Examining pathways from childhood trauma exposure to cardiometabolic disease risk: a population health study based on the 2004 Pelotas Birth Cohort

Project Code MRCPHS24Ba Halligan Research Theme Population Health Sciences Full Project Description Please download the below document for a full project description and to see the full supervisory team. Summary Childhood trauma is a risk factor for cardiometabolic disease (CMD),…

Investigating how physical activity prevents cancers in humans: harnessing ‘big’ data to understand the genomic profile of human cancers that are preventable by physical activity

Project Code MRCPHS24Ba Campbell Research Theme Population Health Sciences Full Project Description Please download the below document for a full project description and to see the full supervisory team. Summary How physical activity prevents cancers is unknown. It has been…

A novel link between brain myelination and autism spectrum disorder

Project Code MRCNMH24Ba Ward Research Theme Neuroscience and Mental Health Full Project Description Please download the below document for a full project description and to see the full supervisory team. Summary Myelination is essential for function and survival of neurons.…

The rapidly aging African Turquoise killifish as a model for age related neurodegenerative disorders

Project Code MRCNMH24Ba Subramanian Research Theme Neuroscience and Mental Health Full Project Description Please download the below document for a full project description and to see the full supervisory team. Summary In this PhD project the student will investigate Ribostasis…

Being in a child’s shoes: Assessing changes in parents’ empathy and perspective-taking by using a combination of virtual reality and EEG methods

Project Code MRCNMH24Ba Petrini Research Theme Neuroscience and Mental Health Full Project Description Please download the below document for a full project description and to see the full supervisory team. Summary Perspective-taking (cognitive awareness of another’s state) and empathy (emotional/affective…

Single-shot diagnosis of ion channel dysfunction in neurological disease from data assimilation of cell membrane dynamics

Project Code MRCNMH24Ba Nogaret Research Theme Neuroscience and Mental Health Full Project Description Please download the below document for a full project description and to see the full supervisory team. Summary Ion channel mutations play an increasingly recognised role in…

Improving access to early help for adolescent depression symptoms in adolescents from minority backgrounds

Project Code MRCNMH24Ba Loades Research Theme Neuroscience and Mental Health Full Project Description Please download the below document for a full project description and to see the full supervisory team. Summary Many adolescents feel unable to ask for help when…

Microneedle integrated foetal scalp electrodes for neonatal brain monitoring

Project Code MRCNMH24Ba Leese Research Theme Neuroscience and Mental Health Full Project Description Please download the below document for a full project description and to see the full supervisory team. Summary Lack of oxygen to a baby during childbirth (peripartum…

Investigating the biological intersection between Alzheimer’s risk genetics and cognitive reserve

Project Code MRCNMH24Ba Lancaster Research Theme Neuroscience and Mental Health Full Project Description Please download the below document for a full project description and to see the full supervisory team. Summary The genetic architecture for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) overlaps substantially…

How do pancreatic cancers invade and activate nerves: towards treatments for cancer-associated pain

Project Code MRCNMH24Ba Carter Research Theme Neuroscience and Mental Health Full Project Description Please download the below document for a full project description and to see the full supervisory team. Summary How pancreatic cancers invade and activate nerves to promote…