Graduate Studies Committee
- DPhil in Medical Sciences
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DPhil research opportunities 2023
- Cross-talk between adipose tissue and the cardiovascular system in humans: From novel imaging biomarkers development to drug target discovery
- Functional coronary artery disease genetics - defining the function of new causal atherosclerosis genes from CAD GWAS loci using in vitro and in vivo models
- Human fat distribution and metabolic disease
- Imaging in Preventive Cardiology Research
- Realising the therapeutic potential of creatine and homoarginine in heart disease
- Myocardial functional T1 mapping – Advanced cardiac magnetic resonance imaging techniques
- Adverse myocardial remodelling in cardiac fibrosis and atrial fibrillation
- Go with the flow---the why and how of cardiovascular disease
- Creating genetic therapies for inherited heart muscle disease
- Iron and Immunity
- De Novo Mutations and Human Disease
- Laboratory of Gene Regulation
- Unravelling mechanisms of disease progression in Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
- Building the skull – normal and abnormal development
- Deciphering the role of white and brown adipocytes in metabolic disease
- Therapeutic opportunities emerging from studies of immune checkpoints
- Design of advanced haematopoietic stem cell and T cell therapies
- Non-invasive cardiac metabolism assessment using ultra-high field (7T) MR Spectroscopy
- Understanding how glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP1) and gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP) receptors contribute to metabolism in complex tissues
- Elucidating the role of disease modifying gene variants in inherited cardiomyopathies using induced pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocytes and CRISPR/Cas-9.
- Computational biology and machine learning for characterising spatial tissue niches and cellular signalling across space and time of human immune system development
- Applications of multi-omics and AI to better understand T cell immunity and antigen-specificity
- Akbar Group - Generating extracellular vesicles for therapeutic Immunomodulation and building tools to determine their diagnostic potential.
- Tyler Group - Development and Application of Novel Magnetic Resonance Imaging Approaches for the Assessment of Multi-System Disease (Funding available)
- Chapman Group - Homologous recombination in genome maintenance and cancer prevention (Funding available)
- Milne, Roy and Patel Groups - DNA repair in leukaemia progression (Funding Available)
- Patel, de Bruijn and Roy Groups - Impact of endogenous DNA damage and repair in early haematopoiesis (Funding Available)
- Patel, Nerlov and Vyas Groups - Metabolic genotoxicity and clonal haematopoiesis (Funding Available)
- Nerlov and Chapman Groups: Origins and consequences of DNA damage during haematopoietic stem cell ageing (Funding Available)
- Vyas, Patel and Chapman Groups - Genome Instability in complex/monosomal karyotype AML (Funding Available)
- How to apply
- Funding Options
- Meet the team
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Career Paths of Former Students
- Associate Professor - Universiti Putra Malaysia
- Freelance Copy Editor
- Wellcome Trust Research Fellow - Kennedy Institute, University of Oxford
- Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellow - Stanford University
- Senior Scientist - Immunocore
- Postdoctoral Fellow - Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
- Assistant Head Teacher - West London Free School
- Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine - Queen Mary University London, Barts & The London School of Medicine and Dentistry
- University Research Lecturer & British Heart Foundation Research Fellow - Cardiovascular Medicine, RDM, University of Oxford
- Senior Policy Manager - Research Councils UK (RCUK)
- Skills and Training
The Graduate Studies Committee meets termly to discuss all matters relating to graduate studies in the department.
Chair of Committee, DGS DPhil in Medical Sciences and Graduate Advisor WIMM (NDCLS) |
Prof Marella de Bruijn, NDCLS/WIMM |
Head of Department |
Prof Keith Channon, RDM |
Graduate Advisors |
Prof Damian Tyler, CVM Prof Jacqueline Boultwood, NDCLS Prof Leanne Hodson, OCDEM |
RDM Strategic |
Dr Jane Sherwood, Head of Administration and Finance, RDM Dr Jill Walker, Graduate Studies Manager, RDM |
Administrators |
Heidi Crook, Administrator, CVM Felicity Green, Interim Administrator, NDCLS Jo Hovard, Business Manager, IMD Dr Stella Keeble, Administrator, WIMM Dr Mark Evans, Interim Administrator, OCDEM |
Graduate Student Representatives |
Jo Gamwell, OCDEM Eoin Mac Reamoinn, NDCLS Lewis Timms, CVM Tafadzwa Kufazvinei, CVM |
Skills Training for DPhil Students
Our DPhil students have access to a range of professional development opportunities.