Cardiology
The University of Manchester
About the Project Women who develop high blood pressure in pregnancy (pre-eclampsia or gestational hypertension) have a much higher lifetime risk of hypertension, heart failure and stroke. Our own follow-up studies show that 3-6 years after a hypertensive pregnancy around a third of women have developed new hypertension and a similar proportion show scarring (fibrosis) of the heart muscle.
- Location
- Manchester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 15 October 2026
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Cardiology
Edinburgh Napier University
About the Project Maximal oxygen uptake (V̇O 2max ), the highest rate at which the body can take up and use oxygen during exercise, is a key determinant of endurance performance (Joyner & Coyle, 2008).
- Location
- Edinburgh, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 19 October 2026
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Cardiology
University of Glasgow
About the Project TO APPLY, PLEASE CLICK INSTITUTION WEBSITE This is a unique opportunity to undertake a fully funded, three-year PhD in Health Economics, based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and registered with the University of Glasgow, UK.
- Location
- Glasgow, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 20 October 2026
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Cardiology
University of Bristol
About the Project Congenital heart disease (CHD) affects 1 in 110 births and causes significant long-term morbidity, yet identifying anatomical sub-phenotypes remains difficult. Structural changes over time—enlargement, narrowing, remodelling—are key markers of disease progression, but current shape analysis largely relies on static, cross-sectional snapshots.
- Location
- Bristol, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 21 October 2026
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Cardiology
University of Bristol
About the Project 1 in 300 babies born in the UK will require surgery for congenital heart disease. Although cardiopulmonary bypass has transformed survival, recovery varies considerably, with some children developing significant complications. This project will investigate how the immune system responds to surgery by examining changes in immune cell function, metabolism and gene regulation before and after the operation.
- Location
- Bristol, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 21 October 2026
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Cardiology
University of Bristol
About the Project Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of ill health in later life. This project uses genetic epidemiology and Mendelian randomization methods to investigate how traits at different ages influence long-term cardiovascular disease risk. Key Research Questions How should age- and trajectory-specific GWAS results be incorporated into Mendelian randomization studies to estimate lifecourse effects?
- Location
- Bristol, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 21 October 2026
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Cardiology
University of Bristol
About the Project Aortic coarctation (CoA) is a common congenital heart disease, and even after successful repair, patients face elevated lifelong risk of hypertension, stroke, and intracranial aneurysm (IA). Why only a subset of patients develop these complications remains poorly understood, and no validated tools exist to identify who is at highest risk.
- Location
- Bristol, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 21 October 2026
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Cardiology
University of Oxford
About the Project Are you fascinated by how immune and metabolic responses shape cardiovascular disease? The immune system is integral to the cardiovascular health and disease. Targeting inflammation ameliorates cardiovascular outcomes. Atherosclerosis, the underlying cause of cardiovascular disease, is conceptualised as a lipid-driven inflammation.
- Location
- Oxford, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 1 December 2026
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Cardiology
University of Bradford
About the Project Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality across the globe. Disorders of the blood vessels, such as atherosclerosis, hypertension, aneurysm or stroke are responsible for substantial health and social care costs and the mechanisms that lead to these disorders are still incompletely understood, hence there is an urgent need to create laboratory models of these disorders that can help drive the understanding of disease mechanisms and…
- Location
- Bradford, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Cardiology
University of Bradford
About the Project Evaluation of human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiac myocytes (hiPSC-CMs) for cardiotoxicity testing Potentially fatal cardiac arrhythmias such as Torsades des Pointes (TdP) are linked to adverse side-effects of drugs intended as potential treatments for a variety of clinical disorders. Drugs that, unintentionally, affect ion channels can increase or decrease the cardiac action potential duration, depending on their effect.
- Location
- Bradford, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Cardiology
University of Leicester
About the Project SGLT2 inhibitors are widely prescribed for type 2 diabetes, yet their true potential may extend far beyond blood sugar control. Clinical trials have already shown that these drugs reduce cardiovascular events, protect the kidney, and improve survival. Surprisingly, many of these benefits cannot be explained by glucose lowering alone. This raises an exciting and urgent scientific question: what is SGLT2 really doing inside the body?
- Location
- Leicester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Cardiology
University of Leicester
About the Project Heart failure remains one of the leading causes of hospitalisation and death worldwide. Two of its most important causes, type 2 diabetes and aortic stenosis, both lead to thickening and stiffening of the heart muscle, but the microscopic processes underlying these changes are not fully understood.
- Location
- Leicester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Cardiology
University of Leicester
About the Project Sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are an established class of antidiabetic drugs that have demonstrated additional benefits beyond glycaemic control, including cardiovascular and renal protection. Despite growing clinical evidence of their multi-system effects, the underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms remain incompletely understood.
- Location
- Leicester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Cardiology
The University of Manchester
About the Project Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) is a genetic arrhythmia syndrome characterized by the onset of life-threatening arrhythmias during exertion or emotional stress. CPVT is caused by mutations of the cardiac ryanodine receptor gene ( RYR2 ). Mutations of RYR2 predispose to the onset calcium waves delayed afterdepolarization that lead to arrhythmias especially following adrenergic stimulation.
- Location
- Manchester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only