Table of Currently Funded PhD Studentships
The Anatomical Society supports cutting edge modern research through a series of fully funded research studentships. Each studentship is focused on a specific project associated with anatomical science. Studentships are awarded on a competitive basis annually and only members of the Society can apply. Projects that are currently funded are shown in the table below. Click on any of the project titles below for more information.
Research Studentships effective at 1st October 2019
| INSTITUTION | Supervisor(s) | Research Student | Year | Project Title | Research Studentship Award date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King’s College London |
Professor Anthony Graham Co-Supervisor – Dr Esther Bell | Ms Rachel Bedwin | 1st | Signalling pathways controlling the generation of the pharyngeal arches | Awarded November 2018 To start October 2019 To end 30.09.22 |
| King’s College London |
Professor Jeremy Green Co-Supervisor – Professor Martyn Cobourne | Ms Claire Piper | 1st | Morphogenesis of the Molar Tooth | Awarded November 2018 To start October 2019 To end 30.09.22 |
|
Aberdeen University Aberdeen Royal Infirmary |
Regius Professor Simon Parson Co-Supervisor – Dr Paul Brown | Ms Hazel Allardyce | !st | is the extensive non-neuronal pathology reported in mouse models of Spinal Muscular Atrophy seen in post-mortem tissue from patients? A detailed morphological assessment |
Awarded November 2018 To start October 2019 To end 30.09.22 |
|
Birmingham University Manchester University |
Dr Susannah Thorpe Co-Supervisor – Professor William Sellers | Ms Charlotte King | 1st | Human Origins and the Ecomorphology of Tree Climbing |
Awarded November 2018 To start October 2019 To end 30.09.22 |
| University College London | Professor Claudio Stern | Mr Adam Moverley | 1st | Dynamics of cell behaviour during somite formation | Awarded November 2017 To start October 2018 To end 30.09.21 (Interruption approved 21.10.19 to 20.10.20. To recommence20.10.20) |
University of Cambridge | Dr Clare Baker | Mr Alexander Campbell | 2nd | Awarded November 2017 To start October 2018 To end 30.09.21 | |
Imperial College, London
University of Bristol | Dr Niamh Nowlan
Co-Supervisor – Dr Chrissy Hammond | Ms Josépha Godivier | 2nd | Awarded November 2017 To start October 2018 To end 30.09.21 | |
Royal Veterinary College, London
University of Manchester | Professor Andrew Pitsillides
Co-Supervisor – Professor Peter Lee | Ms Lucinda Evans | 2nd | Awarded November 2017 To start October 2018 To end 30.09.21 | |
| UCL Institute of Child Health | Professor Andrew Copp
Co-supervisor Prof Nick Greene | Mr Evangelos Papastergios | 2nd | Role of integrin cell-surface receptors in neurulation and neural tube defects | Awarded November 2016 To start October 2017 (suspended) to end 30.09.2021 |
| Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh | Professor Tom Gillingwater | Ms Ines Boehm | 3rd | Anatomy of a human synapse | Awarded November 2016 To start October 2017 to end 30.09.2020 |
| Centre For integrative Physiology, University of Edinburgh | Dr Lyndsay Murray
Co-supervisor Dr Kosala Dissanayake | Miss Alannah Mole | 3rd | Investigating degeneration in morphologically distinct forms of axonal degeneration | Awarded November 2016 To start October 2017 to end 30.09.2020 |
Lancaster Medical School Lancaster University | Professor Adam Taylor
| Ms Rebecca Shepherd | 3rd | An anatomical role for adipocyctes in normal and pathological bone formation | Awarded November 2015 To start October 2017 to end 30.09.2020 |
Anatomy, School of Biosciences, University of Edinburgh
University of Brighton and Sussex | Professor Gabrielle Finn
Joint Co-Supervisor- Dr Michael Ross from 1.10.16 to 30.09.17. 1.10.17 succeeded by Professor Tom Gillingwater
Joint Co-Supervisor-Dr Claire Smith | Ms Siobhan Connolly | 4th | Anatomy for Nurses: A core syllabus | Awarded November 2015 To start October 2016 To end 30.09.19 Revised end date 01.09.2020 notified to 21.06.19 Council under AOB |
