Pathology PhD
Awards: PhD
Funding opportunities
Members of Edinburgh Pathology have major research interests in human cancer biology, cell and tissue injury, inflammation, fibrosis, transplant pathology, immunopathology, osteoarthritis, neuropathological disorders, and animal and cell models of disease processes.
Edinburgh Pathology has academic staff as key members of most of the centres and institutes within the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, reflecting the collaborative and overarching role of pathology in translational medicine. There are also close links to research and development within the hospitals across Edinburgh. Edinburgh Pathology also includes the Centre for Comparative Pathology that studies animal models of disease.
The large diagnostic NHS histopathology service based in the Royal Infirmary Edinburgh and Western General Hospital, in which members of Edinburgh Pathology partake, makes it a favourable environment in which to combine fundamental cell biological and applied clinical studies of human disease.
Details of the research areas and centre/institute affiliations of members of Edinburgh Pathology can be found on the website:
Students will be registered and supported through the Research Centre their main supervisor is a member of. Students will also be trained in a range of transferable skills such as report writing, project planning and presentation of results delivered through the University's transferable skills programme.
There are excellent facilities for molecular and cell biology, immunology, image analysis and cell culture.
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Funding for postgraduate study is different to undergraduate study, and many students need to combine funding sources to pay for their studies.
Most students use a combination of the following funding to pay their tuition fees and living costs:
borrowing money
taking out a loan
family support
personal savings
income from work
employer sponsorship
- scholarships
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Featured funding
UK government postgraduate loans
If you live in the UK, you may be able to apply for a postgraduate loan from one of the UK's governments.
The type and amount of financial support you are eligible for will depend on:
- your programme
- the duration of your studies
- your tuition fee status
Programmes studied on a part-time intermittent basis are not eligible.
Other funding opportunities
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- Professor Simon Herrington
- Phone: +44 (0)131 651 8624
- Contact: simon.herrington@ed.ac.uk
- Professor Simon Herrington
- Phone: +44 (0)131 651 8624
- Contact: simon.herrington@ed.ac.uk
- Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre
- Western General Hospital
- Crewe Road South
- Little France
- Edinburgh
- EH4 2XR
Applying
Applications to this programme are now closed.
Start date: Not available
Awards: PhD
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Further information
- Professor Simon Herrington
- Phone: +44 (0)131 651 8624
- Contact: simon.herrington@ed.ac.uk
- Professor Simon Herrington
- Phone: +44 (0)131 651 8624
- Contact: simon.herrington@ed.ac.uk
- Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre
- Western General Hospital
- Crewe Road South
- Little France
- Edinburgh
- EH4 2XR