PhD Programme team
The programme is overseen by a team with unrivalled expertise in health data science.
Core Team
- Director Professor Peter Diggle
- Co-Director Professor Chris Yau
- Programme Academic Recruitment Claudia Carranza, of the Alan Turing Institute Business Team
Team members
The team that oversees the PhD programme consists of leading experts in disciplines including theoretical physics, computer science, mathematics and statistics, applied mathematics and biochemistry. They are:
- Miguel Bernabeu University of Edinburgh
- Ben Cairns University of Oxford
- Georgios Gkoutos University of Birmingham – staff page
- Vijay Tiwari Queens University Belfast
- Ioanna Manolopoulou University College London – staff page
- Ben Murton Alan Turing Institute
- Niels Peek University of Manchester – staff page
- Sylvia Richardson University of Cambridge – staff page
- Iain Styles University of Birmingham
- Paul Taylor University College London
- Catalina Vallejos University of Edinburgh – staff page
- Kirstie Whitaker Alan Turing Institute
- Angela Wood University of Cambridge.
PhD Programme overview
The HDRUK-Turing Wellcome PhD Programme promotes academic excellence and provides a superb route to a flourishing career in one of the most exciting fields of contemporary science.
PhD Structure
A fully financed PhD programme including foundation year plus a doctoral thesis with one of seven leading UK universities.
PhD Applications
The programme is for people who are interested in team working that combines statistical and computation skills to overcome challenges and find solutions in order to improve health and care.
Contact the team
You can contact the Programme Administration team via email at phd@hdruk.ac.uk or telephone (+44 (0)203 862 3379). For information about how we process applicants’ data see PhD Applicant Privacy Notice.
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