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Postgraduate Research at the Open Day

If you’re considering postgraduate research at Brunel, you’ll likely have questions about the application process, the research programmes and your University experience. As part of the Postgraduate Open Day you will have a chance to ask all your questions and more!   

Talk to PhD support staff and students

 

We have our experts available to answer any questions you may have around the PhD application or research programme details.  Final details of all sessions will be sent out to you with the Open Day programme closer to the event.

Career information

We will be available to help you understand what career support is available during your research studies and help you understand the paths open to you on graduation.

Skills development and training

The Graduate School can help with questions about developing your academic, research and professional skills. She's dedicated to ensuring our PhD students make the most of their time at Brunel and can guide you through all the support available. 

Finding a supervisor

We will help you find the right supervisor in your chosen research area or suggest a research topic that may be closely aligned with your interests. Tell us what you want to research and get all the support you need to find the right research match for you. 

Available research funding

Learn how to stay on top the latest research funding opportunities at Brunel and what funding is available throughout the year. 

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Watch our PhD webinars and chat to us

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How to apply for a PhD 

Struggling with your PhD application? Need help choosing supervisor, or preparing for your interview? No clue what's the difference between personal and research statement? Watch Brunel University London webinar for tips and advice from our experts.

How to write a research statement

The 5 minute ultimate guide on writing your research statement! Look no more - we take you step-by-step through completing this important element of your PhD application. From asking your research question to the location of your research, we have all the detail you need to write a successful statement which will impress your prospective supervisors.

Support and training for PhD students

A webinar presented by the Graduate School and Postgraduate Research Office at Brunel University London where we cover the various developmental opportunities PhD students can take advantage of while conducting their research. From skills training to social events students can benefit from a supportive research environment.

Search research opportunities for students

Topics proposed by supervisors

Hear from our students

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Funded PhD Studentship in the Origins and Spread of Spiritual Beliefs
The Centre for Culture and Evolution at Brunel University London is offering 1 funded PhD studentship to study the origins and spread of spiritual beliefs. Human cultural capacities are uniquely expre...
31/03/2024

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Aiyana Willard
Will Gervais
Lora Adair

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Exploitation the Potential of Geothermal Energy Using Existing Tunnels.
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project title Exploitation...
05/04/2024

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Mei Yin

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Plasma catalysed production of hydrogen from hydrocarbons
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project title Plasma catal...
05/04/2024

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Abhishek Lahiri
Tassos Karayiannis

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Reliable forecasting of earthquakes using the learning of the evolution-driving function of a temporally-evolving system
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project title “Reliable fo...
05/04/2024

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Dalia Chakrabarty

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Design of Experiments for Learning from Online Networks
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project title Design of Ex...
05/04/2024

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Ben Parker

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Design and Evaluation of Two-part Reusable Below-knee Prosthetic Socket.
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project: Design and Evalua...
05/04/2024

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Sean Cullen

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Modelling of crack initiation and growth under rolling contact fatigue
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project title “Modelling o...
05/04/2024

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Marius Gintalas

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Application of Innovative Flexible Electronic Technologies in Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project title “Application...
05/04/2024

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Ruiheng Wu

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Development of an Intelligent Decision Support System by Machine Learning for Ultraprecision Machined Functional Surfaces and their Metrology Assessment
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project Development of an ...
05/04/2024

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Moschos Papananias
Kai Cheng

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Simulation-Enhanced Machine Learning: Pioneering Industrial Applications
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project titled Simulation-...
05/04/2024

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Armin Kashefi

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Design and experimental investigation of Microchannel heat pump system.
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project title Design and e...
05/04/2024

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Liang Li

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Developing wrought Al-alloys with high impurity-tolerance and high performance by narrowing the freezing range of last solidified liquid
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project title Developing w...
05/04/2024

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Zhongping Que

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Design For Meaning
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project title Design For M...
05/04/2024

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Joseph Giacomin

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Aluminium Alloys for Die Casting / Additive Manufacturing Process
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project title “Aluminium A...
05/04/2024

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Hari Nadendla

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Restoring the creep resistance of steel following exposure to high temperatures
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project title Restoring th...
05/04/2024

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Isaac Chang

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Sustainable production of high-value compounds using cyanobacteria
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project title Sustainable ...

05/04/2024

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Regularizations for Equilibrium Constraint Programming Problems.
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project title: Regularizat...

05/04/2024

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Bayesian approach for the design of offshore wind turbine structures with fluid viscous damping systems
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project title Bayesian app...

05/04/2024

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Multi-hazard framework to assess risk in industrial supply chains
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project title “Multi-hazar...

05/04/2024

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Smart Electromagnetic Metasurfaces for Beyond 5G Wireless Communications
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project title “Smart Elect...

05/04/2024

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3D printing and 4D printing applications in medical engineering.
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project title 3D printing ...

05/04/2024

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Formation mechanisms of intermetallic compounds and precipitates under solidification and heat treatments
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project ‘Formation mechani...

05/04/2024

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Personalised Risk Prediction Modelling for Multiple Long-term Conditions using Electronic Health Records Data
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project title Personalised...

05/04/2024

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Towards a machine learning model of sleep to accelerate health research
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project title ‘Towards a m...

05/04/2024

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Co-design for inclusive mobility - digital interfaces for disability.
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project title ‘Co-design f...

