Graduate research projects 2021 entry
Important information
Please note that these are simply potential project ideas - no specific funding is attached unless otherwise stated in the project description. For information on funding and scholarships please see here. Applicants are also welcome to submit their own project ideas.
Those wishing to apply for one the below projects will still need to submit their own research proposal. Your proposal should expand on the basic outline published below and should demonstrate: your knowledge and skills in the area; your ideas of how to approach the topic; any areas of your specific interest within the broader area specified and how you see the project developing during the course of your DPhil.
Producing your own, more detailed, research proposal gives you the opportunity to demonstrate your strengths more extensively than on a CV or application form and is a good way for you to make a strong impression on the selection panel.
Please check our course pages here for entry requirements and details on how to apply.
How to contact us:
If you have any questions about the process, please contact our Postgraduate Training Officer, Daniel Long (graduate.studies@phc.ox.ac.uk); for questions about the projects, please contact supervisors directly.
> You can also send us a question or express your interest in applying here
project ideas
Infections and Acute Care
- The epidemiology of UTI and antibiotic resistant uropathogens
- Re-designing asthma management in primary care after the COVID-19 pandemic
- Managing Respiratory-Tract Infections (RTIs) in primary care post-pandemic
- Improving prevention and management of infections in areas with higher deprivation
- Implementing point-of-care testing to optimise antibiotic prescribing in primary care
digital health
- Evaluating temporal patterns in diagnostic meta-analysis
- Accuracy and predictive value of thermometry
- Multi-cancer detection testing in primary care
- Real-time, real world evidence utilising the ORCHID general practice network and database
Evidence-Based Medicine and Research Methods
- Feasibility of “fitness age” as a motivator for positive physical activity behaviour and improved health outcomes in UK primary care
- Progressing the role and evidence-base for ‘Exercise as Medicine’ in UK primary care settings
- A framework for developing and implementing early phase economic modelling for diagnostic interventions
- Using Big Data to understand the Health Impacts of Climate Change
- IMpact of missing data on decision making process interim analysis of platform trial DEciding analysis population (IMDE)
Health Policy and Systems
Interdisciplinary Research in Health Sciences