phd virology uk

• Interesting for you
• My settings

Medical Virology

The PhD in Medical Virology programme at The University of Manchester enables you to undertake a research project that will improve understanding of Medical Virology.

The University of Manchester Multiple locations Manchester , England , United Kingdom Not ranked Studyportals University Meta Ranking 4.1 Read 119 reviews

About the programme

Medical Virology is an important and rapidly expanding field with sensitive molecular techniques leading to the discovery of many new viruses. Dramatic outbreaks of zoonotic virus infections (e.g. Ebola, MERS, SARS, Nipah, etc.,) are regularly seen and changes in climate, society habits, and medical practice have allowed newly emerging and re-emerging viral diseases to spread.

Control of viral disease is challenging; there are currently no antiviral compounds that have truly broad-spectrum activity so preventing and controlling infection is vital. Modern, rapid methods of diagnosis help us to understand the pathogenesis of virus infections, and more and more vaccines and antivirals are being developed and utilized. This Medical Virology programme is offered at The University of Manchester.

Programme Structure

• Current research interests include congenital infections, particularly human cytomegalovirus disease, and blood-borne virus infections such as hepatitis C virus, HIV and human polyomaviruses although these areas are not restrictive and a wide range of viral infections are of interest.
• During your PhD you will gain practical laboratory experience in molecular virology, cell culture and serology techniques, and learn how these can be applied to both basic science questions and to solve clinical problems.

Key information

• 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

• Apply before 2024-10-15 00:00:00
• Apply before 2025-01-15 00:00:00
• Apply before 2025-06-15 00:00:00

Disciplines

Academic requirements, english requirements, student insurance.

Make sure to cover your health, travel, and stay while studying abroad. Even global coverages can miss important items, so make sure your student insurance ticks all the following:

• Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
• Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
• Home contents and baggage

We partnered with Aon to provide you with the best affordable student insurance, for a carefree experience away from home.

Starting from €0.53/day, free cancellation any time.

Remember, countries and universities may have specific insurance requirements. To learn more about how student insurance work at The University of Manchester and/or in United Kingdom, please visit Student Insurance Portal .

Other requirements

General requirements.

• We require applicants to hold, or be about to obtain, an Upper Second class Honours degree, or the equivalent qualification gained outside the UK, in a related subject area for entry to a PhD programme.
• A Lower Second class Honours degree may be considered if applicants also hold a Master's degree with a Merit classification.

Tuition Fee

International.

• UK (per annum): Standard £4,786, Low £11,000, Medium £17,500, High £23,000
• International (per annum): Standard £27,000, Low £28,500, Medium £34,500, High £40,500

Living costs for Manchester

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

In order for us to give you accurate scholarship information, we ask that you please confirm a few details and create an account with us.

Scholarships Information

Below you will find PhD's scholarship opportunities for Medical Virology.

Available Scholarships

You are eligible to apply for these scholarships but a selection process will still be applied by the provider.

Read more about eligibility

• missing or incomplete ?"> Missing or incomplete content
• wrong or outdated ?"> Wrong or outdated content

Other interesting programmes for you

Our partners.

Go to your profile page to get personalised recommendations!

• Skip to main content

We use cookies

Necessary cookies.

Necessary cookies enable core functionality. The website cannot function properly without these cookies, and can only be disabled by changing your browser preferences.

Analytics cookies

Analytical cookies help us improve our website. We use Google Analytics. All data is anonymised.

Clarity helps us to understand our users’ behaviour by visually representing their clicks, taps and scrolling. All data is anonymised.

Privacy policy

• Postgraduate study

Postgraduate research opportunities A-Z

• Staff research interests search

Postgraduate research  

Virology PhD/iPhD/MD/MSc (Research)

Virology research is carried out in the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research. Our expertise ranges from molecular virology to in vivo pathogenesis, virus–cell interaction, viral immunology, viral ecology, clinical virology, virus epidemiology, mathematical modelling and bioinformatics.

Research projects

Iphd self-funded projects (october-april).

Our  Integrated PhD combines an MSc and PhD project in a 1+3+1 format. You can select from the below projects and indentify your chosen MSc from the options listed on the project.

Please note that you can apply for the below PhD projects outwith the IPhD route.

Barriers to influenza virus cross-species transmission

Supervisor :  Massimo Palmarini

MSc choice :  Infection Biology (with specialisms) [MSc]

Project outline : Influenza A viruses (IAV) are the cause of a major global health burden in humans and animals. Wild aquatic birds are the main natural reservoir of IAV and are a source of infection for domestic birds, and other species. Spillover of avian IAV into humans results in severe or even lethal disease. These spillover events are typically not followed by extensive human-to-human transmission chains, but they are a risk to global health as they could enable the first step towards human adaptation and the generation of pandemic IAV strains. Multiple barriers have been identified that hamper avian IAV transmission and adaptation in humans including an interferon stimulated gene, BTN3A3, that we recently identified (doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06261-8). However, several gaps remain in our understanding of how certain avian IAV subtypes/lineages are able to cross the species-barrier and spill over in humans or other mammals. Our laboratory aims to investigate the mechanisms that allow certain avian viruses to spillover into humans using a mixture of virological and evolutionary approaches. Understanding what makes emerging viruses succeed or fail to spillover, and possibly thrive, in human populations are crucial to understand how we manage viral emergence.

Cryogenic correlated light and electron tomography of virally infected cells

Supervisor :  Stephen Carter

Outline and techniques used : We use cryo-CLEM/cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) to study the complex relationships between viruses and the host cell during infection.

Our lab has access to the Scottish Centre for Macromolecular Imagining (SCMI) where we use cutting-edge instrumentation, such as the JEOL CRYO ARM 300 electron microscope and the Leica THUNDER Imager EM cryo-CLEM microscope. This technology allows us to target events that happen deep in the cell so we can see more of the context of virions, including their interactions with cellular organelles.

Ultimately, we want to capture the entire virus life cycle, from assembly of its pieces to maturation (with dramatic internal structural changes), to budding, to fusion with a target cell, and then through more transformations as the viral genome passages into the cell’s cytoplasm, all while hijacking the host cell machinery. We work with a range of viruses, including Rift Valley Fever Virus, Bunyamwera virus (BUNV) and herpes simplex virus (HSV).

Project aims:  Developing in situ imaging techniques to image virus infection at high-resolution using cryo-ET. The creation of viral variants that contain and/or can create unnatural amino acids in their own viral proteins and imaging BUNV replication factories using cryogenic focused ion beam (FIB) milling.

• Haney et al. Coinfection by influenza A virus and respiratory syncytial virus produces hybrid virus particles. Nature Microbiology, 2022.
• Carter, S.D., et al. Sci Adv, 2020. 6(14): p. eaay9572.

Understanding virus-virus interactions: from cells to populations

Supervisor :  Pablo Murcia

Background and aims : Respiratory viral infections, including seasonal epidemics and pandemics, cause a major disease burden. Multiple viruses can cause respiratory infections, including influenza viruses, coronaviruses, respiratory syncytial virus, rhinoviruses, human metapneumovirus and parainfluenza viruses, to name but a few. Historically, respiratory viruses have been studied in isolation using a one-virus–one-disease approach. Our laboratory carries out a broad research programme that studies the biology of respiratory viruses using a multi-virus and multi-scale approach (i.e. from cells to populations). In published studies, we combined epidemiological and modelling approaches to reveal the existence of positive and negative interactions between respiratory viruses at the epidemiological scale (1). Using experimental approaches, we showed that interferon responses mediate negative interactions in the human respiratory tract (2, 3). At the cellular level, we were the first to show that virus coinfections can generate infectious hybrid particles (4). Our overarching aim is to determine the processes that drive interactions among respiratory viruses at the population, within-host, and cellular levels.

