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Medical and Health Care Studies: Fully Funded Swansea University PhD Scholarship: Environmental risk factors for CVD and Dementia at Population Level

Swansea University

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13 Sep 2023
Job Information

Organisation/Company
Swansea University
Department
Central
Research Field
Medical sciences
Researcher Profile
First Stage Researcher (R1)
Country
United Kingdom
Application Deadline
30 Oct 2023 – 23:59 (Europe/London)
Type of Contract
Other
Job Status
Full-time
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
Not funded by an EU programme
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
No

Offer Description

Funding providers: Swansea University’s Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Science

Subject areas: Geography, Data Science, Statistics, Machine Learning

Project start date: 

  • 1 January 2024 (Enrolment open from mid-December)

Project supervisors:

Aligned programme of study: PhD in Medical and Health Care Studies

Mode of study: Full-time

Project description: 

The Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Science is pleased to offer a fully-funded scholarship for a full-time doctoral student.

We are looking for a highly motivated individual who is passionate about understanding how where people live impacts on people’s health. This studentship will investigate how the built and natural environment detrimentally and positively impacts cardio-vascular health and dementias in Wales. The successful candidate will investigate how exposure to different environmental insults (e.g., air pollution) and health promoting environmental factors (e.g., green and blue space) are associated with acute and chronic Cardiovascular events and associated dementia pathways. The student will join the Population Data Science team working alongside a supervision team with expertise in environmental health, dementias and advanced analytics. You will used linked data and advanced analytics in the SAIL Databank and be part of a team working alongside UK wide Health and Administrative Data Science networks (HDR and ADR UK).  

Possible research questions:  

  • What are the associations between the built and natural environment and acute CVD episodes? 
  • What are the associations between cumulative exposure to aspects of the built and natural environment and long-term hearth health and dementias, such as vascular cognitive impairment? 
  • How do these events vary geographically and are they modified by socio-economic status and rurality? 

Objectives: 

  • Conduct and publish systematic review. 
  • Create a longitudinal cohort in the SAIL Databank using environment, health and demographic data for CVD and Dementias. 
  • Develop advanced analytical approaches to model associations between environmental exposures and health outcomes. 

Requirements

Research Field
Medical sciences
Education Level
Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

Candidates must hold an Upper Second Class (2.1) honours degree. If you are eligible to apply for the scholarship (i.e. a student who is eligible to pay the UK rate of tuition fees) but do not hold a UK degree, you can check our comparison entry requirements. Please note that you may need to provide evidence of your English Language proficiency. 

Specific Requirements

Due to funding restrictions, this scholarship is not open to applications from international students (unless eligible to pay UK tuition fee rates as defined by UKCISA regulations ). 

Additional Information
Benefits

This scholarship covers the full cost of UK tuition fees and an annual stipend of £18,622.

Additional research expenses will also be available. 

Eligibility criteria

Candidates must hold an Upper Second Class (2.1) honours degree. If you are eligible to apply for the scholarship (i.e. a student who is eligible to pay the UK rate of tuition fees) but do not hold a UK degree, you can check our comparison entry requirements. Please note that you may need to provide evidence of your English Language proficiency. 

Due to funding restrictions, this scholarship is not open to applications from international students (unless eligible to pay UK tuition fee rates as defined by UKCISA regulations ).

Selection process

Please visit our website for more information.

Website for additional job details
https://www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/scholarships/research/medical-health-car…

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available
1
Company/Institute
Swansea University
Country
United Kingdom
State/Province
Swansea
City
Swansea
Postal Code
SA2 8PP
Street
Singleton Park
Geofield

Where to apply

Website
https://www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/scholarships/research/medical-health-car…

Contact

City
Swansea
Website
http://www.swansea.ac.uk
Street
Singleton Park
Postal Code
SA28PP

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