Overview

As a research student with the School of Biomedical Sciences you will be part of an interdisciplinary community made up of leading researchers in diverse areas including genomics, bioinformatics, pharmacology, ageing and memory, and translational medicine.

We invite applications for doctoral research in various topic areas, including:

• ageing, health, and well-being
• antibiotic resistance
• one health
• biochemistry
• bioengineering
• cancer/cancer genomics
• cell biology
• dementia care
• evidence-based healthcare
• healthcare ethics
• infection control and prevention
• integrated medicine
• microbial genomics
• microbiology
• microbiome metagenomics
• molecular biology
• musculoskeletal biomechanics
• non-pharmacological interventions
• odontogenic and maxillofacial bone tumours
• person-centred health and social care
• global public health

Career

We will prepare you for a wide range of careers in healthcare, biotech industry, teaching and research – whether you want to work in the NHS, in academia, medical research laboratories, pharmaceutical research, the food industry, as a private therapist, in health education and public health or areas such as international aid and development.

Studying for a PhD enables you to develop an area of specialism that will give you an edge whether you are planning to work within the field of law or to develop expertise to teach in academia.

During your PhD, you will also be learning transferable core skills that apply to jobs both in and out of academia, including:

• written and oral communication
• research and information management
• public speaking
• project management
• leadership
• critical Thinking
• collaboration
• analysis and problem-solving
• conflict resolution
• negotiation

By the end of your research degree, you will be able to articulately apply these skills to enhance your career path.