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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
University of Liverpool
Full Time
DEC
2 years
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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
University of Liverpool
Full Time
DEC
2 years
PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
University of Liverpool
Full Time
FEB-25
2 years
PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
University of Liverpool
Full Time
JAN
2 years
PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
University of Liverpool
Part Time
JAN
4 years
PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
University of Liverpool
Part Time
FEB-25
4 years
PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
University of Liverpool
Part Time
DEC
4 years
Select a an exam type
The goal of the Department of Musculoskeletal Biology is to understand the processes that underlie ageing and disease in tissues such as skeletal muscle, bone, cartilage, tendon and ligament. Research is fundamental and encompasses disciplines including anatomy, biomechanics, physiology and molecular cell biology.
Overview
The Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease provides a powerful focus for understanding the many variables – from bioscience to social – that influence ageing and chronic disease in people throughout their lives.
The Department boasts an enviable array of expertise from medical and veterinary clinician-scientists, biomedical scientists and epidemiologists and has state-of-the-art facilities. Our research programmes are generously funded through grants from the MRC, BBSRC, NIH (USA), Wellcome Trust, Leverhulme Trust, Arthritis Research UK and other charities. Through the leadership within the institute the University of Liverpool is one of three academic partners in the MRC-Arthritis Research UK Centre for Integrated research into Musculoskeletal Ageing (CIMA).
The key principle behind our research is the recognition over the last decade that to elucidate cell, organ or organismal function in health and disease requires an integrated approach, utilising cutting-edge technologies.
Our research activity ranges from molecules to population and from laboratory to bedside. We have over 100 research-active staff creating new insights into bioscience, epidemiology, health issues, patients, lifestyles and care.
These insights are translating into real world benefits, such as the new approaches we have developed to prevent muscle wasting in intensive care patients delivering this kind of return on investment has helped us to attract extensive funding, with partners including Welcome Trust, UK Research Councils, NIH (USA), Unilever and GSK.
A good (2:1 or above) honours first degree or a master’s degree in an appropriate science subject, preferably relevant to the area of interest, is required.
Students living in
Domestic
£4,786 per year
Students from Domestic
This fee applies to Channel Islands, Isle of Man and Republic of Ireland.
£29,750 per year
Students from EU
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences £29,750 (Band A). Self-funded, full-time international students studying a PhD programme classified as Band A will receive a £2,000 reduction in their fees for the first year only.
£29,750 per year
Students from International
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences £29,750 (Band A). Self-funded, full-time international students studying a PhD programme classified as Band A will receive a £2,000 reduction in their fees for the first year only.
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