Currently available funded PhD studentships Usher Institute Postgraduate Research ProgrammesThere are three postgraduate research programmes within the Usher Institute: Population Health Sciences, Global Health and Medical Informatics.Usher Institute postgraduate research programmesCurrently available PhD studentships as part of these programmes are listed below.Project title (linked to project description)SupervisorsApplication DeadlineEASTBIO: What determines whether a resistance plasmid establishes and spreads in a new bacterial lineage?Professor Katie Atkins, Professor Thamarai SchneidersMonday 16 November 2026Unravelling the link between infection and non-communicable diseases to enable a paradigm shift in the prevention and treatment of chronic diseaseDr Ting Shi, Professor Catherine SudlowMonday 16 November 2026Precision Medicine Doctoral Training ProgrammeThe 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 below. The application deadline is Monday 11 January 2027.Project title (linked to project description)SupervisorHealth inequalities across the trajectory of early-onset type 2 diabetes: a Scotland–Sweden studyDr Caroline JacksonImproving equity in unscheduled care pathways through precision medicineProf Nazir LoneMental Health and Diseases of Older Age Among People with Autism or Autistic Traits: AI and Medical Record Linkage in UK Biobank and SPARK Dr Kristin NicodemusWho needs monitoring? Modelling individual risk of HIV drug resistance from routine clinical dataProf Katie AtkinsTranslational pathway to implementation of polygenic risk scores for prostate cancer in ScotlandProf Jim WilsonBiological Characterisation and Health Inequalities in Functional Neurological Disorder (FND)Prof Heather C WhalleyTime is of the essence: Temporal Modelling of Frailty Profiles in Routine Health Data for Equitable Risk StratificationDr Michael CamelleriThe complete list of projects is available on the Precision Medicine website.Precision Medicine Doctoral Training Programme This article was published on Monday 9 November 2026
