The Department of Pathology and Biomedical Science has a number of potential topics and projects on offer in the fields of biomedical science and pathology for a range of postgraduate qualifications, including PhD and BBiomedSc(Hons).
Scholarship funding for postgraduate study may be available to you depending on your academic merit.
We welcome enquiries and encourage all prospective students to directly contact potential supervisors in their field of interest.
Oxidative stress and human ageing
- Close date
- Saturday, 25 February 2023
- Supervisor
- Professor Mark Hampton
- Level
- Honours
Adipocyte markers as predictors of progression in men with prostate cancer
- Supervisors
- Dr Elisabeth Phillips, Associate Professor Margaret Currie
- Level
- Honours
Investigating the impact of epigenetics on immune cell function
- Supervisor
- Professor Margreet Vissers
- Level
- Honours
Establishing a novel 3D breast cancer-adipocyte co-culture model
- Close date
- Saturday, 25 February 2023
- Supervisors
- Dr Elisabeth Phillips, Associate Professor Margaret Currie
- Level
- Honours
Investigating immune cell death processes using live cell microscopy
- Supervisor
- Professor Margreet Vissers
- Level
- Honours
Can we attenuate inflammation and oxidative stress in people with metabolic syndrome?
- Close date
- Saturday, 28 January 2023
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor Anitra Carr, Dr Emma Vlasiuk
- Level
- Honours
Investigating novel protein modifications in cancer
- Close date
- Saturday, 25 February 2023
- Supervisor
- Dr Christoph Goebl
- Level
- Honours
Crippling the antioxidant defenses of Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Close date
- Saturday, 25 February 2023
- Supervisors
- Dr Nina Dickerhof, Dr Christoph Goebl
- Level
- Honours
Detection of Kingella kingae and Staphylococcus aureus infections in children using cell-free DNA
- Close date
- Saturday, 25 February 2023
- Supervisors
- Dr Amy Scott-Thomas, Professor Steve Chambers, Associate Professor Tony Walls
- Level
- Honours
Vitamin C in cancer cell biology, immune health and epigenetics
- Supervisor
- Professor Margreet Vissers
- Level
- PhD
Cell biology/biochemistry
- Supervisor
- Professor Mark Hampton
- Levels
- PhD, Honours
Immune system-derived oxidants in the treatment and diagnosis of respiratory diseases
- Supervisor
- Dr Nina Dickerhof
- Levels
- Honours, PhD
Nutrition in Medicine: Clinical trial research
- Supervisor
- Associate Professor Anitra Carr
- Levels
- PhD, Master’s
Tumour Microenvironment
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor Margaret Currie, Dr Elisabeth Phillips, Professor Bridget Robinson
- Levels
- PhD, Master’s, Honours
Cancer research: tumour hypoxia, vitamin C and iron
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor Gabi Dachs, Dr Elisabeth Phillips, Professor Margreet Vissers, Professor Bridget Robinson
- Level
- PhD
Cancer genetics research: cancer susceptibility and prevention
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor Logan Walker, Dr Vanessa Lau, Dr George Wiggins, Professor Bridget Robinson
- Levels
- PhD, Honours, Master’s
Genetic and genomic analysis of diseases and their treatments
- Supervisor
- Professor Martin Kennedy
- Levels
- PhD, Honours
Inflammation research
- Supervisor
- Professor Madhav Bhatia
- Level
- PhD
