*Current PhD Opportunities at the MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge*  

The BSU is an internationally recognised research unit specialising in statistical modelling with application to medical, biological or public health sciences. Details of the work carried out in the Unit appear on our website http://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk.  

The Unit is offering 4 (Four) full PhD MRC Studentships (UK / EU Nationals) to commence in October 2015:
 1.	The studentships are for full time study only.
 2.	Available for commencement in October 2015 
3.	Full awards cover Cambridge University fees (at the Home/EU rate only) and a competitive stipend for a period of 3 years only. 

 To apply for these projects- please see our *Application procedure* (http://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/training/phd-programme/application-procedure/)  

Closing date is Tuesday 6th January 2015 at midday GMT  

*PhD Projects currently on offer at the MRC Biostatistics Unit*

1. Modelling inconsistency in network meta-analysis - Supervisors: Dan Jackson and Ian White 
2. Modelling changes in functional and activation connectivity in neuro-imaging - Simon White (MRC Biostatistics Unit) and Rik Henson (MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit) 
3. Modelling regulation in embryonic stem cells - Supervisor- Lorenz Wernisch 
4. Sparse regression approaches to explore associations between genotype and metabolomic profile in the INTERVAL study - Supervisors: Paul Newcombe (MRC Biostatistics Unit) and Adam Butterworth (Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge). 
5. Metabolic pathway modelling in bacteria - Supervisor - Lorenz Wernisch 
6. Design and Analysis of Case-Cohort Studies - Supervisor: Ian White 
7. Statistical issues in analysis of electronic patient record data - Supervisor -Rebecca Turner 
8. Inference for stochastic models of cellular processes - Supervisor: Lorenz Wernisch 
9.Modelling real-time neural dynamics and neuron consensus - Supervisors Simon White (MRC Biostatistics Unit) and John Duncan (MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit)  

For more details about these projects and others as they become available please see  http://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/training/phd-programme/phd-opportunities/

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