Cambridge Centre for PhD Studentship in Biomedical Data Science
Department of Public Health and Primary Care
A 3-year studentship in the application of biomedical data science to understand the aetiologies of common diseases, create risk prediction models, and develop open computational tools and resources.
The studentship is funded by the Health Data Research (HDR) UK Molecules to Health Records (MTHR) grant at the University of Cambridge.
The expanding wealth of biomolecular and health data in human cohorts worldwide is transforming how we do research and the impact that it has. We are discovering new drug targets, identifying new drugs, repurposing existing drugs, creating new risk prediction and prevention strategies and guiding the design of clinical trials. Our research groups work at the cutting edge of genomics, multi-omics, machine learning and epidemiology to develop and apply multi-purpose molecular tools, notably polygenic scores, to gain insights into the molecular underpinnings of disease and improve disease risk prediction.