Techniques to be used : Our group offers a truly multidisciplinary research environment. PhD projects align with the group's overarching research aim and are designed around the students' training needs. Wet lab projects include cell culture, classical virology, immunostaining, microscopy, and imaging (2-4) as well as serological assays (5, 6). Dry projects combine epidemiology (7, 8), evolutionary biology, bioinformatics (9) and modelling (1, 10).

• S. Nickbakhsh et al., Virus-virus interactions impact the population dynamics of influenza and the common cold. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 116, 27142-27150 (2019).
• K. Dee et al., Human Rhinovirus Infection Blocks Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Replication Within the Respiratory Epithelium: Implications for COVID-19 Epidemiology. J Infect Dis 224, 31-38 (2021).
• K. Dee et al., Influenza A and Respiratory Syncytial Virus Trigger a Cellular Response That Blocks Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Virus 2 Infection in the Respiratory Tract. J Infect Dis 227, 1396-1406 (2023).
• J. Haney et al., Coinfection by influenza A virus and respiratory syncytial virus produces hybrid virus particles. Nat Microbiol 7, 1879-1890 (2022).
• E. C. Hughes et al., Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Serosurveillance in a Patient Population Reveals Differences in Virus Exposure and Antibody-Mediated Immunity According to Host Demography and Healthcare Setting. J Infect Dis 223, 971-980 (2021).
• M. Manali et al., SARS-CoV-2 Evolution and Patient Immunological History Shape the Breadth and Potency of Antibody-Mediated Immunity. J Infect Dis 227, 40-49 (2022).
• S. Nickbakhsh et al., Extensive multiplex PCR diagnostics reveal new insights into the epidemiology of viral respiratory infections. Epidemiol Infect 144, 2064-2076 (2016).
• S. Nickbakhsh et al., Epidemiology of Seasonal Coronaviruses: Establishing the Context for the Emergence of Coronavirus Disease 2019. J Infect Dis 222, 17-25 (2020).
• F. Thorburn et al., The use of next generation sequencing in the diagnosis and typing of respiratory infections. J Clin Virol 69, 96-100 (2015).
• C. Mair et al., Estimation of temporal covariances in pathogen dynamics using Bayesian multivariate autoregressive models. PLoS Comput Biol 15, e1007492 (2019).

The MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (CVR) sits within the School of Infection and Immunity . The CVR is the largest virology-focussed research centre in the UK and brings together a critical mass of researchers studying human and animal viruses and viral diseases.

The CVR provides excellent facilities and opportunities for cross-disciplinary projects and the delivery of a comprehensive programme of training in contemporary, multi-disciplinary, virology research. The Centre includes research programmes in arboviruses, Epstein Barr virus, feline calicivirus, herpes viruses, hepatitis C virus, influenza, retroviruses and papillomaviruses.

 Cross cutting research themes and expertise include:

• antiviral immunity
• virus discovery
• viral bioinformatics, mathematical modelling and genomics to guide new approaches to the understanding and management of viral infections
• structural biology/cryo-electron microscopy and viral evolutionary dynamics
• molecular virology to in vivo pathogenesis
• virus-cell interactions
• viral immunology
• viral ecology
• viral oncology
• clinical and veterinary virology
• viral diagnostics 
• virus epidemiology

Our excellent facilities underpin a bench to bedside approach that will equip you with training complementary to a range of career options, and you can tailor your study pathway to the precise aspects of infection and immunology that suit your objectives. Through their research interests in drug development, vaccines and diagnostics, many of our project supervisors have strong links with industry.

Study options

• Duration:  3/4 years full-time; 5 years part-time

Individual research projects are tailored around the expertise of principal investigators.

Integrated PhD programmes (5 years)

Our  Integrated PhD  allows you to combine masters level teaching with your chosen research direction in a 1+3+1 format. 

International students with MSc and PhD scholarships/funding do not have to apply for 2 visas or exit and re-enter the country between programmes. International and UK/EU students may apply.

Taught masters level modules are taken alongside students on our masters programmes. Our research-led teaching supports you to fine tune your research ideas and discuss these with potential PhD supervisors. You will gain a valuable introduction to academic topics, research methods, laboratory skills and the critical evaluation of research data. Your grades must meet our requirements in order to gain entry on to your pre-selected PhD research project. If not, you will have the options to pay outstanding MSc fees and complete with masters degree only.

Years 2, 3 and 4

PhD programme with research/lab work, completing an examinable piece of independent research in year 4.

Thesis write up.

MSc (Research)

• Duration : 1 year full-time; 2 years part-time

MD (Doctor of Medicine)

• Duration : 2 years full-time; 4 years part-time (for medically-qualified graduates only)

Entry requirements

A 2.1 Honours degree or equivalent.

English language requirements

For applicants whose first language is not English, the University sets a minimum English Language proficiency level.

International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic module (not General Training)

• 6.5 with no subtests under 6.0
• Tests must have been taken within 2 years 5 months of start date. Applicants must meet the overall and subtest requirements using a single test
• IELTS One Skill Retake accepted.

Common equivalent English language qualifications accepted for entry to this programme:

Toefl (ibt, my best or athome).

• 79; with Reading 13; Listening 12; Speaking 18;Writing 21
• Tests must have been taken within 2 years 5 months of start date. Applicants must meet the overall and subtest requirements , this includes TOEFL mybest.

Pearsons PTE Academic

• 59 with minimum 59 in all subtests
• Tests must have been taken within 2 years 5 months of start date. Applicants must meet the overall and subtest requirements using a single test.

Cambridge Proficiency in English (CPE) and Cambridge Advanced English (CAE)

• 176 overall, no subtest less than 169

Oxford English Test

• Oxford ELLT 7
• R&L: OIDI level no less than 6 with Reading: 21-24 Listening: 15-17
• W&S: OIDI level no less than 6

Trinity College Tests

Integrated Skills in English II & III & IV: ISEII Distinction with Distinction in all sub-tests.

University of Glasgow Pre-sessional courses

Tests are accepted for 2 years following date of successful completion.

Alternatives to English Language qualification

• students must have studied for a minimum of 2 years at Undergraduate level, or 9 months at Master's level, and must have complete their degree in that majority-English speaking country  and  within the last 6 years
• students must have completed their final two years study in that majority-English speaking country  and  within the last 6 years

For international students, the Home Office has confirmed that the University can choose to use these tests to make its own assessment of English language ability for visa applications to degree level programmes. The University is also able to accept UKVI approved Secure English Language Tests (SELT) but we do not require a specific UKVI SELT for degree level programmes. We therefore still accept any of the English tests listed for admission to this programme.

Pre-sessional courses

The University of Glasgow accepts evidence of the required language level from the English for Academic Study Unit Pre-sessional courses. We also consider other BALEAP accredited pre-sessional courses:

• School of Modern Languages and Cultures: English for Academic Study
• BALEAP guide to accredited courses

Fees and funding

• UK: £4,786
• International & EU: £30,240

Prices are based on the annual fee for full-time study. Fees for part-time study are half the full-time fee.

Irish nationals who are living in the Common Travel Area of the UK, EU nationals with settled or pre-settled status, and Internationals with Indefinite Leave to remain status can also qualify for home fee status.

