PhD topics for research students

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Supervisor
Funding
Advanced Deep Learning for Medical Imaging
Medical imaging seeks to reveal the structures and activities inside the human body that are normally invisible behind other body parts such as skin and bones. With a wide range of imaging technologie...
Yongmin Li
Self Funded
Item-Level Scoring of Memory Tests as an Approach to Detect and Study Abnormal Cognitive Ageing
Although considerable progress has been made over the last few years in diagnosing neurodegenerative conditions, a number of challenges still exist. One of these is defining valid and easy-to-implemen...
Matteo De Marco
Self Funded
Understanding the effects of meditation on mood, cognition, and the brain
We have open PhD projects to investigate a specific type of concentration meditation (also called focused attention meditation). We would like to understand the immediate effects of a single meditatio...
Andre Szameitat
Self Funded
Effects of environmental heat stress on respiratory health
Climate change dictates that global average environmental temperatures are going to increase in the 21st century and heatwaves are going to become more frequent, intense and long-lasting. Respiratory ...
Self Funded
Understanding the mechanisms behind age-related balance and movement change, and/or exploring strategies to improve balance, function, and wellbeing in the older adult population
Doctoral researchers working in this area will conduct experimental research, exploring the underpinning reasons (mechanisms) for increased falls risk, and/or functional movement change in the older a...
Daniel Low
Self Funded
PhD in using AI techniques to interrogate and interpret voluntary and mandatory (non) financial disclosures
We are offering a self-funded PhD position with the Brunel Business School, focusing on the evolving field of corporate communication and disclosure. If you have any questions about the project or wou...
Kevin McMeeking
Self Funded
Elucidating the mechanisms of early-stage breast cancer initiation
Using both transgenic cell lines and transgenic mouse models available in our research group, this project will determine the causal effects of increased accumulation of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) ...
Ahmet Ucar
Self Funded
Individual histone modification roles in regulation of transcription and cell decision-making
We are looking for a highly motivated, technically able and independent-thinking candidate to undertake a PhD project exploring the role of individual histone modifications in nuclear organisation, re...
Self Funded
Children’s gender-related development: The role of cultural visibility and acceptance of gender diversity
Research demonstrates that cisgender children identify and behave in a manner that is typical for their birth-assigned sex, whereas transgender/gender-diverse (TGD) children tend to exhibit identities...
Francisco Gomez Jimenez
Self Funded
The economics of the private security sector in the UK
This PhD project seeks to understand the determinants and consequences of the increase of the private protection sector in the UK over the last few years.   Private protection is a flourishing busines...
Matteo Pazzona
Self Funded