The Department of Surgery and Cancer have a number of postgraduate research opportunities, which are listed in the table below when they become available. The Institute of Global Health Innovation also offers a number of studentships each year affiliated to their associated centres.
If you're looking for funding to undertake a PhD with a supervisor from the Department of Surgery and Cancer, please see the Imperial fees and funding page.
| Title | Description | Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| ‘Single-cell spatial transcriptomics and imaging profiling of non-small cell lung cancer for precision PD-1/PD-L1 checkpoint blockade immunotherapy’ |
An opportunity has arisen for a full-time PhD studentship position within the Department of Surgery and Cancer at Imperial College London, funded departmentally through a Medical Research Council grant. This full-time PhD studentship offers an exciting interdisciplinary opportunity to develop and apply advanced machine learning techniques to tackle a key challenge in precision oncology. |
23:59, Saturday, 31 May 2025 |
| 'PhD Studentship in Translational Perioperative Medicine: Targeting Acid Sphingomyelinase in Postoperative Pulmonary Complications' |
We are offering a fully-funded 3-year PhD studentship (home fees only) within the Department of Anaesthetics, Pain Medicine and Intensive Care at Imperial College London, supported by the British Journal of Anaesthesia (BJA) and Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA). This exciting studentship will investigate how an enzyme called acid sphingomyelinase (ASM) contributes to harmful inflammation in the lungs after major surgery and whether blocking this process can help prevent serious postoperative complications. |
23:59, Saturday, 31 May 2025 |
| 'Targeting activation of fibroblasts to improve therapeutic response in osteosarcoma' |
An opportunity has arisen for a 4-year PhD studentship within the Department of Surgery and Cancer at Imperial College London funded by the Bone Cancer Research Trust. |
23:59, Monday, 09 June 2025 |