• Fee status and policies

Alumni discount

We offer a 20% discount to our alumni on all Postgraduate Research and full Postgraduate Taught Masters programmes. This includes University of Glasgow graduates and those who have completed Junior Year Abroad, Exchange programme or International Summer School with us. The discount is applied at registration for students who are not in receipt of another discount or scholarship funded by the University. No additional application is required.

Possible additional fees

• Re-submission by a research student £540
• Submission for a higher degree by published work £1,355
• Submission of thesis after deadline lapsed £350
• Submission by staff in receipt of staff scholarship £790

Depending on the nature of the research project, some students will be expected to pay a bench fee (also known as research support costs) to cover additional costs. The exact amount will be provided in the offer letter.

The IPhD is not supported by University of Glasgow Scholarship/Funding

• BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnerships
• External funding information

The College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences Graduate School provides a vibrant, supportive and stimulating environment for all our postgraduate students. We aim to provide excellent support for our postgraduates through dedicated postgraduate convenors, highly trained supervisors and pastoral support for each student.   Our overarching aim is to provide a research training environment that includes:

• provision of excellent facilities and cutting edge techniques
• training in essential research and generic skills
• excellence in supervision and mentoring
• interactive discussion groups and seminars
• an atmosphere that fosters critical cultural policy and research analysis
• synergy between research groups and areas
• extensive multidisciplinary and collaborative research
• extensive external collaborations both within and beyond the UK 
• a robust generic skills programme including opportunities in social and commercial training

Research environment

If you study with us, you will join a large community of postgraduate taught and research students. Our School brings together basic, applied, clinical and translational researchers to study infection with a focus on the viral, parasitic and bacterial pathogens of both humans and animals, and immunology and inflammation with a focus on chronic inflammatory diseases.

Despite the continual development of new therapies, antibiotics and vaccines, chronic inflammatory and infectious diseases still pose persistent health threats. We aim to:

• understand the basic science of the immune systems and how the immune system can inturn affect disease outcome understand the biology of parasites, viruse and bacteria and the interactions with their hosts, that in turn leads to high levels of infectious diseases worldwide
• develop therapies (drugs and vaccines) targeted on these processes
• explore new treatments and strategies in clinical and translational medicine

Research centres

• MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research
• Wellcome Centre for Integrative Parasitology
• ARUK Centre for Experimental Arthritis Research

We offer a wide range of cutting-edge research facilities, including core facilities in fluorescence activated cell sorting analysis, histology and state-of-the-art imaging. In addition, we offer the IVIS imaging system, high content screening microscopy, mass spectrometry, an X-ray capable FX Pro bioluminescence imaging system and a protein purification service. Also available are a wide range of molecular, immunological and biochemical analysis tools.

How to apply

Identify potential supervisors.

All postgraduate research students are allocated a supervisor who will act as the main source of academic support and research mentoring. You must identify a potential supervisor and contact them to discuss your research proposal before you apply. Please note, even if you have spoken to an academic staff member about your proposal you still need to submit an online application form.

Supervisor search

IPhD & research projects

IPhD applicants do not need to contact a supervisor.  You will choose from a list of IPhD projects and each project has named supervisors linked to that project. You must make contact with the listed supervisor prior to submitting your application.

If you are seeking to apply for any research project, you can identify this within your application to the PhD programme. Please ensure that you highlight the title of the research project you are interested in on your application.  

Gather your documents

Before applying please make sure you gather the following supporting documentation:

• Final or current degree transcripts including grades (and an official translation, if needed) – scanned copy in colour of the original document.
• Degree certificates (and an official translation, if needed): scanned copy in colour of the original document.
• Two references on headed paper and signed by the referee. One must be academic, the other can be academic or professional (except IPhD applicants, where only one academic or professional reference is required). References may be uploaded   as part of the application form or you may enter your referees' contact details on the application form. We will then email your referee and notify you when we receive the reference.
• Research proposal (if applying for PhD or MScR), CV, samples of written work as per requirements for each subject area.
• Completed  College of MVLS Postgraduate Research Cover Letter .

If you require assistance before you apply:  [email protected]  

After you have submitted your application: Admissions Enquiries form

Our research environment

• Discover how we support and develop postgraduate researchers
• Getting started with PGR development:   how postgraduate researchers are welcomed into our community

Postgraduate researcher blogs

• A community blog, written by and for postgraduate researchers at the University of Glasgow

Researcher profiles

• Prof Massimo Palmarini

Alternatively, use our A–Z index

Tackle the biggest challenges in biology, medicine and health in a world leading research environment, and prepare for your future career.

Attend an open day

PhD/MPhil Medical Virology / Application and selection

Year of entry: 2025

• View full page

How to apply

Apply online

Before applying you must:

• Choose a programme or find a project you want to apply for and check you’re eligible.
• Speak to the listed supervisor about your suitability for their project or programme.
• Understand how your project is funded and, if it is self-funded, consider how you plan on funding it.
• Read our ‘How to apply’ page to find out more and ensure you include all required supporting documents at the time of submission.

Visit our Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health Postgraduate Research page to find out more.

Advice to applicants

Before you start your application, you should:

• Identify the programme or find the specific research project you'd like to apply for.
• Contact the listed project supervisor and speak to them about your suitability for the project.
• Understand how your project is funded or, if you are self-funding, you should have an idea of how you are funding your project and have discussed this with your supervisor.

If you already have funding:

• Find a specific self-funded project and contact the project supervisor to talk to them about your suitability for the project; OR
• Determine your own research project and title, find a potential supervisor in this research area and contact them to discuss supervising your research.

Supporting documents

You'll also need to make sure you have the following documents before you apply:

• Personal statement
• Certificates and transcripts
• Confirmation of funding (if you are self-funded)
• English language ability
• Names and details of two referees to support your application

Visit our ‘How to apply’ page to find out more about the information required for each of these supporting documents.

Any missing information may delay the processing of your application.

Application deadlines

You must submit your application for a postgraduate research programme before the relevant deadline to be considered. You will not be able to apply after these deadlines have passed.

• January entry: 15 October (of the year prior entry)
• April entry: 15 January (year of entry)
• September entry: 15 June (year of entry)

Interview requirements

Candidates will be required to attend an interview with their prospective supervisor as well as an independent Postgraduate Tutor. If it is not possible for you to attend in person, we are able to interview by Zoom/video conferencing.

Disclosure and Barring Service check

Imperial College London Imperial College London

Latest news.

Developing a new test to improve sepsis outcomes

NHS using Imperial spinout’s advanced prescription software to improve safety

Work starts on world’s most sensitive ultra-rare particle detector

• Department of Infectious Disease
• Faculty of Medicine
• Departments

Understanding viruses in the laboratory to tackle them in the clinic

25 group leaders sit within the Section of Virology, most of whom have their laboratory and/or clinical base at the St Mary’s Campus. Their research areas stretch from understanding the molecular details of how viruses manipulate the host cell machinery and subvert immune responses, to optimizing strategies to deliver novel therapies to patients.

The viruses studied within the Section range from the small RNA viruses that cause respiratory infection to the large complex DNA viruses that lead to persistent infections and cancer. There is a strong focus on retrovirology, including strategies for HIV cure, and the early detection and treatment of diseases caused by the human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV) -1.  Another major focus is to understand the evolution of the influenza virus to improve therapies and vaccines for seasonal influenza and to better predict pandemic emergence. The section has a strong track record in the response to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic from the development of diagnostics, through determining the impact of viral evolution on the host response to clinical trials. Clinical research spans diagnosis, natural history and pathogenesis studies through early phase clinical trials to international interventions across a range of infections.