05/04/2024

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Climate Change Mitigations with IoT Techniques
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project title “Climate Cha...
05/04/2024

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Take Itagaki

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Enhancing infrastructure resilience: integrating lifecycle analysis for climate-adaptive restoration
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project title Enhancing in...
05/04/2024

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Sotirios Argyroudis

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Cooperative Positioning of UAVs Using Cellular Networks and Passive Radar
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project title “Cooperative...
05/04/2024

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Lu Gan

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Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production from Biomass.
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project Sustainable Aviati...
05/04/2024

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Kok Siew Ng

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Physics-informed machine learning for dynamic modelling and stochastic control
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project titled “Physics-in...
05/04/2024

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Paulina Quintanilla

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Co-design and test an intervention to increase engagement in pulmonary rehabilitation in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and Brunel University London are providing a PhD studentship with full funding and a training budget to co-design and undertake feasibility a...
05/04/2024

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Claire Nolan
Emma Norris

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Developing Predictive Analytics and Smart Metrics for Smart Contracts Vulnerability Detection
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project title Developing P...
05/04/2024

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Rumyana Neykova

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Machine Learning for Computational Fluid Dynamics
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project title Machine Lear...
05/04/2024

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Edward Smith

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Life cycle assessment and circular economy for built environment
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project title “Life cycle ...
05/04/2024

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Muhammad Shafique

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Development of power producing, heating and cooling strategies using deep geothermal wells
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project title “Development...
05/04/2024

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James Tyacke

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A digitalised and automated dashboard for agent-based forced displacement simulations
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project title “A digitalis...
05/04/2024

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Diana Suleimenova

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Quantum and classical complexity of measurement-based quantum computation
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project title Quantum and ...
05/04/2024

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Shash Virmani

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How can circular design benefit from Artificial Intelligence.
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project title ‘How can cir...

05/04/2024

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New Multicomponent High-Entropy Alloys
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project title New Multicom...
05/04/2024

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Isaac Chang

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Semi-supervised learning for regression
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project title Semi-supervi...
05/04/2024

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Keming Yu

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Enhancing Large Language Models Reasoning via Computational Argumentation.
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project title Enhancing La...

05/04/2024

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Deep Learning-based Object Detection Models for Rapid Material Analysis and Monitoring
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project Deep Learning-base...
05/04/2024

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Yang Yang

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Brain signal analysis and modelling for Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI) using machine learning
We are recruiting new Doctoral Researchers to our EPSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) PhD studentships starting 1 October 2024. Applications are invited for the project title Brain signal...

05/04/2024

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The scaling of nonlinear structural dynamics and aeroelastic systems
Applications are invited for one full-time PhD Studentship within the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering funded by Airbus Industrial partner and the EPSRC. The PhD studentship is for a...
22/04/2024

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Mayo Adetoro
Rui Ramos Cardoso

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Combustion Characteristics of Hydrogen in Engines
  Applications are invited for one full-time PhD Studentship within the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering funded by Shell Global Solutions. The PhD studentship is for a period of up t...
30/04/2024

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Lionel Ganippa
Thanos Megaritis

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EDEM Drag Force Model Investigation of Predict Pick-up Efficiency of Gravel
Applications are invited for one full-time PhD Studentship within Brunel Design School research and PhD programmes | Brunel University London funded by Bucher Municipal Ltd. Industrial partner and Bru...
01/05/2024

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Liang Li

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PhD Studentship in Experimental Particle Physics
The Particle Physics Group within the College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences at Brunel University London, Uxbridge, UK is offering a fully funded STFC studentships; to work on the Compac...

31/05/2024

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Funding for the Executive Dean’s PhD Studentship in Experience-based codesign for effective physical activity interventions with working age adults living with multiple long-term conditions
The team of Dr Hunt, Dr Nolan, Prof Norris, and Dr Bailey at Brunel University London is offering a fully funded PhD studentship to co-design a physical activity intervention for working-age adults li...
10/06/2024

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Meriel Norris
Emily Hunt
Claire Nolan

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Funding for the Executive Dean’s PhD Studentship: Lineage tracing of blood stem cell development in embryo-like gastruloids
The team of Cristina Pina (https://www.brunel.ac.uk/people/cristina-pina), Alessandro Esposito (https://www.brunel.ac.uk/people/alessandro-esposito) and Victor Hernandez (https://www.brunel.ac.uk/peop...
10/06/2024

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Cristina Correia Antunes Pina
Victor Hernandez

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Fully funded studentship in Plastivore Plasticity: characterising metabolic flexibility in an emerging biotechnological system to manage plastic waste
Applications are invited from high-calibre and passionate students seeking to pursue an exciting career in analytical and environmental science research, with a focus to tackle a growing concern with ...
10/06/2024

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Thomas Miller
Ronan Mccarthy
Eleni Iacovidou

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Funding for the Executive Dean’s PhD Studentship. A Comprehensive Characterisation of Mentally-Disordered Offenders and Prediction of Treatment Outcomes
The team of Prof Veena Kumari, Dr Ignazio Puzzo and Dr Rachel Bennetts at Brunel University London is offering a fully funded PhD studentship to comprehensively characterise clinical, cognitive and em...
10/06/2024

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Veena Kumari
Ignazio Puzzo
Rachel Bennetts

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Mechanisms of Interoception and Stress in Medically Unexplained Symptoms
Throughout history, the interrelatedness of mind and body has been known to physicians and patients for millennia. Despite this, treating conditions that involve complicated iterations of this relatio...
03/08/2025

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Elena Makovac

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