OverviewRichard is a Wellcome 4ward North Clinical PhD Fellow and specialty registrar in neurosurgery.Originally from Singapore, he obtained his medical degree from the University of Bristol.After gaining membership to the Royal College of Surgeons of England he...

OverviewI graduated from University of Nottingham in 2015 with a BMBS and BMedSci (Hons).Keen to develop my academic interest in Radiology, I moved to Sheffield for the Academic Foundation Programme and designed a study which won the Editor's Choice award for the...

OverviewDr David Lewis-Smith's PhD fellowship focusses on the computational analysis of epilepsy phenotypes in Epi25 (> 12,000 individuals with epilepsy and whole exome data) and the UK Biobank.He aims to discover clinical and genetic biomarkers that will improve...

Cohort: 4PhD start date: September 2020OverviewI graduated from the University of Leeds School of Medicine with honours in 2015.My interest in academic medicine began during my second year when I was awarded an EXSEL@Leeds Research Scholarship. As an EXSEL Scholar, I...

Overview4ward North PhD Fellowship: Neural compensatory mechanisms that underpin retention and recovery of language function post-stroke.Post-stroke aphasia is of clinical importance because stroke is highly prevalent, with an estimated 25.7 million occurring...

OverviewCohort: 4PhD start date: October 2020My proposed research aims to dissect the mechanisms driving inflammatory skin diseases using spatial genomics methods in order to improve diagnosis, molecular classification and guide treatment strategies.Spatial genomics...

OverviewCohort: 4PhD start date: October 2020Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer. With more than 16,000 cases annually, it is the fifth most common cancer in the UK.Despite recent breakthroughs with treatments that harness the anti-tumour function of the...

OverviewCohort: 4PhD Start Date: 1 September 2020I graduated from the University of Sheffield in 2014 and my interest in research was initially sparked while undertaking a research project during an intercalated BMedSci.I subsequently completed Dental Foundation...

OverviewCohort: 4PhD start date: 5 August 2020I am an academic orthopaedic surgeon with a focus on arthritis and ageing research.I undertook undergraduate training (MBChB - Medicine and Surgery, MSc - Tissue Engineering for Regenerative Medicine) at The University of...

OverviewI graduated from The University of Sheffield, where I completed an intercalated BMedSci research degree investigating microvascular complications in diabetes.I subsequently completed an Academic Foundation Programme in Central Manchester and soon after secured...