To hear more from the virology group follow the @ImperialInfect account .

Research groups and centre leadership

Research groups.

• Interactions between influenza virus and different host species
• Monitoring changes in SARS-CoV-2 and the host response
• Mechanisms and consequence of HTLV-1 integration
• Pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of HTLV-associated diseases
• Herpes virus manipulation of the infected cell
• Epstein Barr virus oncogenesis
• Innate responses and therapeutic strategies against Hepatitis viruses
• The Circadian Clock and its impact of virus infections
• Molecular and Cellular Biophysics
• Endogenous retroviruses
• Genetics of infection
• Clinical trials in HIV infection

Section leadership

Professor graham taylor, section head, virology.

Professor Graham Taylor leads the HTLV and the HIV in pregnancy research groups, heads HTLV diagnostics within the Molecular Diagnostic Unit and is a Consultant in the National Centre for Human Retrovirology , the national service for persons infected with HTLVs.

Further information on Professor Taylor

Research leads

Professor wendy barclay.

Professor Wendy Barclay Action Medical Research Chair in Virology

Dr Marta Boffito

Dr Marta Boffito Professor of Practice

Professor Peter Cherepanov

Professor Peter Cherepanov Professor of Molecular Virology

Professor Graham Cooke

Professor Graham Cooke Professor of Infectious Diseases

Dr Rachel Edgar

Dr Rachel Edgar Research Fellow

Dr Charlotte Eve-Short

Dr Charlotte Eve-Short NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer

Professor Paul Farrell

Professor Paul Farrell Emeritus Professor of Tumour Virology

Professor Sarah Fidler

Professor Sarah Fidler Professor of HIV and Communicable Diseases

Dr Malick Gibani

Dr Malick Gibani NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer

Professor Georgios Kassiotis

Professor Georgios Kassiotis Professor of Retrovirology

Dr Goedele Maertens

Dr Goedele Maertens Reader in Virology

Dr Laura Martin-Sancho

Dr Laura Martin-Sancho Lecturer in Molecular Virology

Dr Michael McGarvey

Dr Michael McGarvey Emeritus Reader in Molecular Virology

Professor Peter O'Hare

Professor Peter O'Hare Chair in Virology

Professor Paivi Ojala

Professor Paivi Ojala Visiting Professor

Dr Aileen Rowan

Dr Aileen Rowan Lecturer in Molecular Virology

Professor David Rueda

Professor David Rueda Chair of Molecular and Cellular Medicine

Dr Vanessa Sancho-Shimizu

Dr Vanessa Sancho-Shimizu Reader/UKRI Future Leaders Fellow

Professor Mike Skinner

Professor Mike Skinner Emeritus Professor in Virology

Professor Jonathan Stoye

Professor Jonathan Stoye Professor of Endogenous Retroviruses

Professor Graham Taylor Professor of Human Retrovirology

Dr Lucy Thorne

Dr Lucy Thorne Lecturer in Molecular Virology

Professor Michael Way

Professor Michael Way Professor of Virology

Professor Jonathan Weber

Professor Jonathan Weber Jefferiss Professor of Communicable Diseases and GU Medicine

Dr Rob White

Dr Rob White Senior Lecturer

Professor Alan Winston

Professor Alan Winston Professor of Genito-Urinary Medicine

Professor Xiao-Ning Xu

Professor Xiao-Ning Xu Chair in Human Immunology

Epidemiology and Public Health MPhil/PhD

London, Bloomsbury

Our PhD programme aims to equip the next generation of experts with the necessary tools to address major 21st-century health challenges and deliver real-world impact.

UK tuition fees (2024/25)

Overseas tuition fees (2024/25), programme starts, applications accepted.

Prospective students should apply at least four months before their intended start date. If you require a visa we recommend allowing for more time.

• Entry requirements

A minimum of an upper second-class UK Bachelor’s degree and/or a Master’s degree (preferably with a merit or distinction) in a relevant discipline, or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard.

The English language level for this programme is: Level 2

UCL Pre-Master's and Pre-sessional English courses are for international students who are aiming to study for a postgraduate degree at UCL. The courses will develop your academic English and academic skills required to succeed at postgraduate level.

Further information can be found on our English language requirements page.

Equivalent qualifications

Country-specific information, including details of when UCL representatives are visiting your part of the world, can be obtained from the International Students website .

International applicants can find out the equivalent qualification for their country by selecting from the list below. Please note that the equivalency will correspond to the broad UK degree classification stated on this page (e.g. upper second-class). Where a specific overall percentage is required in the UK qualification, the international equivalency will be higher than that stated below. Please contact Graduate Admissions should you require further advice.

About this degree

The Epidemiology and Public Health research degree programme is based within UCL's Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care.

You will join an extremely engaging PhD programme, which currently supports a vibrant community of over 100 students from all over the world.

This programme offers you the opportunity to join a multidisciplinary research department with experts who focus on a wide range of public health concerns such as:

• Infectious disease monitoring, prevention and control
• Social determinants of health 
• Dental public health
• Disability across the globe
• Health and life expectancy in socially excluded groups
• Health surveys and longitudinal cohort studies

You will be supported to gain a wealth of skills, experience and networking opportunities that are relevant for a wide range of future careers, both within academia and more widely in the healthcare, industry and governmental sector.

You will receive direct supervision from world-leading academics based on UCL's campus in the heart of London. All PhD students are supported by supervisory panels of multidisciplinary staff, as well as student mentors, and departmental graduate tutors.

Who this course is for

This programme provides training for those looking for a career in epidemiology, public health and health care policy, either in academia, industry or public health practice. It is offered full time or part time, the latter option being suitable for those who continue in employment while gaining a research qualification.

What this course will give you

This programme will provide you with access to a wide range of supporting opportunities that will increase your ability to develop transferable skills, that are sought after by national and international employers.

Skills Development programme

UCL's DocSkills Development Programme is open to all PhD students at UCL and it offers an extensive list of development opportunities. The purpose of the programme is to give you the opportunity to expand your research and transferable skills in order to support your research, professional development and employability. Find out more about UCL's DocSkills Development programme .

Mentoring programme

We offer a Peer-Level Research Student Mentoring Scheme and provide all new research degree students with a peer-mentor upon arrival. The mentor you are allocated will generally be a 2nd or 3rd year PhD student.

We take career support very seriously at UCL and you can find out more within the programmes Careers and Employability section .

Early Career Researchers Forum

The Institutes’s Early Career Researcher Forum (ECF) is an ongoing and expanding programme of regular seminars for postdoctoral researchers and PhD students. Previous events focused on how to apply for jobs in academia, authorship and publishing, patient and public involvement in research, using social media in research (including film), how PhD students can best prepare for their viva, and oral and poster presentations.

Journal Club

A PhD and junior researcher journal club group which meets in an informal setting. With the aim of improving student's critical analysis and methodology skills, the Journal Club discusses papers from a broad range of topics on health promotion and disease prevention. The club is run by students and facilitated by a senior member of academic staff within the Institute.

Lunchtime Seminar Series

The Lunchtime Seminar series is delivered by the department's research groups and PhD students. The seminars typically take place once a month.

PhD Poster Competition

Every year we run a PhD student poster competition which is an opportunity to share students work with members of staff, outsiders who will be visiting for our Open Day and fellow students.

3-minute thesis competition (3MT)

The Institute runs an annual 3-minute thesis competition which is an academic competition that challenges PhD students to describe their research within three minutes to a general audience. 3MT celebrates the discoveries made by research students and encourages them to communicate the importance of their research to the broader community. It's a great opportunity for students to practice their presentation skills, meet other candidates and have a chance to win prize money.

