We are pleased to invite applications for 3-year PhD studentships in the Medical Research Council Centre for Environment and Health (MRC-CEH) and two National Institute for Health Research funded Health Protection Research Units (HPRU) in Environmental Exposures and Health and in Chemical and Radiation Threats and Hazards.
The studentships will be based with one of the partners in these five units:
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (EBS) at Imperial College
- Environmental Research Group (ERG) also at Imperial College
- Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards (CRCE), at Public Health England/National Institute of Health Protection
- MRC Toxicology Unit (MRC-Tox-U) at the University of Cambridge
- Peter Gorer Department of Immunobiology at King’s College London
Our researchers are uniquely placed to lead collaborative projects nationally and internationally, producing high quality research in selected areas (see below) and working in collaboration with academic partners, health and environmental agencies (e.g, US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization, the Environmental Agency, Transport for London) and industry (e.g. Bosch, Dyson Ltd, JCB) to translate this knowledge into policy and improve population health.
A key focus of our mission and strategy is to train and develop the next generation of academic and policy leaders in the field of environment and health research. Successful PhD candidates will be supported by a leading bespoke training programme to ensure that they are equipped with the appropriate skills and experience to become first class researchers.
Research ideas
We are looking for outstanding candidates with an interest in environment and health research in the UK and beyond, and with experience in at least one of the following areas:
- Environmental exposure assessment and epidemiology (incl. air pollution, noise, ionizing and non-ionising radiation, waste management, water, climate change and health)
- Molecular signatures of exposures and disease pathways (incl. biomarkers, metabolic profiling, exposome, multi-‘omics’ analyses and modelling)
Urban environments and health (incl. social, economic, behavioural and technological processes, inequalities)
- Biostatistics, data science and computational biology (incl. spatial epidemiology and small area studies, artificial intelligence, Bayesian nonparametric modelling)
- Cohorts and Data Resources (incl. cohorts of children and adolescents, e.g. CHILL, SCAMP, CLUE, NFBC; occupational cohorts, e.g. AIRWAVE; cohorts of mobile phone users, e.g. COSMOS; other large cohorts, e.g. ALEC, INTERMAP, LIFEPATH)
For more information on our research programmes, examples of potential projects and instructions on how to apply please visit the MRC Centre for Environment and Health website or the HPRUs in Environmental Exposure and Health and in Chemical and Radiation Threats and Hazards websites.
The closing date for applications is 1st February 2021.
Successful candidates are expected to start their studentships no later than 1st October 2021.