The University of Cambridge in the UK is inviting applications for the CRUK International Alliance for Cancer Early Detection MPhil and PhD Studentships in 2020.
The Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre Early Detection Programme is a multidisciplinary research initiative whose mission is to increase survival from cancer and improve quality of life through early detection and intervention.
The Programme, based at the University of Cambridge, is a partner in the Cancer Research UK International Alliance for Cancer Early Detection (ACED); a unique, science-led £40M investment that will create new trans-Atlantic collaborations and ideas that will transform the field. The Programme recognizes the importance of public health research to explore the unmet need, strategies, and impact of Cancer Early Detection, as well as the societal impact and ethics of work in this area
PhD project topics offered are:
- Risk stratification in the bowel cancer screening programme: public acceptability and potential impact on uptake (Supervisor: Dr Juliet Usher-Smith).
- Evaluation of risk-stratified approaches to breast cancer screening in the UK: health economic analysis and discrete choice experiment (Supervisors: Professor Antonis Antoniou and Professor Steve Morris)
- Rare variants and cancer susceptibility & Sub clonal mosaicism, cancer therapy and susceptibility (Supervisor: Professor Doug Easton).
- The ethics and epistemology of risk stratification (Supervisor: Dr Stephen John). Perceptions of cancer and competing hierarchies of risk among members of socially disadvantaged groups in the UK (Supervisor: Dr Maryon McDonald).
The 4-year funding can be applied to a 1-year MPhil + 3 years PhD, with the MPhil being one of the existing programmes in the DPHPC (Epidemiology, Public Health or Primary Care Research) in Social Anthropology or History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine. Students applying who already have an equivalent degree or training could start the PhD directly without doing an MPhil.
Worth of Award
Three fully-funded PhD studentships are available for non-clinical applicants and the Support includes a stipend at £19,000 per annum, research costs and fees at home/EU rates.
Eligibility
The Studentship is available to;
- Non-clinical PhD students to be hosted at the University of Cambridge in the Department of Public Health and Primary Care (DPHPC), the Department of Social Anthropology, or the Department of History and Philosophy of Science.
- They invite applications from the UK, EU and non-EU students for these non-clinical studentships.
Note: Students will join the cohort of PhD students being trained by the CRUK Cambridge Centre and will carry out cancer-related research in population health sciences or in social sciences. They will also become members of the active CRUK Cambridge Centre Early Detection Programme, which offers regular training opportunities and networking events, and they will have the opportunity to attend an Early Detection Summer School.
How to Apply
- Applications, including a CV and a Reasons for Applying statement (2,500 character limit), must be made via the University of Cambridge Graduate Admissions website (please note that this is applying for an MPhil in Oncology but this will be changed to the preferred MPhil or PhD course in a specific department upon being successfully awarded a studentship).
- Applicants can state their preferred project of interest, if they so wish, and this should be clearly stated as part of your Reasons for Applying statement.
- If you have general enquiries about the CRUK Cambridge Centre non-clinical MRes + PhD studentships or the application process, please contact [email protected].
- Please quote reference RD20971 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.
Deadline: Application closes November 15, 2019. Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their interview at the beginning of February 2020 and successful applicants will receive a formal offer letter by mid-February 2020.