Teaching Opportunities for PhD Students

The Institute is committed and recognises the importance of providing postgraduate teaching assistant opportunities for PhD students, so they can gain valuable experience during their studies at UCL. Formal is provided and a wide range of teaching opportunities are offered each term.

The foundation of your career

We produce graduates with the skills and knowledge sought after by government departments and public sector organisations worldwide, as well as leading academic institutions.

Employability

This research degree programme aims to provide excellent and challenging training for exceptional students, so that they may successfully pursue careers in:

• Local and central government
• Public health organisations
• Hospitals and clinical trial units
• Academic researchers and university lecturers
• Policy management
• Government advisors
• Charity and non-governmental sectors

This degree can be varied and may have an international dimension, including fieldwork carried out abroad, setting up a study within the UK or other countries, or using secondary data from some of the UK’s largest, most comprehensive longitudinal datasets many of which are housed within the institute.

You will also have access to UCL's Doctoral Skills Development programme, which will enable you to expand your research and transferable skills in order to support your research, professional development and employability.

The Institute’s research departments collaborate with third sector and governmental organisations, as well as members of the media, both nationally and internationally to ensure the highest possible impact of their work beyond the academic community. Students are encouraged to take up internships with relevant organisations where funding permits. Members of staff also collaborate closely with academics from leading institutions globally.

Teaching and learning

Learning is mostly self-directed with input from PhD supervisors. The training and development programme for each student is overseen and supported by a Thesis Committee panel, appointed by the supervisory team.

PhD final assessment is by means of a thesis, which should demonstrate your ability to pursue original research based upon a good understanding of the research techniques and concepts appropriate to the discipline.

Your thesis must also represent your distinct and significant contribution to the subject, either through the discovery of new knowledge, through the connection of previously unrelated facts, the development of a new theory, or the revision of older views.

Your thesis should reflect the exercise of critical judgement with regard to both your own work and that of other scholars in the field.

You are required to register initially for the MPhil degree with the expectation of transfer to PhD after successful completion of an upgrade viva. For a successful upgrade to PhD, you prepare a written report, give an oral presentation and pass an oral examination.

For a PhD award, you will be examined on your submitted thesis, this involves a viva (an oral exam) with two independent examiners.

Contact hours and hours of self-study are agreed between the student and the supervisor at the beginning of their research degree and should be reviewed on a regular basis. Full-time postgraduate research students are expected to work a minimum of 36.5 hours per week on their project. With agreement of their supervisors, contact time can be on-site or remote working depending upon the nature and stage of the project. PGR students can have the opportunity to access UCL facilities ‘out of hours’ including weekends and holidays during their period of registration. Students will have research meetings with their supervisors at least once per month. Full-time Research students can take 27 days of annual leave, plus eight days of Bank holidays and six UCL closure days.

Research areas and structure

Our research focuses on a wide range of public health concerns such as heart disease; dental public health; mental health and well-being; and child development and ageing. Our research has significant real-world impact, informing policy both in the United Kingdom and around the world, and the wider public understanding of health inequalities.

Find out more.

Research environment

UCL is among the world's top ten universities (QS World University Rankings 2024) with a reputation for high-quality research. Located in the heart of London, it is a stimulating and exciting environment in which to study.

• UCL is rated No.1 for research power and impact in medicine, health, and life sciences (REF 2021)
• UCL is ranked 6th in the world for public health (ShanghaiRanking's 2023 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects)
• UCL is ranked 9th in the world as a university (QS World Rankings 2024)

UCL can bring the full power of a multi-faculty university to bear on discussions of population health, involving academics from the wide range of disciplines necessary to tackle some of the most difficult issues in public health.

More specifically, the UCL's Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care brings together four research departments, whose interests span the life course from childhood to old age, and research from the origins of disease to the development of innovative interventions.

The four research Departments are:

• Applied Health Research
• Behavioural Science and Health
• Epidemiology and Public Health
• Primary Care and Population Health

Full-time students are normally registered for a minimum of 3 years. 

All students initially register for the MPhil degree before being upgraded (typically early in the 2nd year) to the PhD degree. For a successful upgrade to a PhD, students must prepare a written report, give an oral presentation and pass an oral examination. 

Students are regularly monitored to ensure that they are making good progress and that supervisory arrangements are satisfactory to both the student and supervisor. Once the student has completed their research and submitted their thesis, they have a viva (an oral exam) with two examiners.

Part-time students are required to register for a minimum of 5 years.

Accessibility

Details of the accessibility of UCL buildings can be obtained from AccessAble accessable.co.uk . Further information can also be obtained from the UCL Student Support and Wellbeing team .

Fees and funding

Fees for this course.

The tuition fees shown are for the year indicated above. Fees for subsequent years may increase or otherwise vary. Where the programme is offered on a flexible/modular basis, fees are charged pro-rata to the appropriate full-time Master's fee taken in an academic session. Further information on fee status, fee increases and the fee schedule can be viewed on the UCL Students website: ucl.ac.uk/students/fees .

Additional costs

There may be additional costs related to participating in scientific meetings, conferences, short courses, or data collection/access, but these are all optional.

The students can apply for financial support provided by the Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care to participate in conferences.

For more information on additional costs for prospective students please go to our estimated cost of essential expenditure at Accommodation and living costs .

Funding your studies

View the Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care's Studentship and Funding webpage for opportunities.  

The following studentships have been received in previous years: ESRC, MRC, MRC/ESRC, NIHR, Cancer Research UK, Diabetes UK, Wellcome Trust, European Union and British Heart Foundation.

For a comprehensive list of the funding opportunities available at UCL, including funding relevant to your nationality, please visit the Scholarships and Funding website .

We accept research degree applications throughout the year. Please note: essential information about the application process can be found on the website .

Please note that you may submit applications for a maximum of two graduate programmes (or one application for the Law LLM) in any application cycle.

Choose your programme

Please read the Application Guidance before proceeding with your application.

Year of entry: 2024-2025

Got questions get in touch.

Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care

[email protected]

UCL is regulated by the Office for Students .

Prospective Students Graduate

• Graduate degrees
• Taught degrees
• Taught Degrees
• Applying for Graduate Taught Study at UCL
• Research degrees
• Research Degrees
• Funded Research Opportunities
• Doctoral School
• Funded Doctoral Training Programmes
• Applying for Graduate Research Study at UCL
• Teacher training
• Teacher Training
• Early Years PGCE courses
• Primary PGCE courses
• Secondary PGCE courses
• Further Education PGCE programme
• How to apply
• The IOE approach
• Teacher training in the heart of London
• Why choose UCL?
• Entrepreneurship
• Inspiring facilities and resources
• Careers and employability
• Your global alumni community
• Your wellbeing
• Postgraduate Students' Association
• Your life in London
• Accommodation
• Funding your Master's

Study at Cambridge

About the university, research at cambridge.

