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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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Professor of Health Economics and Health Policy
Department of Applied Health Sciences
Louise is interested in supervising doctoral research students in the following areas:
- Measurement and valuation of healthcare benefits/outcomes
- Evaluation of interventions and services in sexual and reproductive health/public health
- Evaluation of interventions and services aiming to improve women’s health.
Current PhD Students:
- Nafsika Afentou
- Temitope Ladi-Akinyemi
- Lacina Traore
Former PhD Students:
- Tuba Saygin Avsar
- Sonja Bloch
- Chidubem Ogwulu Chriscasimir
- Muslim Abbas Syed
- Lena Schnitzler

Emeritus Professor of Drama
Department of Drama and Theatre Arts
I no longer supervise research dissertations.

Lecturer in Modern Middle Eastern History
Department of History
I offer postgraduate supervision in the colonial, international and global history of modern France and its empire, on empire in the twentieth century Mediterranean and in the comparative history of European empire.
I currently supervise or co-supervise several PhD students:
Gemma Jennings (Patriarchy and Poverty? A Transnational Analysis of the Social Implications of the Oil Industry between France and Algeria)
Tomoki Yamada (The League of Nations Mandates System as a ...

Clinician Scientist in Geriatric Medicine
Visiting Consultant in Geriatric Medicine
Theme Lead for Ageing and Frailty
Department of Inflammation and Ageing
Thomas is currently supervising an Academic Clinical Fellowship in Geriatric Medicine.
If you are interesting in studying any of these subject areas please contact Dr Thomas Jackson directly, or for any general doctoral research enquiries, please email mds-gradschool@contacts.bham.ac.uk.
For a full list of available Doctoral Research opportunities, please visit our Doctoral Research programme listings.

Honorary Professor (Neuroimmunology)
Consultant Neurologist
Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy
- Neurology Specialty Trainees
- International Training Fellows
- Clinical Research Fellows

Research Fellow
School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
Dr Jadhakhan is currently supporting 4 MSc Physiotherapy pre-reg students and 1 BSc Physiotherapy and works closely with Prof Deborah Falla, supporting students across the department.

Director of Postgraduate Studies
Programme Director - Practice Certificate in Independent Prescribing
Associate Professor Clinical Pharmacy and Prescribing
School of Pharmacy
Parbir’s areas of research interest are:
- Medicines optimisation
- Barriers to access and uptake of medicines-related services in communities
- Epidemiology of multiple drug allergy syndrome (MDAS) and multiple drug Intolerance syndrome (MDIS)
- Developing the role of the Non-Medical Prescriber across healthcare sectors
- Inter-professional learning, development and practice

Assistant Professor
School of Biosciences
Pravin is looking to recruit PhD and master’s level students. Please contact him directly if you are interested in projects that are currently available.

Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics
School of Pharmacy
Zahraa is interested in supervising research projects in the following areas:
- Clinical Pharmacy
- Pharmacy Services Development
- Pharmaceutical Care (Chronic Diseases)
- Pharmacy Consultations
- Adherence to Cardiovascular Medicines

Associate Clinical Professor in Medical Professionalism
Birmingham Medical School Quality Assurance Lead
Senior Clinical Tutor for the Personal Academic Tutor
Birmingham Medical School
- Willing to supervise students who are interested in Medical Professionalism, Practical Wisdom (Phronesis) and Professional Virtues.
- GP Trainer in Practice

Chair in Modern and Contemporary Literature
Department of English Literature
I would welcome for supervision projects on all aspects of contemporary fiction, postcolonial writing, modernist literary culture, creative nonfiction, affect studies, literary geographies, and the critical health humanities.
Over the past couple of decades, I have supervised PhD students working on a range of topics, including multilingualism and the twentieth-century novel, realism and the politics of innovation in postwar American fiction, the ethics and poetics of autobiography, narrative theory, trauma ...
Senior Lecturer
Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering
PhD supervision
• Masoud Zakeri
• Shu-Nung Yao (jointly with Dr. T. Collins)
• Chunyang Xu (jointly with Prof. M. Cherniakov)
• Saeid Safavi (jointly with Prof. M. Russell)
• Nur Emileen Abd Rashid (jointly with Prof. M. Cherniakov)
• Xin Zou (awarded PhD, Dec 2008)