Back to search results

PhD Studentship: Environmental change and dementia; the impact of long-term exposures to temperature and air pollution

University of Bristol

Qualification Type: PhD
Location: Bristol
Funding for: UK Students, EU Students, International Students
Funding amount: From £17,668 minimum stipend equivalent to the UKRI tax-free stipend, per annum (22/23) for 4 years
Hours: Full Time
Placed On: 27th January 2023
Closes: 28th February 2023

Project Title: Environmental change and dementia; the impact of long-term exposures to temperature and air pollution

The project:

Most major climate reports focus on the short-term impacts of heat on health. There is a significant gap in how long-term exposure to elevated temperatures might impact longer term health outcomes.

In this project, we will focus on one where there is evidence of a link, but which hasn’t been quantified and robustly proven yet, cognitive health. The connection is primarily through three pathways, although others may well be found during the PhD. First, a behavioural pathway whereby persistent and disrupted sleep and circadian patterns occur as the globe warms, and night-time temperatures make sleeping more uncomfortable. Second, a neurological pathway where changes in air pollution directly impact the brain. Third, rising temperatures may have independent direct detrimental physiological effects on the body that may exacerbate some risk factor conditions for dementia or indirectly through temperature-related limitations on activities that might contribute to other risks (e.g. higher cardiovascular disease).

The student will form part of the University of Bristol research group on climate and health, and feed directly into the partnerships with the Met Office, and the UK Health Security Agency.

How to apply:

Please make an online application for this project at http://www.bris.ac.uk/pg-howtoapply. Please select Geographical Sciences: Physical (PhD) on the Programme Choice page. You should refer to the project title and supervisor in your application. You will be prompted to enter details of the studentship in the Funding and Research Details sections of the form.

Candidate requirements: 

An upper second-class honours degree (or equivalent) in geographical sciences or related discipline

Funding:

The studentship will cover full tuition fees and a minimum stipend equivalent to the UKRI tax-free stipend of £17,668 per annum (22/23) for 4 years, and an additional £2000 p.a. contribution to Research and Travel costs.

Contacts:

Supervisory team:

Professor Dann Mitchell d.m.mitchell@bristol.ac.uk (School of Geographical Sciences, Faculty of Science)

Dr Liz Coulthard Elizabeth.Coulthard@bristol.ac.uk (Bristol Medical School, Faculty of Health Sciences)

Professor Patrick Kehoe Patrick.Kehoe@bristol.ac.uk (Bristol Medical School, Faculty of Health Sciences)

Dr James Matthews J.C.Matthews@bristol.ac.uk (School of Chemistry, Faculty of Science)

General enquiries: geog-pgadmin@bristol.ac.uk

We value your feedback on the quality of our adverts. If you have a comment to make about the overall quality of this advert, or its categorisation then please send us your feedback
Advert information

Type / Role:

Subject Area(s):

Location(s):

PhD tools
 

PhD Alert Created

Job Alert Created

Your PhD alert has been successfully created for this search.

Your job alert has been successfully created for this search.

Ok Ok

PhD Alert Created

Job Alert Created

Your PhD alert has been successfully created for this search.

Your job alert has been successfully created for this search.

Manage your job alerts Manage your job alerts

Account Verification Missing

In order to create multiple job alerts, you must first verify your email address to complete your account creation

Request verification email Request verification email

jobs.ac.uk Account Required

In order to create multiple alerts, you must create a jobs.ac.uk jobseeker account

Create Account Create Account

Alert Creation Failed

Unfortunately, your account is currently blocked. Please login to unblock your account.

Email Address Blocked

We received a delivery failure message when attempting to send you an email and therefore your email address has been blocked. You will not receive job alerts until your email address is unblocked. To do so, please choose from one of the two options below.

Max Alerts Reached

A maximum of 5 Job Alerts can be created against your account. Please remove an existing alert in order to create this new Job Alert

Manage your job alerts Manage your job alerts

Creation Failed

Unfortunately, your alert was not created at this time. Please try again.

Ok Ok

Create PhD Alert

Create Job Alert

When you create this PhD alert we will email you a selection of PhDs matching your criteria.When you create this job alert we will email you a selection of jobs matching your criteria. Our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy apply to this service. Any personal data you provide in setting up this alert is processed in accordance with our Privacy Notice

Create PhD Alert

Create Job Alert

When you create this PhD alert we will email you a selection of PhDs matching your criteria.When you create this job alert we will email you a selection of jobs matching your criteria. Our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy apply to this service. Any personal data you provide in setting up this alert is processed in accordance with our Privacy Notice

 
 
 
More PhDs from University of Bristol

Show all PhDs for this organisation …

More PhDs like this
Join in and follow us

Browser Upgrade Recommended

jobs.ac.uk has been optimised for the latest browsers.

For the best user experience, we recommend viewing jobs.ac.uk on one of the following:

Google Chrome Firefox Microsoft Edge