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Population Health Sciences (Research)

  • 7 Study options
  • Postgraduate
Clifton Campus
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Course summary

The Department of Population Health Sciences is part of Bristol Medical School. Staff in the department participate in extensive national and international research collaborations and provide health policy advice for government organisations and international bodies. Staff and students in the department are also members of the cross-faculty Bristol Population Health Science Institute. Many Population Health Science members are also affiliated with the MRC Integrated Epidemiology Unit (IEU).

The department is multidisciplinary and includes statisticians, epidemiologists, geneticists, sociologists, psychologists, anthropologists, health economists, public health physicians, medical ethicists, data scientists, neuroscientists, and various community-based physicians and nurses. We are keen to attract graduates from all these disciplines to carry out postgraduate research.

Please visit the school website to see current opportunities: https://www.bristol.ac.uk/medical-school/study/postgraduate/population-health-sciences/

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  • Clifton Campus

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  • MSR • Full-time • 2 Years
  • PhD • Full-time • 4 Years
  • MD • Full-time • 5 Years
  • MSR • Part-time • 4 Years
  • PhD • Part-time • 8 Years
  • DPPD • Blended learning (part-time) • 1 Years
  • MD • Part-time • 8 Years

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A selection of fully funded PhD opportunities are available within the department. Cross-institutional PhD studentships are available through the GW4 PhD Biomedical and Clinical programmes (https://gw4.ac.uk/doctoral-training-programmes/), enabling students to benefit from the diversity of expertise and resources across the GW4 network of universities. The MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit (https://www.bristol.ac.uk/integrative-epidemiology/) provides four-year PhD opportunities on cross-disciplinary projects exploring the causal effects of potentially modifiable exposures on health. The department also hosts health data science studentships funded through EPSRC Centres for Doctoral Training. Other funded studentships are available for projects in many research areas within the school.

Funded opportunities are advertised on the school website as they become available (https://www.bristol.ac.uk/medical-school/study/postgraduate/population-health-sciences/). Some funding opportunities are restricted to UK citizens.

Further information on funding for prospective UK and international postgraduate students: https://www.bristol.ac.uk/students/support/finances/

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