Looking for a PhD? 


We have a range of opportunities for PhD studentships and one fellowship opportunity in the Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health at UCL. Details of potential projects are posted on our website: 

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/pcph/postgrad 

These projects are for guidance and information – students who wish to pursue a particular field of study which falls within the PCPH areas of interest but are not listed here are very welcome to contact potential supervisors to discuss any alternative ideas.

We have particular methodological strengths in quantitative and qualitative research and analysis of large clinical databases (such as the The Health Improvement Network (THIN) Primary Care Database) and trial methodology. We work closely with the MRC Clinical Trials Unit and the General Practice Research Framework, and together with the Department of Mental Health Sciences at UCL we run PRIMENT, a fully registered Clinical Trials Unit with expertise in the design, conduct and analysis of trials and other large, well designed studies in primary care and mental health research.

The application should be sent by email to Maryanne Ogbogbo ([log in to unmask]). Please state NSPCR Studentship or NSPCR Fellowship as appropriate in the subject of the email.
Formal applications must be received by midnight on Friday, May 6 2011.

The Department includes the following workgroups.

British Regional Heart Study
The Cardiovascular Epidemiology Group includes major longitudinal research on risk factors for cardiovascular disease, in particular the British Regional Heart Study (BRHS) of over 7000 men recruited through general practice. The successful candidate will work within a team principally of statisticians and epidemiologists, with strong links to collaborators are applied methodologists and experts in primary care. The projects will suit a candidate with background in medical statistics or epidemiology and experience in analysing large datasets.
Contact: Richard Morris ([log in to unmask])

Centre for Ageing Population Studies
Aging Population Health includes health services research on effective primary care for older people, and includes work on the integration between health and social care. Particular areas of interest are dementia, depression, unmet need and social policy. The group has particular strengths in health service research methodology and primary care nursing. Contact: Steve Iliffe ([log in to unmask])

E-Health Unit
The e-Health Unit focuses on the use of new technologies, such as the internet, to improve health and health care. Areas of interest include using the internet to deliver self-management programmes for patients with long term conditions (e.g. diabetes, heart disease) and for health promotion (e.g. alcohol, sexual health). The unit also undertakes research on implementation of new technologies in the NHS.
Contact: Elizabeth Murray ([log in to unmask])

Primary care databases 
Primary care database research includes research on drug safety in pregnancy through work on an established mother child primary care cohort. It also includes methodological research on the use of these data. Projects with this group would suit applicants with epidemiological/statistical background and some experience in handling large datasets.
Contact: Irene Petersen ([log in to unmask])

Mental Health
The Primary Care Mental Health Research group is a multi-disciplinary research group with experienced researchers in primary care, epidemiology, psychiatry, medical statistics and health psychology. We can offer PhD opportunities on a range of topics in mental health and using a variety of methodologies including both quantitative research (e.g. Randomised Controlled Trials, primary epidemiological research, secondary analysis of large clinical datasets), and qualitative research.
Contact: Marta Buszewicz ([log in to unmask])

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