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Once you've identified the subject area you wish to research, you will need to find a supervisor for your project. All Doctoral Researchers are provided with a lead supervisor, who will act as the main source of academic supervisory support and research mentoring during your time as a Doctoral Researcher at the University.
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Emeritus Professor of Accounting
The Department of Accounting
Ron has retired from full-time research work and is no longer accepting new PhD students.
Research Fellow
Department of Applied Health Sciences
James would be happy to supervise any projects which either:
- Use a systematic review methodology (any topic)
- Relate to blood pressure monitoring and/ or the diagnosis of hypertension (any methodology)
He would also be happy to discuss students’ own ideas in other areas especially – but not exclusively – projects which:
- Consider the role of performance management (e.g. Quality and Outcomes Framework)
- Relate to medicines management, patient beliefs about medicines, ...
Senior Lecturer in Poetry
Department of English Literature
Topics of recent and current supervision include: Seventeenth-Century Devotional Writing, Keats and Renaissance Literature, Gerard Manley Hopkins and the Pre-Raphaelites, Hopkins and Ecology, Myth in Postcolonial Poetry, Dorothy Wordsworth, Scottish Romantic Writing, Percy Bysshe Shelley and Poetic Identity, Romantic Canons.
I welcome enquiries about research supervision related to any of my areas of interest.
Honorary Senior Research Fellow
Department of Metabolism and Systems Science
Currently supervisor to two PhD students and two MSc students.
Assistant Professor in Exercise Physiology
School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
Dr Hodson’s research group currently consists of 3 PhD students and 1 postdoctoral research associate:
- Ms. Meghann Leaver – PhD Student, 2023-2026
- Mr. Jordan Acheson – PhD Student, 2024-2027
- Ms. Isobel Haslam – PhD Student, 2024-2028
- Ms. Jennifer Barrett – PDRA, 2025-2027
If you are interested in working with Dr. Nathan Hodson and his group please contact n.w.hodson@bham.ac.uk to discuss potential opportunities and funding sources.
Honorary Clinical Research Associate
Department of Inflammation and Ageing
Jeffry supervises doctoral research students studying the factors which influence the implementation of AI into healthcare. Projects may support the design or evaluation of AI-enabled interventions to target any healthcare setting.
If you are interesting in studying any of these subject areas please contact Jeffry on the contact details above.
For a full list of available Doctoral Research opportunities, please visit our Doctoral Research programme listings.
Honorary Professor
Professor of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
Department of Metabolism and Systems Science
MSc, PhD (UoB, JKU) in paediatric endocrinology and bone health are welcome
Applicants for PhD or MSc are invited if prepared to work 1) collaboratively with colleagues at UoB/BWCH, or 2) in the Austrian research lab investigating mechanism of rare bone disease (lab language is English), or 3) in the clinical research team in Austria (German language required), or 4) overseas (e.g. India, Saudi Arabia) in international studies on vitamin ...
Professor of Victorian Literature and Culture
Department of English Literature
Literature and science from 1800 to the present; literature and the visual arts; the Pre-Raphaelites; Victorian and modern poetry; poetic form, particularly the sonnet and the epic.
Associate Professor in Motor Control and Rehabilitation
School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
Currently supervising one PhD student in their final year.
Available to supervise PhDs in motor control, lifespan development, and somatosensation, particular those using brain stimulation (TMS), electromyography and behavioural methods.
Professor of Quantum Sensing
Principal Investigator at the UK Quantum Technology Research Hub in Sensing, Imaging and Timing
Deputy Head of School (Research)
School of Physics and Astronomy
Michael supervises PhD projects relating to atom interferometry and quantum sensing, including interdisciplinary projects such as with civil engineering and wider areas of physics. If you are interested in pursuing a related project, please get in touch.
Lecturer in Advanced Manufacturing Technology
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Dr Hood is interested in supervising doctoral research students in the following areas:
- Machining of advanced materials (titanium alloys, nickel based superalloys, composite materials and nuclear materials). This includes both conventional and non-conventional machining processes
- Condition monitoring, surface integrity and functional performance of components
- Development of novel/hybrid machining processes
- Micromachining
- Experimental design techniques and statistical process control
- Numerically controlled machine tools
- Metrology
If you are interested in studying any of ...
Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research Bennett Fellow
Department of Cancer and Genomic Sciences
Maarten supervises / has supervised Masters students and PhD students. He is interested in supervising MRes and PhD students in the following areas:
- The involvement of the LMO proteins in leukaemia
- The interaction between co-expressed LMO proteins
- The role of LMO1 in neuroblastoma