Potential PhD supervisors: Translational Health Sciences

Members of the school have a diverse range of research interests. Please search the table below to identify potential PhD supervisors.

Supervisors Research areas
Prof Alan Perriman Bio-printing, cell therapies, tissue engineering, synthetic biology
Dr Alan Whone Movement disorder
Dr Amanda Owen Smith Qualitative, obesity, health policy, priority setting
Dr Andrew Moore Qualitative, Arthritis, Chronic Pain, Surgery, Health services
Prof Andy Judge Vascular Surgery and Biology
Dr Anna Bibby Respiratory Medicine
Dr Anna Long Autoantibodies, Autoimmunity, Type 1 Diabetes, Coeliac disease
Prof Annela Seddon X-ray scattering, biological systems
Prof Barnaby Reeves Randomised controlled trials (RCTs), health care evaluation, cardiovascular disease, surgery, ophthalmology
Dr Becky Conway-Campbell Glucocorticoids, Glucocorticoid Receptor, Hippocampus, Chromatin, Transcription
Dr Becky Foster Diabetic nephropathy, Endothelial glycocalyx, Angiopoietin-1, VEGF-C, Albuminuria
Dr Ben Gibbison  Cardiac Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
Prof Bruce Drinkwater Ultrasonics
Dr Caroline Rivers  
Prof Celia Gregson Fracture, Osteoporosis, Epidemiology, Genetics, Ageing
Dr Christina Dardani Immunopsychiatry
Dr Christy Burden Obstetrics
Dr Claire Perks Epithelial cancers, metabolism, obesity, IGF axis, cancer progression
Dr Claire Rice Multiple sclerosis, stem cells
Dr Daniel Whitcomb Alzheimer's disease; glutamate receptors; synaptic plasticity; synaptic function
Dr Dave Copland Uveitis, Autoimmunity, Ocular inflammatory disease, Gene Therapy
Prof David Murphy Molecular neuroendocrinology, Hypertension, Transcriptomics, Transcription, In vivo gene manipulation
Dr Denize Atan Memory, Genetics, Hippocampus, Retina, Epigenetics
Dr Ela Chakkarapani Perinatal brain injury, neuroprotection, Translational research
Dr Elanor Hinton Eating behaviours, Satiety, Mindful eating, Response Inhibition
Prof Elek Molnar Molecular mechanisms of neuronal plasticity
Dr Elsa Marques Economic evaluation of health care, Health economics, Costs, Cost effectiveness, Clinical trials
Dr Emma Anderson Health Psychology, Behaviour change, Qualitative Research, Randomised Controlled Trials
Dr Emma Cahill Psychological basis of memory and adapative behaviour
Prof Emma Clark Hypermobility, scoliosis, vertebral fractures, osteoporosis, pain
Dr Emma Vincent Diabetes, Obesity
Dr Erik Lenguerrand Epidemiology in obstetrics, epidemiology in orthopaedics, clinical trial in obstetrics, clinical trial in orthopaedics
Dr Fengyuan Liu 3D printing, Biomanufacturing
Prof Frank de Vocht Public health, radiation epidemiology, environmental and occupational epidemiology
Prof Gavin Welsh Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, Podocyte, Kidney disease, Cell signalling, Cytoskeleton
Dr Giovanni Biglino Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging, congenital heart disease, hemodynamics, medical 3D printing, biomechanics
Dr Giulia Bigotti Heart regeneration, cardiac repair, cardio-protection, extracellular matrix, biochemistry, protein engineering, antiviral compounds.
Prof Harry Mellor Cytoskeleton of endothelial cells, the cell that line blood vessels.
Dr Helen Weavers Cell and Developmental Biology
Prof Ian Craddock Pervasive health, technology for health
Dr James Armstrong Tissue engineering, organoids, biomaterials, bioprinting, stem cells, regenerative medicine, in vitro models, bio-adhesives, bio-fabrication, ultrasound
Dr Jason Johnson Cardiovascular, inflammation, Proteases, MicroRNA, Angiogenesis
Prof Kathleen Gillespie Autoimmunity, genetic mechanisms, maternal cells, functional pancreatic beta cells, NK cells, diabetes
Prof Kathreena Kurian Brain tumour, brain cancer, Glioma, Neuroncology, Neuroscience
Dr Liang-Fong Wong Neurodegenerative disease, spinal cord injury, gene therapy, stem cells, neuroscience
Dr Lindsay Nicholson Autoimmunity, Autoimmune disease, Ophthalmology, T cells, Macrophages
Prof Liz Coulthard Dementia, Memory, Clinical trials, Cognition, Alzheimer's disease
Dr Maria Pufulete Cardiac surgery
Dr Mark Bond cAMP-dependent signalling pathways, transcriptional regulation of vascular cell behaviour
Prof Michael Whitehouse Total hip replacement, Total knee replacement, Trauma and fractures, Patient reported outcome measures, Registries
Dr Mohamed Ghorbel Congenital Heart Disease, Genomics, Tissue-Engineering, Stem Cells, Transnational Research
Dr Oscar Cordero Llana Parkinson's Disease, Neurodegeneration, Neural Stem Cells, iPSCs, Astrocytes
Dr Scott Miners Dementia, Alzheimer's disease, cardiovascular, neuropathology, renin-angiotensin system
Prof Simon Satchell Diabetes, Renal disease, Kidney glomerulus, Vascular biology, Endothelium
Prof  Vikki Wylde Joint replacement, Clinical research, Chronic pain, Randomised trials, Randomised trials
Prof Andrew Dick Immunobiology, Mouse inflammatory models, Ocular inflammatory disease, Immune endophenotyping, Clinical Uveitis
Prof Barnaby Reeves Randomised controlled trials (RCTs), health care evaluation, cardiovascular disease, surgery, ophthalmology
Prof Chris Rogers Heart surgery, heart transplantation, cox regression modeling, lung transplantation, low volume operations
Prof Gianni Angelini Saphenous vein bypass graft failure, Beating heart surgery, Arterial revascularisation, Mitral valve repair, Cardiac surgery
Prof Hans Reul Stress, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis, autonomic nervous system, glucocorticoid, signalling pathways
Prof James Uney Molecular neuroscience, huntington's disease, Alzheimer's disease, apoptosis, neurodegeneration
Prof Jonathan Tobias Osteoporosis , bone development
Prof Julian Hamilton-Shield Children, nutrition, diabetes, obesity, metabolism
Prof Massimo Caputo Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Tissue Engineering Regenerative Medicine, Ischemia Reperfusion Injury, Myocardial Protection and Omics, 3D modeling and imaging in congenital heart disease
Prof Moin Saleem Kidney; paediatric; podocyte; genetics; cardiovascular
Prof Nick Maskell Pleura, pleural effusion, mesothelioma, pleural infection, pleural malignancy
Prof Paolo Madeddu Cardiovascular regenerative medicine, Stem cells, Diabetes complications, Ischemia
Prof Patrick Kehoe Alzheimer's, Vascular, Dementia, Drug Repurposing, Angiotensin
Prof Raimondo Ascione Innovation in Cardiac Surgery, Stem cells for myocardial repair, Vascular tissue bioengineering, Cardiovascular Drug/Device development, Translational research in large animals
Prof Richard Coward Kidney, glomerulus, transgenic mouse, podocyte, diabetic kidney disease
Prof Saadeh Suleiman Cardiac Physiology, Cellular Cardiology, Development and Ageing, Cardio-protection
Prof Sarah George Atherosclerosis, vein graft, cell signalling, heart disease, tissue engineering
Prof Stafford Lightman Stress, circadian rhythm, Ultradian rhythm, Cortisol, Apathy
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