Postgraduate research opportunities Integrating Advanced Digital Twin Systems for Precision Kidney Tumour Surgery
ApplyKey facts
- Opens: Tuesday 15 July 2025
- Number of places: 1
- Funding: Home fee, Stipend
Overview
Since COVID19, tumour resection surgery waitlists have grown (for example, only about 51% of diagnoses received a kidney tumour resection in 2021). To tackle this, we aim to develop next-generation real-time digital twin technologies for tumour surgery. You'll work closely with a multidisciplinary team of senior academics, contributing to a EPSRC-MRC Transformative Healthcare Technology project in collaboration with colleagues from Cambridge, Imperial College, Edinburgh and industry.Eligibility
Applicants should hold a high-grade undergraduate degree and/or a Master’s degree (or expect to achieve) in engineering, physics, biomedical engineering, applied mathematics, or a related field.
Candidates should demonstrate enthusiasm, motivation for learning, commitment, and excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Project Details
An exciting opportunity for a fully-funded PhD studentship is available at the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Strathclyde.
Since COVID19, tumour resection surgery waitlists have grown (for example, only about 51% of diagnoses received a kidney tumour resection in 2021). To tackle this, we aim to develop next-generation real-time digital twin technologies for tumour surgery. You'll work closely with a multidisciplinary team of senior academics, contributing to a EPSRC-MRC Transformative Healthcare Technology project in collaboration with colleagues from University of Cambridge, Imperial College London, University of Edinburgh, and industry.
Funding details
The studentship covers the full cost of Home tuition fees plus a tax-free stipend, in line with standard stipend levels, for the duration of the PhD.
To be classed as a home student, candidates must meet the following criteria:
- be a UK National (meeting residency requirements), or
- have settled status, or
- have pre-settled status (meeting residency requirements), or
- have indefinite leave to remain or enter
All other candidates will be classed as International students.
While there is no funding in place for opportunities marked "unfunded", there are lots of different options to help you fund postgraduate research. Visit funding your postgraduate research for links to government grants, research councils funding and more, that could be available.
Apply
In the first instance, candidates should enquire and/or express their interest by email to Professor Shu (will.shu@strath.ac.uk) and Dr Kazakidi (asimina.kazakidi@strath.ac.uk), including their CV and academic transcripts.
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Qualified candidates are advised to express their interest and submit their applications early for consideration.
Number of places: 1
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