PhD studentship opportunities in Health Sciences at a top research-focused University.

Are you a keen and able graduate who is looking to undertake research in healthcare? Would you like to contribute to a programme of research aiming to improve earlier lung cancer diagnosis?

Join a leading School

The School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton is a world class research environment which focuses on the improvement of health outcomes and the transformation of health care delivery.

The School offers:

• - All the facilities that you’d expect at one of the largest and most successful Schools in the UK
• - The highest quality teaching and research in one of the UK’s leading research Universities
• - A strong interdisciplinary environment for research through the University Strategic Research Groups that bring together academics from across the University to focus on key contemporary concerns
• - Critical infrastructures to support health related research such as the Southampton Statistical Research Institute, ESRC’s National Centre for Research Methods and the MRC Epidemiology Resource Centre,

All researchers belong to one of three research groups and there is a managed environment where research teams share best practice and resources whilst also providing mentorship and support.  Each research group has a cluster of research programmes which attract significant competitively won external funding.

There is a rapidly growing body of postgraduate research students with 150 students currently undertaking doctoral level studies.

PhD Topic

Supervisory Team

Improving earlier lung cancer detection by Identifying early symptoms

Dr. Lucy Brindle and Dr. Steve George

The studentship sits within a programme of research identifying the predictive and diagnostic value of early symptoms for lung cancer, led by Lucy Brindle and Jessica Corner.  The project will identify the diagnostic value of symptoms for lung cancer diagnosis in a population referred to a ‘lung shadow’ clinic and will contribute towards the outcomes of a high priority NIHR funded study. The student will recruit patients, administer a symptoms questionnaire and analyse questionnaire and diagnostic data.

The studentship would be suitable for statistics, psychology, sociology, medical or health sciences graduates with quantitative research skills and an interest in epidemiology.

Students will receive a yearly stipend of £13,290, full time UK PhD fees and £800 per year for consumables/travel for a total of three years.The studentships must be taken up by October 2010.

Preference will be given to full-time students but part-time applicants may be considered.

The deadline for applications is: Friday 23^rd July 2010

The interview date will be: Friday 30^th July 2010

Application Details:

Candidates must have at least an upper second-class honours degree and/or MSc or equivalent, in a relevant subject. Please detail any research experience in your CV.

The application must include the following:

The candidate’s CV (and the names of two referees)

A short essay (up to 4 pages 11 point, one and a half spacing) describing why the question/topic is important and including a brief critique of the literature.

Please send your application to Sarah Healey sjn2@soton.ac.uk

Further information is available at http://www.southampton.ac.uk/healthsciences/research/index.shtml