• Undergraduate courses
• Events and open days
• Fees and finance
• Postgraduate courses
• How to apply
• Postgraduate events
• Fees and funding
• International students
• Continuing education
• Executive and professional education
• Courses in education
• How the University and Colleges work
• Term dates and calendars
• Visiting the University
• Annual reports
• Equality and diversity
• A global university
• Public engagement
• Give to Cambridge
• For Cambridge students
• For our researchers
• Business and enterprise
• Colleges & departments
• Email & phone search
• Museums & collections
• Research Themes

• Department of Pathology
• The Department overview
• Outreach and Public Engagement overview
• Department of Pathology at the Cambridge Festival
• Key Contacts
• How to find us
• Women at Pathology
• Research overview
• Cellular and Molecular Pathology Division overview
• Boemo Group
• Coleman Group
• D’Avino Group
• Enright Group
• Laman Group
• Murray Group
• Soilleux Group
• Turner Group
• Immunology Division overview
• Altenburg Group
• Boyle Group
• Edgar Group
• Ferguson Group
• Liston-Dooley Group
• Mahata Group
• McGovern Group
• Okkenhaug Group
• Roychoudhuri Group
• Microbiology and Parasitology Division overview
• Artavanis-Tsakonas Group
• Blagborough Group
• Chung Group
• Fraser Group
• Godlee Group
• Hayward Group
• Koronakis Group
• Merrick Group
• Protasio Group
• Salje Group
• Wilson Group
• Virology Division overview
• Atomic Virology Group
• Brierley Group
• Crump Group
• Doorbar Group
• Firth Group
• Goodfellow Group
• Irigoyen Group
• Lulla Group
• Poole Group
• Skittrall Group
• Facilities overview
• Biomedical Isothermal Titration Calorimetry
• Cambridge Genomic Services
• Flow Cytometry overview
• The Team and how to find us
• Training - analysers and self-service sorting
• Instruments and configuration
• Charge Rates
• FACSDiscover S8 with CellView
• Online booking system - PPMS
• Manufacturers online resources
• Microscopy overview
• Zeiss LSM700 Confocal Microscope
• Zeiss LSM780 Confocal Microscope
• Zeiss AxioObserver Z1 Microscope
• Microscope Booking and Charges
• Other Services
• Sample Preparation
• Pathogen Cryo-Imaging Facility in Cambridge (PaCIFiC)
• Research Information and Events overview
• The Symplectic Tool
• Equipment overview
• Research Events, Talks and Seminars
• Departmental Research Symposium
• Carers Fund overview
• Postgraduate Study overview
• Current Postgraduate Students Moodle Site
• Prospective Postgraduates overview
• How To Apply
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Application Routes and Funding
• Fully-funded PhD studentships overview
• Studentship FAQs
• MPhil in Biological Sciences
• Undergraduate Study overview
• Second Year (Part IB) overview
• Part IB Biology of Disease
• Course Information (Internal only)
• Third Year (Part II) overview
• Part II Course Information
• Part II Subject Allocation - How to Apply
• NST Part II Pathology overview
• Cancer Biology
• Host-Pathogen Interactions
• Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Disease
• Genetics and Genomics of Disease
• Infectious Disease: a One Health Perspective
• NST Part II BBS Major Subject Pathology overview
• Career Options overview
• Transferable Skills
• People overview

Academic Staff

• Postgraduate Students

Research Group Leaders

• Professional Services Staff
• Intranet overview
• Facilities and Safety Request Form
• Finance and Purchasing overview
• Facilities and Resources overview
• Health and Safety overview
• Accident/Incident Reporting
• Biological Safety overview
• Chemical Safety Handbook
• Departmental Safety Manual
• Display Screen Equipment
• First Aiders
• Health and Safety Forms
• Human Tissue Act
• Health and Safety Training
• Radioactive Substances overview
• Risk Management Policy overview
• Statement regarding ChemInventory
• X-Ray Facility overview
• Lone Working
• Workplace Information overview
• Research Grants overview
• Funding Search
• Application Process
• Post Award Management
• Departmental and University Funds
• Departmental Charity
• Strategic Bridging Funds Application Form overview
• Departmental Committees overview
• Path Mentors
• Teaching overview
• Graduate Admissions (Info for PIs)
• Submission and corrections of the PhD thesis
• Part IB and Part II external examiner reports
• Teaching Facilities
• Teaching Courses
• Web Resources
• Visiting students
• The Department
• Postgraduate Study
• Undergraduate Study

Viruses continue to pose a serious threat to human health and considerable worldwide efforts are being focused on understanding the molecular biology of viruses and the mechanisms by which they cause disease. Staff and students in the Division of Virology pursue a wide range of research interests concerning diverse viruses. The topics of research include virus structural biology, genome replication, gene expression, translational mechanisms, assembly and egress, pathogenesis, immune evasion, comparative genomics, virus evolution and antiviral resistance. Viruses currently being investigated include a wide range of positive strand RNA viruses (e.g caliciviruses, coronaviruses, and arteriviruses), influenza A virus, ebolavirus, poxviruses, herpesviruses, papillomaviruses, and polyomaviruses. There are also extensive collaborations with virologists in the Department of Medicine and the Cambridge Veterinary School .

People specializing in this area

Dr Dami Collier

Professor Colin Crump

Professor John Doorbar

Professor Andrew E. Firth

Professor Ian Goodfellow

Professor Stephen Graham

Dr Julia Kenyon

Professor Sir Tony Kouzarides

Dr Emma Poole

Dr Jordan P. Skittrall

Atomic virology group members, brierley group members.

Professor Ian Brierley

Chung group members.

Dr Betty Chung

Crump group members, doorbar group members, firth group members, goodfellow group members, lulla group members.

Dr Valeria Lulla

Microbiology and parasitology division, virology division.

Department of Pathology University of Cambridge Tennis Court Road Cambridge CB2 1QP

+44 (0)1223 333690

Contact: [email protected]

Site privacy & cookie policies.

Downing site

Laboratory Block, Addenbrooke's Hospital

© 2024 University of Cambridge

• Contact the University
• Accessibility
• Freedom of information
• Privacy policy and cookies
• Statement on Modern Slavery
• Terms and conditions
• University A-Z
• Undergraduate
• Postgraduate
• Research news
• About research at Cambridge
• Spotlight on...

• Postgraduate Research

Vaccinology PhD / MPhil / MD

• Part time available: yes

Studying in:

• institute-of-infection-veterinary-and-ecological-sciences
• Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

We have established a Centre for Global Vaccine Research to integrate world-leading multidisciplinary research and training in laboratory science, clinical trials and epidemiology within the Institute of Infection and Global Health, and reaching across the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences and partners around the world.

Why study with us?

I joined an amazing community of internationally known researchers in the most relevant areas of infectious diseases. During my PhD at the Institute I had many opportunities to develop both my scientific knowledge and skills as well as my personal capacities such as communication and networking. Raquel Medialdea-Carrera, Vaccinology PhD student

years of leading international reputation.

research students.

annual research income.

The University of Liverpool’s Institute of Infection and Global Health was established to bring together leading medical, veterinary and basic science researchers from across the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences. 

The Centre for Global Vaccine Research currently works across Europe, Asia, Africa and more recently South America. Our research spans the breadth of vaccine research from development to implementation and evaluation.

The key aims of this research are to:

• Develop and evaluate novel vaccines against major global causes of illness and death
• Better understand and improve the performance of existing vaccines
• Generate evidence to inform vaccine policy nationally and internationally
• Share pre-clinical expertise amongst human and veterinary vaccinologists
• Train and educate a new generation of vaccine scientists.

