PhD Studentship in Bioengineering Combined with Imaging and Artificial Intelligence

PhD in Bioengineering Combined with Imaging and Artificial Intelligence

Supervisor: Professor Vanessa Diaz

The i4Health CDT is one of the top CDTs in the UK and provides an outstanding environment in which get your research career off to a great start.
The studentship will combine bioengineering/biomedical engineering with imaging and AI. 

Projects will typically be offered in the following areas:

• Computational modelling of cardiovascular systems to underpin clinical science and practice.
• Design and development of novel medical devices, from diagnostics (sensing) to treatment, including medical robotics.
• Development of advanced manufacturing techniques, such as micro 3D printing, and their biomedical applications
• Understanding multiscale mechanobiology from cells/tissue to organ/body, using state-of-the-art measurement techniques
• High-resolution 3D printed nano sensors and CMOS images for smart gastrointestinal interventions.

If you are interested in any of these topics, please don’t hesitate and apply! There are no preferred areas, and we are looking for engaged, motivated and keen PhD students to make any of these projects a reality.

Required Qualifications

• Have achieved (or are predicted) a first class or upper second class honours undergraduate degree (or equivalent international qualifications or experience). An MSc is also preferred, though not essential.
• Our preferred subject areas are Physical Sciences (Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics and Physics) with a preferred route through any core Engineering discipline (e.g. Bioengineering/Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical, Electrical Engineering, etc.). All applicants must be able to demonstrate strong mathematical skills.
• Applicants should have an interest in bioengineering combined with medical imaging as this is core to our projects.
• Applicants whose first language is not English are usually required to provide evidence of proficiency in English by UCL. Further details can be found on the following UCL web page.

Start date: September 2023

Value of award: Successful applicants will be awarded a stipend of £21,391 (tax free stipend) in line with all the other i4Health CDT applicants as well as fully funded fees at the UK level and a generous Research Training Grant for conference expenses.

Application Deadline - 30^th April 2023

How to Apply:

Please complete the following steps to apply.

• Send an expression of interest and current CV to Professor Vanessa Diazand cdtadmin@ucl.ac.uk. Please use the subject title: Project Code 23019
• Make a formal application to via the UCL application portal  . Please select the programme code MResMedical Imaging TMRMEISING01 and enter Bioengineering Combined with Imaging and Artificial Intelligence - 23019 under ‘Name of Award 1’.

Fees will be paid at UK fee level. International fees might be considered extraordinarily on a case-by-case basis. 

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