PhD Opportunities in Public Health in United Kingdom

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...

The Hobday Group at the University of Edinburgh School of Chemistry is offering a PhD project on solid-state refrigerants, materials that can pump heat when squeezed and may provide alternatives to harmful refrigerant gases. The research will investigate why some materials show excellent solid-state refrigeration performance. The successful student will map the energetic pathways and molecular dynamics that control how these materials respond to pressure, building an understanding from the atomi...

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...

This PhD opportunity at Durham University investigates how global bird communities are changing under land-use and climate change. The project addresses an important challenge in biodiversity science: bird monitoring data are often unevenly distributed and may not represent environmental changes across the wider regions where monitoring takes place. The doctoral researcher will link bird survey time series from three continents with environmental change data. The work will assess whether monitor...

Green Space, Young People, and Climate Justice is an interdisciplinary PhD project exploring how access to green space can support climate adaptation, climate justice and young people’s wellbeing through nature-based solutions. The research brings together youth engagement, environmental research and climate adaptation to investigate how green spaces can be made more accessible and responsive to the needs of young people. It will consider the relationships among nature, social equity, adaptation...

Infrastructure system management in a changing climate is a PhD studentship sponsored by Network Rail in collaboration with the University of Cambridge, alongside Dr Kristen MacAskill and her research team. The project examines how data, systems thinking, and climate science can support better decisions about the future resilience of railway infrastructure. It will investigate climate-related thresholds and tipping points across railway systems, asking how these emerging conditions can inform th...

The University of Cambridge Department of Zoology is offering a funded PhD project in quantitative marine ecology focused on regional drivers of seabird population change and future resilience. The research will investigate why some seabird populations decline rapidly while others remain stable or recover. The project will examine how climate change, fisheries, and other environmental pressures interact to influence seabird survival, reproduction, and population dynamics across regions. The stud...

The University of Birmingham is offering a fully funded Home PhD studentship through its School of Engineering for research in sustainable manufacturing and related engineering fields. The opportunity is suited to candidates interested in sustainable manufacturing , circular economy , industrial decarbonisation , smart monitoring and digitalisation , and resource efficiency . The research may address how manufacturing systems can become more resource-efficient, digitally monitored, and aligned w...