Available funded projects

Currently available funded PhD studentships

Usher Institute Postgraduate Research Programmes

There are three postgraduate research programmes within the Usher Institute: Population Health Sciences, Global Health and Medical Informatics.

Usher Institute postgraduate research programmes

Currently available PhD studentships as part of these programmes are listed below.

Project title (linked to project description)SupervisorsApplication Deadline
Evaluating the effectiveness of phylogenetics for infectious disease controlDr Katie AtkinsApplications accepted until studentship filled
Leveraging radiomics to predict glioblastoma multiforme microenvironment and personalise treatment planningProf Miguel O. Bernabeu CLOSED
Accelerating innovation in ultra-widefield retinal imaging analysis through the development of foundation models that expand the range of tractable downstream analysis tasksProf Miguel O. BernabeuCLOSED

Precision Medicine Doctoral Training Programme

The MRC Precision Medicine Doctoral Training Programme, a joint programme between the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, has some studentships that are supervised by members of the Usher Institute.

A list of currently available projects which have a connection to the Usher Institute is listed below. The complete list of projects is available on the Precision Medicine website.

Precision Medicine Doctoral Training Programme