Our research interests

We particularly welcome research proposals that match those of our researchers, including:

• Flavivirus Vaccine Development (including Zika virus) 
• Rotavirus Vaccines 
• Pneumococcal Vaccines 
• Universal Influenza Vaccines 
• Onchocerciasis Vaccines  
• Streptococcal vaccines
• Enteric vaccines (including norovirus and enteric bacteria)
• Veterinary vaccines (including Fasciola, Trypanosomiasis and avian respiratory viruses) 
• Herpes viruses

Research themes

The Centre for Global Vaccine Research has six research themes covering key methodological disciplines within vaccinology and areas of strength shared by the Centre partners. These disciplines can be applied to both medical and veterinary vaccines.  The themes are:

• Disease epidemiology & Clinical trials
• Vaccine adjuvants
• Microbial ecology
• Antigen discovery & vaccine development
• Pre-clinical assessment models
• Immune correlates of protection

Within IGH there is access to a wide array of facilities for conducting vaccine research including  immunology, in vivo animal models, tissue culture and microbial propogation (including category 3 pathogens). In the wider university there is the technology directorate which gives access to various imaging and omics platforms. There is a clinical trials unit and phase 1 trial facility in the neighbouring Royal Liverpool hospital. There are established links with local primary care and public health England. The vaccine centre has strong links to overseas sites in Africa, Asia and more recently South America. We have a particularly strong connection to Malawi where many former clinical and non-clinical PhDs have spent time in the Wellcome Trust Major Overseas program Laboratories.

Research groups

Details of research groups undertaking research in vaccinology include:

• Flavivirus Vaccine Development             
• Rotavirus and Enteric Vaccines               
• Pneumococcal Vaccines                       
• Universal Influenza Vaccines              
• Onchocerciasis Vaccines                       
• Streptococcal vaccines                                
• Veterinary vaccines                                    
• Herpesviruses                                               

Study options and fees

The fees below reflect one year of study during the 2024/25 academic year

The fees stated in the table above exclude potential research support fees also known as ‘bench fees’. You will be notified of any fee which may apply in your offer letter.

* Please note that if you are undertaking a PhD within the Faculty of Science and Engineering the fee you pay, Band A or Band B, will reflect the nature of your research project. Some research projects incur a higher fee than others e.g. if you are required to undertake laboratory work. You will be informed of the fee for your programme in your offer letter.

^ Self-funded, full-time international students studying a PhD programme classified as Band A will receive a £2,000 reduction in their fees for the first year only.

Entry requirements

Students will normally have a minimum of a 2.1 class honours degree in a relevant biological science subject, or an equivalent medical, veterinary or dental qualification. Applicants are selected on the basis of their curriculum vitae, qualifications and referees’ reports, together with their perceived ability to complete the programme successfully.

English language requirements

How to apply

Research degree applications can be made online.  You'll also need to ensure that you have funding to cover all fees.

Applications are  open all year round .

More about applying for research degrees

Apply online

Before you apply, we recommend that you identify a supervisor and develop a research proposal

Find a supervisor

• Prof Nigel Cunliffe                      
• Prof Ituriza-Gomara
• Prof Neil French
• Prof Aras Kadioglu
• Prof Tom Solomon
• Dr Lance Turtle
• Dr Qibo Zhang
• Dr Robin Flynn
• Dr Andrew Jackson
• Dr Dan Neill

Need help finding a supervisor? Contact us

• IVES PGR Administrator
• Email: [email protected]
• Phone: +44 (0)151 794 8032

Related studentships: self-funded and funded PhD projects

Find a scholarship.

We offer a range of scholarships to help you meet the costs of studying a research degree.

See scholarships

Find a course

• A-Z of courses /
• Studentship vacancies

Undergraduate enquiries

International enquiries

Postgraduate taught enquiries

Postgraduate research enquiries

Ask the University of Liverpool a question

• Undergraduate
• Postgraduate Taught
• Online programmes
• Welcome to Liverpool

Learn about...

• Visits and Open Days
• Accommodation
• Student support
• Careers and Employability
• Continuing Education
• Continuing Professional Development

Information for...

• International students
• Mature students and access courses
• Parents and supporters
• School and careers advisors

Study at Cambridge

About the university, research at cambridge.

• Undergraduate courses
• Events and open days
• Fees and finance
• Postgraduate courses
• How to apply
• Postgraduate events
• Fees and funding
• International students
• Continuing education
• Executive and professional education
• Courses in education
• How the University and Colleges work
• Term dates and calendars
• Visiting the University
• Annual reports
• Equality and diversity
• A global university
• Public engagement
• Give to Cambridge
• For Cambridge students
• For our researchers
• Business and enterprise
• Colleges & departments
• Email & phone search
• Museums & collections

• What is Cambridge Infectious Diseases?
• Interdisciplinary Research Centres at Cambridge
• News overview
• Research Highlights
• Research Areas
• Affiliated Institutes
• Funding Calls of Interest
• Early Career Researchers
• Jobs & Studentships
• Past Events
• External Workshops
• Public Engagement for Researchers
• Science, Policy and Pandemics Podcast

Operations Group

Steering committee, principal investigators, postdoctoral researchers, graduate students, associated professionals.

• Cambridge Infectious Diseases
• Opportunities
• Public Engagement

Professor Andres Floto

Professor James Wood

Dr Maria Bargués-Ribera

Professor P John Clarkson FREng

Professor Daniela De Angelis

Dr Andrew James Grant

Professor Lisa Hall

Professor Julian Parkhill FRS FMedSci

Dr Martin Welch

Professor John Carr

Professor Pietro Cicuta

Dr Robert Doubleday

Dr Charlotte Hammer

Dr Angkana Huang (HAT)

