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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
BioQuarter Campus
Full Time
Sep 2026
3 Year
The Medical Informatics PhD programme enables you to engage in cutting-edge research on applications of computational methods to medicine and health care.Examples include:telehealth, mobile health, and telemedicinecomputational medicine and simulationapplications of artificial intelligencemachine learning and natural language processingthe analysis of structured and unstructured health care datasurgical informaticsdigital biomarkers and advanced methods of digital phenotypingevaluation of health care technology in real-world settingsAI dependability in health caredata ethics and digital governanceThere are a variety of methods from engineering, informatics, mathematics and social sciences.The PhD in Medical Informatics is highly interdisciplinary, and its projects have explored applications areas such as:ehealth in global health contextsearly detection and assessment of neurodegenerative diseasesrobotic surgeryserious mental illnessesbiomedicine and biologycardiovascular diseaserespiratory diseasesdiabetesmultimorbidityThese projects are often in cooperation with other schools, including the Schools of Informatics and Engineering.
