PhD projects in the School of Medicine

Outline

There are a number of funded projects within Cardiff University's School of Medicine, including:

• PhD in Medicine: Understanding multi-party communication in therapy sessions for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Sensory Processing (SP) difficulties - the value of interaction analysis
• PhD In Medicine: The role of Wnt signalling in blood stem cell development and in acute myeloid leukaemia
• PhD in Medicine: Genomic stratification of bipolar disorder trajectories and outcome
• PhD in Medicine: Factors influencing engagement with emerging technology in colorectal cancer screening and prevention
• PhD in Medicine: Systemic immune fingerprints in patients with acute severe sepsis
• PhD in Medicine: Defining the molecular pathways governing antiviral Natural Killer cell immunity
• PhD in Medicine: Dynamics of the expanded CAG locus in Huntington’s disease
• PhD in Medicine: Development of chimeric adenoviral virotherapies for cancer applications
• PhD in Medicine: Imbalance of DNA methylation and demethylation as pathogenic mechanism of acute myeloid leukemia
• PhD in Medicine: The role of grandparents in shaping young children’s diet during the provision of childcare
• PhD in Medicine: Characterising Entry and Fusion of Wildtype Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV)
• PhD in Medicine: Investigating the childhood neurodevelopmental origins of adult mental illness

What is funded

Full UK/EU tuition fees and Doctoral stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum

Additional funding is available over the course of the programme and will cover costs such as research consumables and training.

Duration

3 years

Eligibility

Open to all UK/EU students without further restrictions

Candidates must have obtained, or be about to obtain, a First or Upper Second Class UK Honours degree or the equivalent in an appropriate area of biomedical sciences. Applicants with a Lower Second Class degree will be considered if they also have a Master’s degree or have significant relevant non-academic experience. Candidates will need to have achieved at least 6.5 in IELTS (and no less than 6.5 in any section) by the start of the programme.