Future Medicine PhD Studentships

Thanks to a generous gift from a private donor, the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine is offering four fully-funded PhD studentships to UK students, available from September 2026. The projects being offered for this studentship are fundamentally collaborative, and bring together two researchers with different approaches, to answer questions in a transdisciplinary way.

Projects include:

• Defining the biology and chromatin architecture of Epstein–Barr virus infected B cells in early multiple sclerosis
• Host-pathogen interactions during urinary tract infection as drivers of chronic neurological disease
• Impact of infection on brain connectivity and contributions to vascular dementia
• Retinal Biomarkers, Respiratory Infections, and Vaccinations: Causal Links to Dementia Risk and Prevention Strategies
• The role of Herpes simplex virus infection in neuropathology of Sanfilippo disease
• Understanding pneumonia vulnerability in stroke recovery

Visit the above link for a full list of projects and details on how to apply.