Graduate Studies Committee
- DPhil in Medical Sciences
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DPhil research opportunities 2021
- Translational cardiovascular research: cross-talk between adipose tissue and the cardiovascular system in humans
- 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
- Imaging in Preventive Cardiology Research
- Cardiac energetics & integrative physiology
- Myocardial functional T1 mapping – Advanced cardiac magnetic resonance imaging techniques
- Circadian control of energy metabolism and inflammation
- 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
- Academic Endocrine Unit
- Human T Cell responses against viruses and cancer
- Iron and Immunity
- De Novo Mutations and Human Disease
- Laboratory of Gene Regulation
- Haematopoietic Stem Cell Biology
- Quantitative biology of cell fate and tissue dynamics
- Molecular dissection of blood cell fate determination
- Single Cell Biology of Hematopoietic Stem- and Progenitor Cells in Blood Cancer and Ageing
- Sauka-Spengler Group - Gene Regulatory Networks in Development and Disease
- 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
- T-cell Biology
- Recombination mechanisms in immunity and cancer
- Immunotherapy
- Non-invasive cardiac metabolism assessment using ultra-high field (7T) MR Spectroscopy
- 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 James Kent, CVM 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.