
Taught vs Research Master’s: Funding, PhD Entry & an 8-Question Checklist
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University of Zurich
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Switzerland
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The University of Zurich is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher for the UZH Population Research Center and the Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute. The researcher will join the Swiss National Science Foundation-funded project “Mapping Mental Health in Municipalities.” The project investigates how mental health and wellbeing can be understood at the local level, with particular attention to ensuring that underrepresented populations are included in population-based research. It com...
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University of Zurich
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Switzerland
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The University of Zurich’s Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute and the UZH Population Research Center are seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher for the Swiss National Science Foundation-funded project “Mapping Mental Health in Municipalities.” The project examines how mental health and wellbeing can be better understood at the local level. It combines innovative sampling and recruitment approaches with population-based research to produce actionable evidence for municipalities and p...
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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United States
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is offering an NRSA postdoctoral research fellowship in the Genetic Epidemiology of Heart, Lung, and Blood Traits Program within the Department of Epidemiology at the Gillings School of Global Public Health. The fellowship focuses on genetic epidemiology of heart, lung, and blood traits, combining substantive and methodological training to investigate health and disease patterns and related phenotypes. The postdoctoral fellow will develop expertise...
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KTH Royal Institute of Technology
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Sweden
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KTH Royal Institute of Technology is offering a postdoctoral position in multi-omics machine learning and computational cancer biology within the A Lundberg Lab , which is part of the SciLifeLab and Wallenberg National Program for Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS) . The lab is based at SciLifeLab Stockholm and KTH and focuses on computational approaches for cancer precision medicine . The project centers on understanding the molecular mechanisms behind cancer aggressiveness, metastasis, and treatm...
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Indiana University
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United States
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Indiana University School of Medicine is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow in Biostatistics and Health Data Science to advance research at the intersection of artificial intelligence for healthcare, multimodal data analysis, and causal AI. The fellow will lead original research involving diverse healthcare data, including electronic health records, medical imaging, omics, physiological signals, and clinical notes. The work will focus on developing, implementing, and rigorously evaluating algorithms ...
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The Ohio State University
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United States
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This postdoctoral research position is based in the Departments of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at The Ohio State University , located at the Pelotonia Research Center . The scholar will work in a research laboratory environment focused on specialized research training under the guidance of a scientific mentor. The project centers on large-scale genetic data analysis , genetic risk prediction , and the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning methods for complex human diseases. T...
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University of California, Irvine
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United States
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The Department of Neurology at the University of California, Irvine is seeking a postdoctoral scholar for clinical neuroscience research within a clinical neurology and neuroinformatics group. The position is based in an active research environment that brings together faculty expertise in neurology, epidemiology, data science, and biostatistics. Under the direct supervision of Dr. Ali Ezzati , the scholar will join projects centered on Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, with additional em...
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University of California, Irvine
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United States
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This postdoctoral position at the University of California, Irvine sits in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics within the Joe C. Wen School of Population and Public Health . The role is centered on developing and applying statistical and machine learning methods for high-dimensional data analysis , causal inference , and data integration . The appointee will work on methodological research while also collaborating with researchers across a broad range of biomedical areas. The projec...
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Zelalem Negeri
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University of Waterloo
Canada
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A postdoctoral scholar position is available in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of Waterloo. The project sits in statistics and biostatistics, with the successful candidate working with Professors Zelalem Negeri and Stefan Steiner. The research direction is centred on applied and methodological biostatistics, with proposed topics including structural equation modelling, meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies, and latent class modelling. The postdoc...
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University of Cambridge
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PhD applications are now open for the Probabilistic Systems, Information, and Inference Group at the University of Cambridge. The group admits several funded PhD students each year, with research interests spanning probabilistic systems, information and inference, networks, and the physics of complex systems. This is a strong fit for applicants with backgrounds or interests in physics, mathematics, statistics, computer science, and related quantitative fields. George Cantwell, Assistant Professo...
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University of Cambridge
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United Kingdom
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Funded PhD opportunity at the University of Cambridge in collaboration with AstraZeneca: Machine Learning for Drug Discovery . This four-year, AstraZeneca-funded PhD studentship focuses on physics-guided representation learning and other machine learning approaches for drug discovery. The project offers access to rich proprietary drug-discovery datasets and close collaboration with scientists at AstraZeneca. Likely research areas include machine learning , statistics , mathematics , scientific c...
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University of Southampton
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PhD project at the University of Southampton on Trustworthy AI for personalised disease risk prediction using genetic and clinical data . This research sits at the intersection of computer science , statistics , genetic epidemiology , and medical science . The project aims to develop uncertainty-aware statistical and machine learning methods for personalised disease risk prediction, combining genetic information, clinical measurements, and potentially longitudinal health data. Key research theme...
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Estimated costs in United Kingdom.
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![]() University Accommodation On-campus student housing per year | £5.1k $6,500/yr |
![]() Clothing Basic clothing and seasonal needs per year | £948 $1,200/yr |
![]() Books & Academic Supplies Textbooks, stationery, and academic materials per year | £474 $600/yr |
![]() Utilities & Connectivity Electricity, water, internet, and mobile per year | £758 $960/yr |
Estimates based on university averages and Numbeo
Professor of Biostatistics
University of Birmingham
United Kingdom
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Meta-analysis
Clinical Application
Cohort Study
Lecturer
University of Surrey
United Kingdom
Cell Biology
Biostatistics
Computational Biology
Cancer Biology
Disease Modeling
Professor at Population Health Sciences Institute
Newcastle University
United Kingdom
Biostatistics
Statistics
Cohort Study
Randomized Controlled Trial
Antibody Therapy
Has grant
The University of Manchester
United Kingdom
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Breast Cancer
Medical Science
Cancer Biology
Institute of Cancer Research
United Kingdom
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Cancer Biology
Medical Science
Genomic
Professor of Biostatistics
University of Birmingham
United Kingdom
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Clinical Application
Meta-analysis
Cohort Study

UKRI funds research training and fellowships across the United Kingdom, mainly for PhD and postdoctoral study. Support often includes tuition fees, a stipend at the UKRI rate, and research costs.

The Leverhulme Trust funds a wide range of research scholarships, studentships and fellowships, mainly in the United Kingdom, across disciplines from humanities to sciences.

ESRC supports social science research training in the United Kingdom, mainly through funded PhD studentships and some postdoctoral fellowships delivered via doctoral training partnerships.
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