Dr Hugo Leal

Dr Elli Mylona

Prof Mike Weekes

Dr James Ajioka

Dr Alexandre Almeida

Dr Katerina Artavanis-Tsakonas

Dr Stephen Baker

Dr Somenath Bakshi

Dr Ronita Bardhan

Dr Anna Barford

Professor Stephen Bentley

Dr Barbara Blacklaws

Dr Andrew Blagborough

Professor Sir Tom Blundell

Dr Alex Borodavka

Dr Ian Brierley

Dr Katherine Brown

Dr Hilary Browne

Professor Clare Bryant

Dr Josie Bryant

Dr Cinzia Cantacessi

Dr George Cantwell

Dr Mark Carrington

Dr Anita Chandra

Dr Graham Christie

Dr Betty Chung

Dr Dami Collier

Dr Andrew Conlan

Dr Colin Crump

Dr Nik Cunniffe

Dr Romola Davenport

Dr Janet Deane

Dr Stephen Doyle

Dr Richard Dybowski

Dr Brian Ferguson

Gillian Fraser

Professor Chris Gilligan

Dr Effrossyni Gkrania - Klotsas MD, MPH, FRCP, PhD

Dr Camilla Godlee

Professor Julia Gog

Professor Ian Goodfellow

Professor Stephen Graham

Dr Harriet Groom

Dr Ewan Harrison

Professor Jonathan Luke Heeney

Professor Mark A Holmes MA, VetMB, PhD, FRCVS

Dr Charlotte Houldcroft

Prof Mark Howarth

Professor Christopher Howe

Dr Kate Hughes

Dr Nerea Irigoyen

Dr Francis Jiggins

Dr Julia Kenyon

Professor Andreas Kontoleon

Dr Mara Lawniczak

Dr John Lees

Professor Paul Lehner

Dr Pietro Liò

Dr Eyal Maori

Pietro Mastroeni

Dr Richard A. McKay DPhil, FRHistS

Dr Catherine J. Merrick

Dr. Piers D Mitchell

Dr Yorgo Modis

Professor Elizabeth Murchison

Dr Roisin Owens

Rosalind Parkes-Ratanshi

Nazima Pathan

Professor Sharon Peacock

Dr Virginia Pedicord

Arun Prasad Pandurangan

Dr Anna Victoria Protasio

Taufiq Rahman

Professor Lalita Ramakrishnan

Felix Randow

Professor Julian Rayner

Dr Mansoor Raza

Professor Randy J Read

Dr Yudan Ren

Dr Olivier Restif

Dr Neil Saad

Dr Jeanne Salje

Dr Henrik Salje

Dr Christiana L. Scheib

Dr Sebastian Schornack

Professor Derek Smith

Professor Geoffrey Smith

Professor David Spring

Dr David Summers

Dr Laurence S. Tiley

Dr Estee Torok

Dr Flavio Toxvaerd

Professor Caroline Trotter

Prof Hendrik W. van Veen

Dr Sundeep Vedithi

Dr Caray Walker

Ross Waller

Dr Lucy Weinert

Professor Jeremy Wells

Dr Mark Wills

Shona Wilson

Dr Eiko Yoneki

Dr Ashraf Zarkan

Dr Jenny Zhang

Dr Anna Albecka-Moreau

Dr Youssif M. Ali

Dr Hashim Ali

Dr Jair Andrade

Dr Zachary Ardern

Dr Xiaoliang Ba

Dr Mat Beale

Dr Gherard Batisti Biffignandi

Dr Paul Birrell

Dr Roisin Boggan

Dr Salik Miskat Borbora

Dr Katy Brown

Dr Sebastian Bruchmann

Dr Matt Castle

Dr Adrian Cazares

Dr Panjaporn Chaichana

Dr Lia Chappell

Dr Caitlin Collins

Dr Delphine Cuchet-Lourenço

Dr Ana C. da Silva

Dr Rachael Dellar

Dr Adam Dinan

Dr Ana Ferreira

Emma Glennon

Dr Linda Grillova

Dr Harry Hung

Dr Sarah Jackson

Dr Aminu Jahun

Dr Dorota Jamrozy

Dr Freya Jephcott

Dr Alison Kemp

Dr Narender Kumar

Noemie Lefrancq

Dr Helen C Leggett

Dr Stephanie Lo

Dr howard martin.

Marta Matuszewska

Dr Prasanthi Medarametla

Dr Vyacheslav Melnikov

Monique Merchant

Dr Nicola Moloney

Dr Ana Mosterín-Höpping

Dr Thomas Mulroney

Dr Sivan Nir

Dr Tommy Nyberg

Chisom Okponyia

Dr Marisa Oliveira

Dr David Pascall

Dr Newton Peres

Dr Selma Leulmi Pichot

Dr Emma Poole

Dr Anne Presanis

Dr Claire Raisen

Dr Kathy Raven

Dr Mukul Rawat

Dr Adam Reid

Dr Gabriel Rinaldi

Dr Leah Roberts

Dr Chris Ruis

Dr Belen Saavedra

Dushanth Seevaratnam

Dr Vignesh Shetty

Dr Nisha Singh

Dr Vikash Singh

Dr Rachel Sippy

Dr Jordan Skittrall

Dr Alex Smith

Dr Hazel Stewart

Dr Gorjan Stojanovski

Andrea Strakova

Dr Lalitha Sundaram

Dr Andries van Tonder

Dr Sina Tureli

Jacqueline Maria Valverde Villegas

Dr Lin Wang

Dr Tracy Wang

Lauren Adams

Dr Saleyha Ahsan

Dr Adewunmi Akingbola

Daniel Anderson

Etienne Aubry

Joshua Blake

Greicy Kelly Bonifacio Pereira

Gabrielle Budd

Daniel Buhl

Emma Carpenter

Chalita Chomkatekaew

Dr John Clark

Matthew Dorman

Dr Daniel Egan

Luis Gonzalez

Lucie Xinyu Guo

Kruti Gupta

Maria A Gutierrez

Liza Hadley

Joa Hoshizaki

Paniz Hosseini

Pei-Yu Hsieh

Rachel Jackson

Shengnan Jiang

Joel Kandiah

Andromachi Karachaliou

Ellis Kelly

Fahad Khokhar

Kristina Kordova

Leonie Lorenz

Modestas Matusevicius

Angalee Nadesalingam

Plamena Naydenova

Rahan Nazeer

Antonia Netzl

Dr Mariana Perez Duque

Anchita Puri

Charlotte Rendina

Elias Rafael Ruiz-Morales

Constantin Schmidt

Klara Aliz Stark

Katrien Sutherland

Jemima Swain

IChing Tseng

Joel Winterton

Caroline Zellmer

Frances Aylward

Katherine Bellis

Dr Laura Blackburn

Suthida Chuenklin

Molly Cliff

Dr Avril Coghlan

Alazhar Colombowala

Dr Ciara Dangerfield

Dr Mary Dobson

Sophia Girgis

Alexandria Harrott

Sarah James

Dr Claudio Köser

Danielle Leek

Dr Alison Mather

Abigail McGlennon

Dr Kate Mellor

Dr Gemma Murray

Dr larissa richardson.

Dr Margarida Rodrigues

Susannah Salter

Renata Schaeffer

Catarina Sousa

Susan Tonks

Dr Shuler Xu

• Information provided by Maria Bargués-Ribera ( [email protected] ) 
• Site Privacy & Cookie Policies

© 2024 University of Cambridge

• Contact the University
• Accessibility
• Freedom of information
• Privacy policy and cookies
• Statement on Modern Slavery
• Terms and conditions
• University A-Z
• Undergraduate
• Postgraduate
• Research news
• About research at Cambridge
• Spotlight on...

We have 11 virology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

All disciplines

All locations

Institution

All Institutions

All PhD Types

All Funding

virology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Phd student (f/m/d) in molecular cell biology/virology in göttingen and bordeaux, phd research project.

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

This project has funding attached, subject to eligibility criteria. Applications for the project are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates, but its funding may be restricted to a limited set of nationalities. You should check the project and department details for more information.

Virology: Unique Antiviral Therapy targeting Zika and Related Viruses

Self-funded phd students only.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Virology: Sun exposure as a novel risk factor for Zika virus infection

Phd student to study the effect of air composition on respiratory virus transmission (airtrac), understanding the transcriptional regulation of bk polyomavirus, systematic characterisation of inhibitory ligands encoded by human cytomegalovirus, investigating flavivirus biogenesis and immune evasion mechanisms, competition funded phd project (students worldwide).

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities. Applications for the project are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates, but potential funding may be restricted to a limited set of nationalities. You should check the project and department details for more information.

Development of a DNA amplification-free assay for pathogen detection

Funded phd project (uk students only).

This research project has funding attached. It is only available to UK citizens or those who have been resident in the UK for a period of 3 years or more. Some projects, which are funded by charities or by the universities themselves may have more stringent restrictions.

Control and inhibition of virus replication

Phd position in antiviral immunity and vaccinology (m/f/d), accelerating molecular phylogenetic inference using high performance computing..

FindAPhD. Copyright 2005-2024 All rights reserved.

Unknown    ( change )

Have you got time to answer some quick questions about PhD study?

Select your nearest city

You haven’t completed your profile yet. To get the most out of FindAPhD, finish your profile and receive these benefits:

• Monthly chance to win one of ten £10 Amazon vouchers ; winners will be notified every month.*
• The latest PhD projects delivered straight to your inbox
• Access to our £6,000 scholarship competition
• Weekly newsletter with funding opportunities, research proposal tips and much more
• Early access to our physical and virtual postgraduate study fairs

Or begin browsing FindAPhD.com

or begin browsing FindAPhD.com

*Offer only available for the duration of your active subscription, and subject to change. You MUST claim your prize within 72 hours, if not we will redraw.

Create your account

Looking to list your PhD opportunities? Log in here .

Filtering Results