PhD Studentships in Faculty of Health, University of East Anglia

The Faculty of Health are currently offering three PhD studentships:

1. Measures of effect size in clinical trials. Primary Supervisor Dr Lee Shepstone. Funded by the Medical Research Council.
2. How metal ions lead to failure in metal-on-metal hip replacement. Primary Supervisor Dr Simon Donell. Funded by Action Arthritis.
3. One studentship in the area of preventative medicine jointly funded with The Institute of Food Research. A number of exciting projects are available for this studentship in the areas of biomedical, diet and health, or psychology and mental health research, further details can be found at www1.uea.ac.uk/cm/home/schools/foh/PGR

Students will register during the 2008/09 academic year for a three year full-time MPhil/PhD degree. Funding includes UK/EU tuition fees, maintenance expenses of £12,940 and some appropriate training costs.

For further information on all three studentships and an application pack please visit our website www1.uea.ac.uk/cm/home/schools/foh/PGR.

The deadline for applications is 29 July 2008.

Expected interview dates: 1) 28 August, 2) 22 August, 3) 21 August 2008.