PhD Studentships
MRC Centre of Epidemiology for Child Health, UCL Institute of Child Health
The MRC Centre of Epidemiology for Child Health wishes to appoint to two new
PhD studentships, funded by the Medical Research Council.
The following projects are available:
- Body fat alterations and metabolic abnormalities in HIV-infected children
and adolescents in Europe. Principal Investigator: Dr Claire Thorne
- Maltreatment and emotionally stressful experiences in childhood: effects
on growth and physical development – a pathway to cardiovascular disease in
adulthood? Principal Investigator: Dr Claudia Thomas
- Visual impairment in the UK due to adverse drug reactions. Principal
Investigator: Dr Jugnoo Rahi
- Growth and maturation in relation to cardiovascular disease risks in adult
life. Principal Investigator: Dr Leah Li
- Copula models for paediatric research and practice. Principal
Investigator: Dr Mario Cortina Borja
Students will register during the 2008/09 academic year for a three year
full-time MPhil/PhD degree, with an expected commencement date of 1 October
2008. Funding includes UK/EU tuition fees and a tax free stipend of £18,695
per annum.
Applicants should have, or expect to receive, an upper second class or first
class honours degree or an MSc in a discipline relevant to their preferred
project.
Further information about the projects and the MRC Centre of Epidemiology
for Child Health can be found at www.ich.ucl.ac.uk/mrc_centre_studentship
Owing to funding restrictions only UK and EU citizens are eligible to apply.
To apply, please send a covering letter and CV by email to Emma Yates
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Your CV should include the contact details of at least two academic
referees. Please specify in your covering letter which project(s) you would
like to work on (please specify first and second choice). Candidates are
strongly encouraged to contact principal investigators of their preferred
project(s) for an informal discussion. Contact details are given alongside
the project summaries on: www.ich.ucl.ac.uk/mrc_centre_studentship
Deadline for receipt of applications: 5.00 pm on Friday 18th July 2008
Provisional interview date: Thursday 31st July 2008
Dr Mario Cortina Borja; Senior Lecturer in Statistics
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Institute of Child Health, University College London
Tel: 44(0)20-7905-2113; FAX: 44(0)20-7905-2381;
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