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Studentships

MRC Studentships - Vacancies List

Information about the MRC Flagship Studentships is available here.

Title Supervisor(s) Closing Date Funding
Could a Community Pharmacy-Based Intervention Facilitate the Earlier Detection of Serious Lung Disease?   Prof C Bond, Dr J Francis and Dr T Porteous   22 March 2010  MRC-DTG  
Decision Making in Prescribing: Applying Psychological Theory to Improve Outcomes   Prof C Bond, Dr S Ross and Dr R Flin   22 March 2010  MRC-DTG 
The Role of Actin and Microtubule Dynamics in the Tip Re-Orientation Responses of C. albicans hyphae   Dr Alex Brand & Dr Carol Munro   22 March 2010  MRC-DTG 
Interactions of Leukocyte Pattern Recognition Receptors and the Fungal Cell Wall During Morphogenic Switching   Prof Gordon Brown and Prof Neil Gow   22 March 2010  MRC-DTG 
Applying a Behavioural Lens to Interventions Evaluated in Clinical Trials   Prof Marion Campbell, Dr Jill Francis, Dr Jen Burr & Dr Craig Ramsay   22 March 2010  MRC-DTG 
Developing a Minimum Core Data Set for Use in Urology Clinical Trials   Prof Marion Campbell, Dr Craig Ramsay & Prof James N'Dow   22 March 2010  MRC-DTG 
Regulation of Cell Wall Biosynthesis of the Major Human Fungal Pathogen Candida albicans   Dr Carol Munro & Professor Alistair Brown   22 March 2010  MRC-DTG 
Measuring Need and Unmet Need for Hospital Services   Professor Bob Elliott and Dr Ada Ma   22 March 2010  MRC-DTG 
Assessing the Long-Term Sequelae of Adverse Pregnancy Events on Future Cardiovascular Health   Professor Phil Hannaford, Dr Lisa Iversen and Dr Sohinee Bhattacharya   22 March 2010  MRC-DTG 
How Do Symptom Perceptions Influence Management Decisions?   Professor Philip C Hannaford and Dr Alison M Elliott   22 March 2010  MRC-DTG 
Physiological Electric Signals and the Anti-Microbial Functions of Macrophages   Prof Colin D McCaig and Prof Gordon D Brown   22 March 2010  MRC-DTG 
Bacterial Channels: Novel Drug Targets for Treatment of Multi-Drug Resistant Clinical Infections   Professor I R Booth, Dr S Miller, Dr G Ferguson and Dr A Ormerod   22 March 2010  MRC-DTG 
Valuing the Patient Experience in Randomised Controlled Trials: Going Beyond QALYs   Professor Mandy Ryan and Dr Jennifer Burr   22 March 2010  MRC-DTG 

PhD Studentships - Vacancies List

Title Supervisor(s) Closing Date Funding
Effects of deep-water trawling on biodiversity and function of the Rockall slope sedimentary ecosystems  Professor Ursula Witte, Oceanlab, University of Aberdeen  14 March 2010  MASTS BEF JRT studentship 
What is the value of the deep-sea ? The socio-economy of deep-sea biodiversity and ecosystems  Prof Ursula Witte and Prof Nick Henley (University of Stirling)  14 March 2010  MASTS BEF JRT studentship 
Diet, DNA Stability and Colon Cancer: How Exactly do Phytophenols in the Human Diet Prevent Malignant Transformation?   Dr Susan Duthie, Dr Charles Bestwick & Dr Wendy Russell  19 March 2010  Rank Prize Funds  
The Epidemiology of Chronic Pain: Improving Methodologies Used in Population-Based Studies   Professor Gary J Macfarlane, Dr Dong Pang and Professor C Bond   22 March 2010  MRC-DTG 
An Epidemiological and Clinical Study of Ankylosing Spondylitis Utilising the Scotland and Ireland Register of Ankylosing Spondylitis (SIRAS)   Prof Gary Macfarlane and Dr Gareth Jones  26 March 2010  Abbott and Wyeth  
Mars, Methane and Microbes: Identification of Methane-Rich Rocks and their Potential to Support Microbial Life on Earth and Mars   Prof John Parnell & Dr Gail Ferguson   31 March 2010  Science & Technologies Facilities Council  
Evaluating the Impact of Calcium and Vitamin D Supplementation on Morbidity and Mortality in Older People  Dr Alison Avenell, Prof Luke Vale & Dr Graeme MacLennan  02 April 2010  IAHS 
Predictors of Chronic Pain After Total Knee Replacement Surgery  Dr Julie Bruce, Dr Alasdair Sutherland and Prof Gary Macfarlane  02 April 2010  IAHS 
Pelvic Floor Dysfunction After Prostate Surgery: Epidemiology, Treatment and Service Implications  Prof C Glazener & Prof J N'Dow  02 April 2010  IAHS 
An Epidemiological and Clinical Study of Ankylosing Spondylitis Utilising the Scotland and Ireland Register of Ankylosing Spondylitis  Prof Gary Macfarlane & Dr Gareth Jones  02 April 2010  IAHS 
Prostate Cancer and Working Life  Dr Sara MacLennan, Dr Zoe Skea & Prof Lorna McKee  02 April 2010  IAHS 
Reducing Patient Delay in Seeking Healthcare: Using the Theory of Planned Behaviour to Develop an Intervention to Promote the Early Diagnosis of Kidney Cancer  Dr Sara MacLennan, Dr Jill Francis & Prof James N'Dow  02 April 2010  IAHS 
Statistical Approaches to Epidemiological Studies with Misclassification, Mismeasurement and Other Awkward Features  Dr Gordon Prescott & Prof Paul Garthwaite (Open University)  02 April 2010  IAHS 
Dietary Patterns and Chronic Disease  Dr Helen Macdonald  02 April 2010  IAHS 
Inductive Power and Data Transfer, the Application of Contact-less Power and Communications Techniques to Subsea Instrumentation  P M Bagley, S J Chalmers, A Cunningham  19 April 2010  50% MASTS/50% SBS  
Assessment of the Mucosa-Associated Colonic Microbiota of Paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease   Dr G L Hold and Prof E M El-Omar  30 April 2010  The ARCHIE Foundation 
Airway Epithelial Cell Phenotype in Asthma and Wheezing Conditions   Dr Stephen Turner, Dr Garry Walsh and Prof Graham Devereux   30 April 2010  The ARCHIE Foundation 
Combining Behavioural and Neuroimaging Approaches to Explore the Action-Perception Mismatch Problem in Autism   Dr Justin H G Williams and Dr Gordon Waiter   30 April 2010  The ARCHIE Foundation 
Towards a Treatment for Autism by Targeting eIF4E   Dr Z Miedzybrodzka, Dr B Mueller and Prof T Harkany  30 April 2010  The ARCHIE Foundation 

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