Graduate Studies Committee
In this section
- 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
- Cholangiocarcinoma epigenetics for target evaluation
- 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
- Nucleic Acid Sensing During Virus Infection
- Building the skull – normal and abnormal development
- Single Cell Biology of Hematopoietic Stem- and Progenitor Cells in Blood Cancer and Ageing
- Studies into the generation of the hematopoietic and immune system
- Origins of Genotoxic metabolism and the DNA damage response in stem and cancer cells
- Deciphering the role of white and brown adipocytes in metabolic disease
- Therapeutic opportunities emerging from studies of immune checkpoints
- Genome Diversification in Cancer and Adaptive Immunity
- Design of advanced haematopoietic stem cell and T cell therapies
- Non-invasive cardiac metabolism assessment using ultra-high field (7T) MR Spectroscopy
- From basic biology to novel translational applications of haematopoietic stem cells
- 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.
- Inter-vendor standardisation and quality assurance of quantitative cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) T1-mapping for clinical practice and trials
- Non-invasive phenotyping of muscle function using multi-nuclear MR
- 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
- Imaging Cardiac Metabolism Using Hyperpolarized MRI
- Kini Group - A network approach to identifying novel genes causing neurodevelopmental disorders- The SATB pathway
- MRC Enterprise Studentship - Imaging-based analysis of signaling pathways triggered by immune checkpoint receptors)
- MRC Enterprise Studentship - Prognostic modelling of coronary inflammation and plaque vulnerability using deep-learning of cardiac computed tomography imaging
- Harvala Group - Investigations into current and future infectious threats to blood safety
- Akbar Group - Generating extracellular vesicles for therapeutic Immunomodulation and building tools to determine their diagnostic potential.
- 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 |
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Head of Department |
Prof Keith Channon, RDM |
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Graduate Advisors |
Prof Damian Tyler, CVM Prof Jacqueline Boultwood, NDCLS Prof Leanne Hodson, OCDEM |
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RDM Strategic |
Jane Sherwood, Head of Administration and Finance, RDM Dr Jill Walker, Graduate Studies Manager, RDM |
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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 |
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Graduate Student Representatives |
Jo Gamwell, OCDEM Eoin Mac Reamoinn, NDCLS |
Skills Training for DPhil Students
Our DPhil students have access to a range of proffessional development opportunities.