Graduate Studies Committee
In this section
- DPhil in Medical Sciences
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DPhil research opportunities 2022
- Cross-talk between adipose tissue and the cardiovascular system in humans: From novel imaging biomarkers development to drug target discovery
- Therapeutic targeting of chemokines in inflammation
- Functional coronary artery disease genetics - defining the function of new causal atherosclerosis genes from CAD GWAS loci using in vitro and in vivo models
- Innate immune function in atherosclerosis and acute myocardial infarction
- Human fat distribution and metabolic disease
- Epigenetic regulation of cholangiocarcinoma growth
- 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
- Genetics of inherited cardiovascular disease
- Iron and Immunity
- De Novo Mutations and Human Disease
- Laboratory of Gene Regulation
- Unravelling mechanisms of disease progression in Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
- Developmental control of blood cell fate determination
- Nucleic Acid Sensing During Virus Infection
- Normal and leukaemic stem/progenitor cell biology and immune responses to blood cancer cells.
- Building the skull – normal and abnormal development
- Single Cell Biology of Hematopoietic Stem- and Progenitor Cells in Blood Cancer and Ageing
- Development of the hematopoietic/ immune system in the embryo
- 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
- Genomics and Genome Editing
- Epigenetics and Gene Regulation in Leukaemia
- Therapeutic opportunities emerging from studies of immune checkpoints
- Genome Diversification in Cancer and Adaptive Immunity
- Immunotherapy
- Non-invasive cardiac metabolism assessment using ultra-high field (7T) MR Spectroscopy
- From basic biology to novel translational applications of haematopoietic stem cells
- Curry Group - The coagulopathy of major haemorrhage: how does the aetiology of major bleeding affect the coagulation changes and how can haematological markers be best used to stratify risks of bleeding and need for transfusion therapy?
- Understanding how glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP1) and gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP) receptors contribute to metabolism in complex tissues
- Preferential Gq signalling in diabetes: an electrical switch in incretin action and in diabetes progression?
- 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
- Determining the relevance of metabolic pathways as a therapeutic target in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) cirrhosis
- Non-invasive phenotyping of muscle function using multi-nuclear MR
- Gill/Hyde Group - BBSRC/AViP Studentships - Using Directed Evolution to Improve Lentiviral Vector Targeting
- Gill/Hyde Group - BBSRC/AViP Studentships - Improved viral vector design for homology-independent targeted integration (HITI)
- 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 Hugh Watkins, 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 |
Lynn Clee, Head of Administration and Finance, RDM Dr Jill Walker, Graduate Studies Manager, RDM |
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Administrators |
Heidi Crook, Division Administrator, CVM Charlotte Kelly, Graduate Administrator, OCDEM Jo Hovard, Business Manager, IMD Dr Stella Keeble, Administrator, WIMM Dr Mark Evans, Administrator, NDCLS |
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Graduate Student Representatives |
William Watson, CVM Jo Gamwell, OCDEM Caitlin O'Brien Ball, IMD Eoin Mac Reamoinn, NDCLS Gerissa Fowler, IMD Mary-Anne Durin, WIMM Aik Seng Ng, NDCLS |
Skills Training for DPhil Students
Our DPhil students have access to a range of proffessional development opportunities.