PhD opportunities

A list of all the current research degree opportunities

PhD opportunities

Project Title Primary Supervisor Research department Application type Closing date
Investigating the Impact of Antimalarial Chemotherapy on Gut and Placental Health Using Human Organoid Models Professor Giancarlo Biagini Tropical Disease Biology MRC/DTP 3 December 2025
From Molecule to Field: Translational Development of a Next-Generation Diagnostic for Strongyloides fuelleborni to Improve Global and One Health Outcomes Dr James LaCourse Tropical Disease Biology MRC/DTP 3 December 2025
Addressing Economic Inactivity and Health Inequity within a Community-led Quality Improvement Framework Professor Miriam Taegtmeyer Clinical Sciences MRC/DTP 3 December 2025
Building a platform to enable the genomic surveillance of arbovirus vectors at scale to address major global health challenges Dr Chris S Clarkson Vector Biology MRC/DTP 3 December 2025
Understanding inequalities in the incidence of sexually transmitted infections, and consequences for control Dr Trystan Leng Lancaster MRC/DTP 3 December 2025
Statistical and AI methods to detect school-level outbreaks from routinely collected absence data Dr Trystan Leng Lancaster MRC/DTP 3 December 2025
Stronger together: Development of a globally effective drug-antibody combination therapy for local snakebite envenoming Dr Steven Hall Lancaster MRC/DTP 3 December 2025
Refinement and replacement of preclinical models to better evaluate envenoming pathology and snakebite therapeutics Professor Nicholas Casewell Tropical Disease Biology MRC/DTP 3 December 2025
Measuring the impact of improved malaria control in school-age children on education outcomes Dr Lauren Cohee Clinical Sciences MRC/DTP 3 December 2025
Development of a molecular tool kit for non-tuberculous mycobacteria Dr Daire Cantillon Tropical Disease Biology MRC/DTP 3 December 2025
Defining the Resistome of Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria Dr Daire Cantillon Tropical Disease Biology MRC/DTP 3 December 2025
From Fertility to Feeding: Identifying New Gene Drive Targets in Malaria Vectors Professor Tony Nolan Vector Biology MRC/DTP 3 December 2025
Developing Genetic Control Strategies for the Neglected Malaria Vector Anopheles funestus Professor Tony Nolan Vector Biology MRC/DTP 3 December 2025
Alternative CRISPR-Cas Enzymes to Advance Gene Drive Strategies in Malaria Vectors Professor Tony Nolan Vector Biology MRC/DTP 3 December 2025
Data to Diagnosis: Developing and Validating Risk Prediction Tools to Transform Tuberculosis Screening in High-Burden Settings Dr Tom Wingfield Clinical Sciences MRC/DTP 3 December 2025
Improving diagnosis of zoonoses in Eastern Africa Dr Thomas Edwards Tropical Disease Biology MRC/DTP 3 December 2025
Mechanism of action and resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Professor Tanya Parish LSTM MRC/DTP 3 December 2025
Prediction of pharmacodynamics of new anti-tubercular agents Professor Tanya Parish LSTM MRC/DTP 3 December 2025
Characterising Humoral and B Cell Responses to Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever Virus Infection in Humans Dr Richard Urbanowicz Tropical Disease Biology MRC/DTP 3 December 2025
Exploiting Anopheles gene expression regulation for molecular surveillance of insecticide resistance Dr Naomi Dyer Vector Biology MRC/DTP 3 December 2025
Modelling the impact of vector control and anthropogenic change on vectors of Gambian sleeping sickness Dr Luigi Sedda Lancaster MRC/DTP 3 December 2025
Mapping the hidden protein switches of insecticide resistance with chemical tools and big data Dr Hanafy Mahmoud Ismail Vector Biology MRC/DTP 3 December 2025
Monitoring the socio-economic and childhood nutritional burden of climate sensitive, vector-borne zoonoses in East Africa Dr Gemma Chaters Lancaster MRC/DTP 3 December 2025
Stability, loss and transmission of resistance to ‘last-resort’ antibiotics Dr Fabrice Graf Clinical Sciences MRC/DTP 3 December 2025
Assessing the Environmental Impact of Novel Vector Control Dr Ellie Sherrard-Smith Vector Biology MRC/DTP 3 December 2025
Mapping and understanding the current and future distribution of invasive Aedes albopictus in Ghana Dr David Weetman Vector Biology MRC/DTP 3 December 2025
Elucidating virulence and antimicrobial resistance of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Dr Daire Cantillon Tropical Disease Biology MRC/DTP 3 December 2025
Elucidating MPXV transmission and spread Professor Christine Goffinet Tropical Disease Biology MRC/DTP 3 December 2025
Advancing HIV-1 cure strategies Professor Christine Goffinet Tropical Disease Biology MRC/DTP 3 December 2025
Molecular Control of Toxin Expression in Snake Venom Gland Organoids Dr Cassandra Modahl Tropical Disease Biology MRC/DTP 3 December 2025
Environmentally mediated Monkeypox virus transmission Dr Ana Pitol Garcia Tropical Disease Biology MRC/DTP 3 December 2025
Development of novel point-of-care diagnostics for mpox Dr Ana Isabel Cubas Atienzar Tropical Disease Biology MRC/DTP 3 December 2025
Discovery of novel urine biomarkers in Tuberculosis disease to accelerate the development of sputum-free diagnostics Dr Ana Isabel Cubas Atienzar Tropical Disease Biology MRC/DTP 3 December 2025
Bioactive lipids as mediators of pathogenesis and targets for therapy in filarial lymphoedema Professor Joseph Turner Tropical Disease Biology MRC/DTP 3 December 2025
Developing a framework and indicators to strengthen health research innovation capacity in sub-Saharan Africa Dr Justin Pulford International Public Health MRC/DTP 3 December 2025
Antibody discovery for neglected tropical and emerging infectious diseases Dr Stefanie Menzies Lancaster University Medical School MRC/DTP 3 December 2025
Revolutionising decisions-thinking for malaria control to reduce negative climate and biodiversity outcomes Dr Ellie Sherrard-Smith Vector Biology MRC/DTP 3 December 2025
Defining the pathological contribution of NETosis to snakebite envenoming Professor Nicholas Casewell Tropical Disease Biology MRC/DTP 3 December 2025
Targeting bioactive lipid pathways to prevent anti-filarial adverse reactions Professor Joseph Turner Tropical Disease Biology MRC/DTP 3 December 2024