The below list of projects is the list of available projects for 2027/28 entry. Applications for all projects must be submitted via the University of Edinburgh's Degree Finder. Please include a CV with your application and ensure you submit the recruitment form. WITHOUT THE RECRUITMENT FORM YOUR APPLICATION WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED Document Precision Medicine Recruitment Form (879.64 KB / DOCX) University of Glasgow projects can be found here. UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH PROJECTSPROJECT TITLESUPERVISORAge- Sex- and Ethnicity-Specific Cardiac Electrophysiology Phenotyping to Reduce Inequality in Atrial Fibrillation CareDr Steven WilliamsAI-Driven Drug Discovery for Neglected Tropical ParasitesDr Richard WheelerBiological Characterisation and Health Inequalities in Functional Neurological Disorder (FND)Prof Heather C WhalleyBuilding the Foundations for Precision Biomarkers of Brain Health: Linking Retinal Microvascular Structure, Blood Flow and Imaging MeasurementsDr David FairhurstCausal Actionable Prediction and Target Trial Emulation in Psychosis: Leveraging Real-World Clinical Cohorts to Target Treatment Resistance and Cardiometabolic DiseaseDr Samuel P LeightonCo-occurring adversities in childhood as predictors of multimorbidityProf Rebecca ReynoldsData-Driven Cardiovascular Flow Modelling: Echocardiography and AI for Precision Treatment of Congenital Heart Disease Dr Benjamin OwenDeciphering the vasoreactivity signature in the human eye for personalised stratification and treatment response in cerebral small vessel diseaseDr Ian MacCormickDecoding UBC9 SUMOylation to stratify Rhabdomyosarcoma and identify precision therapeutic vulnerabilitiesDr Ewen CalderDevelopment and validation of an AI decision-support tool to improve the equitable diagnosis and risk stratification of patients presenting to the Emergency DepartmentDr Dimitrios DoudesisDiagnostic indicators and co-experience of mental health, neurodivergence, and learning difficulties for multi-omics discovery and predictionDr Mark AdamsEliminating Silent Failures in Precision Medicine: An Uncertainty-Aware Imaging Framework for Equitable Patient Stratification in Neurovascular Disease Validated Using Multi-omic Data and a National Imaging DatabankDr Maria del C. Valdés HernándezEmergency hospital admissions: towards more equitable and actionable risk predictionDr Catalina VallejosEquitable variant interpretation across the protein order-to-disorder continuumProf Joe MarshExploration of genetic, environmental, and sex-specific risk factors to reduce colorectal cancer incidence and inequalitiesProf Susan FarringtonForecast: Predicting Antibiotic Resistance from Susceptibility DataDr Thamarai SchneidersFree the Hippo – to release Glaucoma PressureDr Carsten Gram HansenHealth inequalities across the trajectory of early-onset type 2 diabetes: a Scotland–Sweden studyDr Caroline JacksonHow does genetic variation shape antiviral immunity and disease susceptibility via RNA Splicing?Dr Richard SloanImproving equity in unscheduled care pathways through precision medicineProf Nazir LoneIntegrating Biological Vulnerability, Social Context, and Neurodevelopment to Understand Inequalities in Adolescent Depression Risk and TreatmentDr Xueyi ShenInvestigating cell-cell interactions in human adipose tissue thermogenesis and dysregulation in obesity and type 2 diabetesProf Roland StimsonMedication use and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with suspected angina due to coronary artery disease: a data-driven analysis of the SCOT-HEART trial linked to national prescribing dataProf Michelle C. WilliamsMental Health and Diseases of Older Age Among People with Autism or Autistic Traits: AI and Medical Record Linkage in UK Biobank and SPARKDr Kristin NicodemusMotor Cognitive Reserve 2.0: Equitable AI-Supported Stress Testing of Motor–Cognitive Reserve for Early NeurodegenerationDr Kobi GalPrecision Modulation of Macrophages using Chemokine-RNA Therapeutics to Regress Fibrosis and Address Treatment Inequalities in Chronic Liver DiseasesProf Marc VendrellPrecision profiling of sensory and cognitive processing in neurodevelopmental conditions: language-free digital assessment, EEG and computational modelling for stratificationDr Marino PaganPrecision Psychiatry Through the Eye: Retinal Biomarkers for Predicting Lithium Response in Bipolar DisorderProf Jasna MartinovicPrecision Retinal Biomarkers for Inherited Retinal Diseases (PR-BIRD) Dr Roly MegawPredicting Progression in Multiple Sclerosis Using Wearable Technologies, Retinal Imaging and Blood BiomarkersDr Don Joseph MahadProbing the role of endothelial dysfunction in vascular dementia using advanced imagingDr Tracy FarrTime is of the essence: Temporal Modelling of Frailty Profiles in Routine Health Data for Equitable Risk StratificationDr Michael CamelleriTowards precision diagnostics for asymptomatic bacteriuria-related cognitive declineProf Till BachmannTranslational pathway to implementation of polygenic risk scores for prostate cancer in ScotlandProf Jim WilsonUncertainty-aware modelling of insulin sensitivity for automated insulin delivery in Type 1 DiabetesDr Linus SchumacherUncovering hidden genomic rearrangements to improve risk prediction in multiple myelomaProf Colin SempleUnderstanding the mechanism and genetics of male human infertility linked to chromosome segregation defects and meiotic arrest Prof Julie WelburnWho can the service see? Observability, health equality and AI in inflammatory bowel diseaseProf Charlie LeesWho needs monitoring? Modelling individual risk of HIV drug resistance from routine clinical dataProf Katie Atkins This article was published on Wednesday 4 November 2026
