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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 in Genetics
School of Biosciences
The lab is recruiting PhD students.
We have a PhD studentship available. Please apply before the 31st May 2023!
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/probe-mechanisms-underlying-the-maternal-inheritance-of-mitochondrial-dna-in-drosophila/?p156141
Senior Clinical Lecturer in Hepatobiliary Oncology
Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy
Yuk Ting has supervised the laboratory projects of a number of BMedSci students
If you are interesting in studying any of these subject areas please contact Dr Yuk Ting Ma 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.

Professor of Maternal and Child Epidemiology
Department of Applied Health Sciences
Christine is interested in supervising doctoral research students in the following areas:
- Trials and other quantitative studies on health problems following childbirth and on evaluation of maternity health services.
If you are interested in studying any of these subject areas please contact Christine directly, or
for any general doctoral research enquiries, please email mds-gradschool@contacts.bham.ac.uk

Associate Professor in Political Economy
Department of Political Science and International Studies
Huw Macartney is a political economist whose work is broadly concerned with the politics of banking and financial services. He welcomes applications from potential PhD students in the fields of International or Comparative Political Economy, banking and financial market governance, globalisation, and historical materialism.
Dr Macartney welcomes doctoral researchers with any interests relating to the politics of financial and banking services.

Honorary Research Fellow
School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
Hayley currently supervises 2 graduate research students (1 PhD, 1 Masters by research).

Senior Lecturer in Ancient Greek History and Culture
Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology
I would be delighted to discuss research projects on any of my major research interests: ancient political institutions, interstate relations, the Greek city-states, and epigraphic culture.

Director, Birmingham Institute of Forest Research
Professor of Atmospheric Science
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Rob MacKenzie is interested in how plants affect air composition. He is inaugural Director of the Birmingham Institute of Forest Research (BIFoR), which includes the BIFoR Free-Air Carbon Enrichment (FACE) facility, which is the current focus of much of the work in Rob's group. Topics include the effects of elevated CO2 on aboveground and belowground carbon cycling and the coupling of carbon, water, and nutrient cycles.
Rob's group develops atmospheric ...

Director of BactiVac, the Bacterial Vaccines Network
Professor of Vaccine Immunology
Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy
Currently supervising three PhD students.

Associate Professor in Autism
School of Education
Her research interests are as follows:
- Inclusive practice for autistic adults and young people
- models of support and self-advocacy
- higher autistic students in higher education
- participatory methodologies
- collaborative approaches to research and practice

Professor of Economics
The Department of Economics
Any area of Environmental or Natural Resource Economics

Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
Professor Madhani has openings for self-funded MRes and PhD (basic science and clinical) in the area of:
- Nitric oxide and nitrite in health and disease
- Cardiometabolism in ischaemic heart disease and heart failure

Associate Professor
School of Biosciences
For a list of possible PhD projects offered by Dr Madigan:
www.findaphd.com/search/customlink.asp?inst=birm-Biol&supersurname=Madigan