Project Code
MRCNMH25Ca McNabb
Research Theme
Neuroscience & Mental Health
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Summary
Clinical diagnoses of severe mental illnesses currently rely solely on symptom report and poorly predict long-term outcomes. This PhD project aims to integrate information from brain imaging, cognitive testing, blood biomarkers and genomics to improve mechanistic understanding. In this PhD, you will develop and refine machine learning algorithms to try and recategorise severe mental illnesses based on mechanistically-informed biological markers. You will also learn about the processes and challenges associated with bringing neuroimaging biomarkers to real-world clinical settings through hands-on experience at Bioxydyn, a leading start-up in this field. Suitable candidates will have a love of programming, neuroscience and neuroimaging.
Lead Supervisor
Dr Carolyn McNabb
Lead Supervisor Email
mcnabbc1@cardiff.ac.uk
University Affiliation
Cardiff