PhD student projects

PhD students are a very welcome addition to our research community and we are happy to engage them in excellent research alongside our academic staff members. Below you will find a list of some of the currently available research activities for PhD students. 

Please contact the supervisors listed below to discuss each project in more detail and for help with developing a suitable research statement for the project.

Description
Supervisor
Funding
The Impact of Heat Stress on Human Health, Performance and Function
Applications are invited from candidates seeking to undertake a focused programme of work related to the above areas using robust sport, health and exercise physiology methods to examine the effects o...
Oliver Gibson
Self Funded
Respiratory responses and limitations to exercise
The aim of this project is to determine how healthy ageing influences the dynamic contractile properties of the respiratory muscles. Using advanced assessment techniques, we will comprehensively eval...
Lee Romer
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
Testing the efficacy of virtual reality and action simulation training for improving balance in children/young adults with movement coordination difficulties
Motor coordination difficulties such as developmental coordination disorder (DCD) are characterised by problems with movement planning, execution and control. Children and young adults with DCD are mo...
Adam Bruton
Carla Harkness-Armstrong
Aliah Shaheen
Rebecca Hings
Self Funded

 

Fully-funded studentships

Our funded studentships become available at different times of the year. Please keep checking our page regularly to see the latest funded opportunities. We also advertise all our funded studentships as soon as they become available on the @BrunelResearch twitter account.

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