Qualification Type: | PhD |
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Location: | Hatfield |
Funding for: | UK Students, EU Students, International Students |
Funding amount: | Fully funded |
Hours: | Full Time |
Placed On: | 24th January 2024 |
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Closes: | 31st March 2024 |
Overview
Project outline
As a Ph.D. researcher specializing in Cancer Modelling using Machine Learning, you will play a pivotal role in advancing the state-of-the-art in bioinformatics and medical imaging. This position offers an exciting opportunity to engage in cutting-edge research and contribute to the development of innovative machine learning based methodologies for cancer modelling, data driven discovery of new biomarkers, recurrence prediction, immunotherapy treatment response prediction and other various applications.
In this research, you are expected to develop novel methods for cancer data modelling and analysis using cutting edge machine learning and deep learning algorithms for bioinformatics and medical imaging to advance cancer diagnostics through analysis of heterogeneous information extracted from genomic and imaging data.
This Ph.D. project is in collaboration with Curenetics Ltd (https://www.curenetics.io/).
Key Responsibilities
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Entry requirements
Essential
Desirable
Eligibility
The studentship is open to UK/EU and international applicants.
How to Apply
Informal enquires can be made to Dr Iosif Mporas (i.mporas@herts.ac.uk), Director Research Centre Networks and Security.
Please download and complete an application form
In section 11 you must provide a comprehensive personal statement of up to 500 words describing your motivation to do research on this project at the University of Hertfordshire, and providing information on how you meet any of the essential or desirable requirements described above.
Please also send with your application form:
Your completed application should be emailed to the Doctoral College
Interview dates: beginning of April 2024.
Expected studentship start date: 1 May 2024 (or as soon as possible thereafter).
Funding information
The award includes cover for UK home or international tuition fees and a stipend at standard UKRI rates. For 2023-2024 this is set at £18,622. The stipends usually increase annually in line with inflation. Applicants from outside the UK or EU are eligible.
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