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 2025
| INSTITUTION | Supervisor(s) | Research Student | Year | Project Title | Research Studentship Award date |
|
University College London University of Maastricht |
Dr Philip Cox Co-Supervisor: Dr Jesse James Hennekam |
Mr George Watts | 1st | The influence of island evolution and domestication on size-shape relationships in the anatomy of Caprinae | Awarded November 2024 To start October 2025 To end 30.09.28 |
| University of Aberdeen | Regius Professor Simon H. Parson | Ms Molly Griffiths | 1st |
Microvascular defects beyond the spinal cord: a detailed morphological investigation | Awarded November 2024 To start October 2025 To end 30.09.28 |
| Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) |
Dr Claire Conway Early Career Investigator Studentship |
Mr Daniele Giampietro | 1st | The Development of a Library of Digital Reanimated Mitral Valves | Awarded November 2024 To start October 2025 To end 30.09.28 |
| University of Edinburgh (Post award institutional change to Nottingham Trent University June 2024) University of Edinburgh |
Professor Thomas Wishart Co-Supervisors: Dr Gerard Thompson and Dr Dominic Kurian |
Mr Zak Vincent | 1st | Investigating the role of the ubiquitously expressed thioesterase Ppt1 - a multi organ morphological and molecular study to inform therapeutic targeting | Awarded November 2023 To start October 2024 To end 30.09.27 |
| University of Cardiff University of Cambridge |
Dr Mariah Lelos Co-Supervisor: Professor Anne Rosser Early Career Investigator Studentship |
Ms Demi Marie Owen-Bowyer | 1st | Elucidating the function of the dopaminergic midbrain-claustrum projection in the healthy brain and in Parkinson's disease | Awarded November 2023 To start October 2024 To end 30.09.27 |
| University College, Cork University: University of Limerick |
Professor Gerard O'Keeffe Co-Supervisor Professor Kieran McDermott |
Ms Lauren Barrett | 2nd | SKOR1 inhibition as a therapeutic approach to prevent a-synuclein-induced degeneration in models of Parkinson's disease | Awarded November 2022 To start October 2023 To end 30.09.26 |
| Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) | Dr Ciara Murphy Co-Supervisor: Professor Clive Lee Early Career Investigator Studentship |
Ms Eavan Pakenham | 2nd | Investigating Selenium (Se) and Magnesium (Mg) doped collagen-nanohydroxyapatite scaffolds as a novel treatment strategy for bone cancer | Awarded November 2022 To start October 2023 To end 30.09.26 |
| Kings College London University of Bristol |
Professor Abigail Tucker Co-Supervisor: Professor Emily Rayfield |
Mr Luke Barlow | 2nd | Evolution of suckling: bone muscle interactions to create a novel structure in mammals | Awarded November 2022 To start October 2023 To end 30.09.26 |
| University of Edinburgh | Professor Jamie Davies Co-Supervisor – Dr Elise Cachat |
Ms Natalia Penar | 3rd | Mechanisms of epithelial symmetry-breaking during mammalian morphogenesis | Awarded November 2021 To start October 2022 To end 30.09.25 |
| Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), Dublin | Professor Fabio Quondamatteo Co-Supervisor- Dr Shane Browne |
Ms Louise Hosty | 2nd | Harnessing stem-cell derived vascular cells for the development of a pro-angiogenic ECM scaffold for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers | Awarded November 2021 To start October 2022 To end 30.09.25 Extension to 30.09.26 approved 23.03.23 Council |
| University of Edinburgh | Dr Jennifer Paxton Co-Supervisor: Professor Hamish Simpson |
Ms Sophie Mok | 3rd | Using anatomical morphometrics to guide tissue-engineered design for improving treatment options for ankle ligament injury | Awarded November 2021 To start October 2022 To end 30.09.25 |
| University of Liverpool | Professor Simon Keller Co-Supervisors Dr Thomas Butts Dr Antonella Macerollo Mr Jibril Osman Farah |
Ms Bethany Facer | 4th | In-vivo dissection of white matter pathways in Parkinson's disease: tracking progressive degeneration and biomarkers of symptomatology | Awarded November 2020 To start October 2021 To end 30.09.24 |
| Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) | Dr Oran Kennedy | Mr Meric Goker | 4th | Advanced Synovial Microneedle Technology for Drug Delivery to Prevent Post Traumatic Osteoarthritis | Awarded November 2020 To start October 2021 To end 30.09.24 Extension to 31.03.25 ratified by 14.09.25 Council |
| University of Cambridge | Dr Katherine Hughes Co-Supervisor – Professor Clare Bryant Early Career Investigator Studentship |
Mr Benjamin Davies | 4th | Epithelial and immune cell dynamics in non-traditional models of mammary postnatal development | Awarded November 2020 To start October 2021 To end 30.09.24 |
| Royal Veterinary College, London | Professor Imelda McGonnell Co-Supervisor – Dr Claire Russell |
Ms Emily Young | 4th | Getting wires crossed: The role of the the microbiome in lateral line development | Awarded November 2019 To start October 2020 (Deferred to 1.10.21) To end 30.09.23 Revised end date 30.09.25 |
| University of Oxford | Professor Zoltán Molnár Co-Supervisor Professor Edward Mann from September 2022 Co-Supervisor Dr Anna Hoerder-Suabedissen to September 2022 |
Miss Florina Szabó |
5th | Unravelling the local and global effects of Ca2+ - dependent neurotransmission in deep-layer cortical projection neurons on the spatial and laminar organisation of GABAergic interneurons | Awarded November 2019 To start October 2020 To end 30.09.23 Revised end date 31.03.24 approved 16.02.23 Council |