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
EASTBIO: The Persistence Paradox: Maintaining Intermediate Drug Resistance FrequenciesProfessor Katie Atkins15 December 2025
EASTBIO: Developing Novel Data-Driven Tools and Methodologies to Understand Inequalities in Maternity Vaccination Uptake in ScotlandDr Ting Shi15 December 2025

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