD Opportunities in Medical Science in United Kingdom

PhD opportunity in quantitative cardiovascular imaging and artificial intelligence at the University of Cambridge, within Team Dewey’s research environment. The opportunity is aimed at research in quantitative cardiovascular imaging, cardiac imaging and AI, with a strong focus on interdisciplinary work and better patient outcomes. The project context is connected to a doctoral training centre funded by the British Heart Foundation and involving the University of Cambridge, the University of Edin...

Fully funded PhD opportunity in precision medicine and health inequalities at the Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment (HEHTA) unit, University of Glasgow. The project will analyse individual participant data from major UK clinical trials to investigate how preventive and treatment strategies can be better targeted. The research aims to improve health outcomes while reducing inequalities, bringing together precision medicine, causal inference, statistics, epidemiology and health eco...

The University of Glasgow is offering a PhD studentship through the MRC DTP in Precision Medicine , based in a cancer research laboratory led by Professor G. Vignir Helgason. The project will investigate the role and function of top-scoring genes identified through a meta-analysis of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) leukemia stem-cell datasets, with a particular focus on RXFP1 . The research is centered on understanding gene function in CML leukemia stem cells and may contribute to precision medic...

Cardiff University’s School of Biosciences is offering a fully funded PhD project within the MECAW and CAB research groups. The research will use genomics and movement ecology to investigate African felid evolution. The project brings together Cardiff University with National Museums Scotland and the Landmark Foundation. The student will work across an interdisciplinary research environment involving evolutionary biology, wildlife movement and genomic approaches to understanding the history and ...

This PhD project will develop advanced terahertz spectroscopy methods for the inspection and optimisation of next-generation solid-state batteries. The research addresses a major manufacturing challenge: controlling the microstructure of solid-state electrolytes so that they deliver strong electrochemical performance, mechanical integrity and impermeability at product scale. Solid-state electrolytes offer improved thermal stability, reduced flammability, enhanced durability and the potential for...

The Centre for Doctoral Training in Safe AI Systems (SAINTS CDT) offers a multidisciplinary PhD focused exclusively on the safety of artificial intelligence. The programme develops research expertise for ensuring that AI systems deliver benefits without introducing harm as their capabilities, environments and operating contexts evolve. Research centres on the lifelong safety assurance of increasingly autonomous AI systems in dynamic and uncertain contexts. Projects draw on concepts and methods f...

Ulster University is offering a funded PhD opportunity on seafood, environmental contaminants and pregnancy. The project examines how seafood consumption during pregnancy may provide nutritional benefits while also contributing to exposure to environmental contaminants, with a particular focus on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The research will compare maternal exposure in Northern Ireland and the Seychelles. By investigating this balance between the benefits and potential risks of ...

[AstraZeneca funded studentship with funding from £23,805 p.a. for a 4-year PhD.] This is a collaborative PhD studentship hosted by the Department of Pathology at the University of Cambridge and the AstraZeneca Discovery Centre at Cambridge. The project brings together academic and industry research environments, with the student working across both sites under joint supervision. The research focuses on improved 2A peptide sequences and their use in co-translational separation of polyproteins. T...

This PhD project sits within the FAroGels Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network at Nottingham Trent University . The work focuses on food-grade, bio-based and biodegradable aerogels for sustainable food systems, with a particular emphasis on building advanced magnetic-resonance tools to understand how these highly porous materials behave internally. The doctoral research will combine magnetic resonance imaging and time-domain nuclear magnetic resonance (TD-NMR) to characterise aerogel ...