Child Health Research PhD Studentships 2020-21 (UCL and University of Toronto)

Vacancy Reference Number

1831723

Closing Date

29 Nov 2019

Salary

£17,009 per annum

Address

UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London

Duration

3 years

Vacancy Information

The UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (ICH) is a division of the UCL Faculty of Population Health Sciences. Together with its partner, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, ICH forms the largest concentration of children’s health research in Europe.

The great strength of UCL's research was reaffirmed in REF 2014. ICH was part of a UCL return to the Clinical Medicine sub-panel 1, and Public Health, Health Services and Primary Care sub-panel 2 (Main Panel A). In both sub-panels, 80% of UCL's research was rated as either world-leading or internationally excellent.  In assessment of research power, UCL’s performance was top in the UK for sub-panel 1 and was second in the UK for sub-panel 2. The NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), which supports experimental medicine research for children and young people at ICH/GOSH, recently secured £37 million to take it into its third term, running to March 2022.

The Institute is committed to high-quality postgraduate education and has a strong track record of training and support for its postgraduates. A high level of interaction exists across the Institute between basic scientists, clinicians and population health scientists.

Studentship Description

The Institute is offering a number of research studentships for the academic year 2020-21, supported by the Child Health Research PhD Programme.  In addition, an additional funded studentship is available whereby the student from GOS ICH will be expected to spend 6-12 months of their PhD carrying out research at the University of Toronto as part of a reciprocal academic exchange arrangement with the University.  This placement will typically take place during the second year of the studentship.

Applicants selected for funding will be able to choose from the following research areas:

Developmental Biology and Cancer

Developmental Neurosciences

Genetics and Genomics Medicine

Infection, Immunity, Inflammation

Population, Policy and Practice

Applications are invited from committed individuals wishing to do basic, translational or clinical research for the benefit of child health, and who expect to graduate with a UK 1st class or upper 2nd class honours degree or equivalent from abroad.

Applicants who apply for the GOS ICH / University of Toronto PhD Studentship must be committed to spending 6-12 months of their PhD carrying out research at the University of Toronto.

For more information and to apply, please click here.

Further Information

For information about the studentships, how to apply, and the projects available, please refer to the GOS ICH Postgraduate Research Funding website. You are asked to read the application instructions for each funded opportunity carefully. Please note, applications that are submitted without following the correct procedure may not be considered. 

You may also be interested in attending the ICH Open Day on 6th November 2019 from 1.00pm onwards.  There will be an opportunity to discuss research opportunities, tour the Institute and view a display of posters by PhD students that demonstrates the range of ICH research.  You will also have an opportunity to attend a Guest Lecture to be given by Professor Dame Anne Johnson, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Institute for Global Health, UCL.

Latest time for submission of applications: 23:59
Interview date: Thursday 26th and Friday 27th March 2020
Studentship Start Date: October 2020

Contact Details

Stella Fusco
ich.chratapps@ucl.ac.uk