Postgraduate Research Opportunities

Department of Social Medicine

Excellent postgraduate research degree (PhD / MD) opportunities in a
leading (RAE 6*) department.

The Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, one of the
UK's leading institutions for epidemiology and health services research,
is inviting applications from outstanding, highly motivated graduates
with good honours or Masters degrees in relevant disciplines for PhD
studentships tenable from October 2009. Projects in statistics,
epidemiology, human genetics, bioinformatics, economics, sociology, and
psychology applied to medical and/or clinical issues are encouraged.
Research areas include: quantitative and qualitative health services
research; aetiological, genetic, lifecourse, clinical, nutritional and
cancer epidemiology; effectiveness and acceptability of health
services/care; health/illness/disability in older age.

A variety of potential studentships are available, including University
of Bristol Postgraduate Research Scholarships; Wellcome Trust 4-year PhD
studentships in Molecular, Genetic and Lifecourse Epidemiology; MRC
Causal Analyses in Translational Epidemiology Studentships; and Overseas
Scholarships.

The closing date for receipt of applications in the Department is 6th
February 2009.

For further details about the available studentships, potential topics
and supervisors, and for application forms, contact: Susie Potts,
University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, Bristol BS8 2PS
(0117 928 7274). Email susie.potts@bristol.ac.uk.

Web page http://www.epi.bris.ac.uk/postgrad/pg.htm