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Cancer Studies PhD/MPhil – (Ph.D.)
University of Birmingham
School of Medicine| Application Deadline: | None, but early application advised | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 4,232 - ≈ € 12,860 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Birmingham / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 36 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Birmingham
We offer a range of postgraduate education opportunities including both research and taught programmes. Opportunities are available on a full- or part-time basis leading to the qualifications of MD, PhD, MPhil, MSc, Postgraduate Diploma and Postgraduate Certificate. Continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities are also available as short study programmes.
Cancer Sciences remains a major research strength within the College of Medical and Dental Sciences, as evidenced by the fact that 80% of our RAE 2008 submission in the area of Cancer Studies was considered internationally excellent or world leading. Particular strengths include cancer cell signalling, the DNA damage response, gene and immunotherapy and cancer viruses.
Following the RAE 2008 results, in The Research Fortnight’s University Power Ranking, Birmingham is named as the leading Cancer Studies centre outside London (only topped by the Institute of Cancer Research). Particular strengths include cancer cell signalling, the DNA damage response, gene and immunotherapy and cancer viruses.
The School of Cancer Sciences incorporates the following basic and translational research themes:
* Structural Biology and Biomarkers
* Cancer Cell Biology
* Cancer Genetics and Epigenetics
* Cancer Clinical Trials (CRCTU)/Clinical Trials (BCTU)
* Tumour Immunology and Immune Gene Therapy
* Viral Oncology
Key facts
Type of Course: Doctoral research
Duration: PhD – 3 or 4 years full-time, 6 years part-time; MPhil – 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time; MD – 2 years minimum part-time
Start date: Research degrees may start at any time of the year, though for most this will be September 2011
Contents
Research interests of staff
* Integrins; tetraspan proteins and cell signalling Contact: Dr Fedor Berditchevski
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 2801
Email: f.berditchevski@bham.ac.uk
* Biochemical studies of adenovirus transforming proteins; post-translational modification of proteins; apoptosis Contact: Dr Roger Grand
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 4483
Email: r.j.a.grand@bham.ac.uk
* Urological malignancies; boron neutron capture therapy Contact: Professor Nicholas James
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 4097
Email: n.d.james@bham.ac.uk
* Cancer clinical trials and biomarkers Contact: Professor Philip Johnson
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 3801
Email: johnsonp@cancer.bham.ac.uk
* T cell responses and haematological malignancies; viral infections of the immunocompromised host; graft-versus-leukaemia Contact: Professor Paul Moss
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 2824
Email: p.moss@bham.ac.uk
* NMR and cell signalling Contact: Professor Michael Overduin
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 3802
Email: m.overduin@bham.ac.uk
* Metabolomics; NMR Contact: Dr. Ulrich Günther
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 8361
Email: u.l.gunther@bham.ac.uk
* Biology and immunology of Epstein-Barr virus Contact: Professor Martin Rowe
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 7144
Email: m.rowe@bham.ac.uk Contact: Professor Alan Rickinson
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 4492
Email: a.b.rickinson@bham.ac.uk
* Human papillomaviruses; epithelial cell biology Contact: Dr Sally Roberts
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 4481
Email: s.roberts@bham.ac.uk
* Kaposi's sarcoma associated herpes virus and viral immune modulation Contact: Dr David Blackbourn
Tel: +44 (0)121 415 8804
Email: d.j.blackbourn@bham.ac.uk
* Viral vectors; gene therapy of cancer Contact: Dr Peter Searle
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 4487
Email: p.f.searle@bham.ac.uk
* Genetic predisposition to cancer in man; ataxia telangiectasia; DNA damage response genes Contact: Professor Malcolm Taylor
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 4488
Email: a.m.r.taylor@bham.ac.uk
* Molecular basis of T cell and NK cell receptor recognition Contact: Dr Ben Willcox
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 9533
Email: b.willcox@bham.ac.uk
* Adenovirus gene regulation of tumour suppressors Contact: Dr Andy Turnell
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 4483
Email: a.s.turnell@bham.ac.uk
* Regulating the cellular response to DNA damage Contact: Dr Grant Stewart
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 7458
Email: g.s.stewart@bham.ac.uk
* DNA damage response genes in lymphoid malignancies Contact: Dr Tatjana Stankovic
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 4496
Email: t.stankovic@bham.ac.uk
* Signalling events in oesophageal carcinogenesis Contact: Dr Chris Tselepis
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 2972
Email: c.tselepis@bham.ac.uk
* Epigenetics, HPV and EBV Contact: Professor Paul Murray
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 4021
Email: p.g.murray@bham.ac.uk Contact: Professor Ciaran Woodman
Tel: +44 (0)121 415 8237
Email: c.b.woodman@bham.ac.uk
* Brain tumours and metabolomics Contact: Dr Andrew Peet
Email: acpeet@doctors.org.uk
* Neuroblastoma and genomics Contact: Dr Carmel McConville
Email: c.mcconville@bham.ac.uk
* Leukaemia – phase l and ll studies Contact: Dr Pamela Kearns
Email: p.r.kearns@bham.ac.uk
* Gynaecological Oncology: Cytology, screening and development of predictive tests for diagnosis of pre-invasive disease and monitoring of therapy; preinvasive and invasive malignancy of the cervix; herpes virus; endometrial cancer; ovarian cancer: diagnosis and treatment; clinical trials; rare gynaecological tumours; vulval and vaginal malignancy. Contact: Professor David Luesley
Tel: +44 (0)121 507 5337
Email: d.luesley@virgin.net
* Gynaecological oncology and minimal invasive radical surgery Contact: Dr Sudha Sundar
Tel: +44 (0)121 507 5337
Email: s.s.sundar@bham.ac.uk
* Neuropathology; axonal cell growth; glial cell interactions; EBV and cerebral tumours; temporal lobe epilepsy Contact: Dr Peter Barber
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 4028
Email: p.c.barber@bham.ac.uk
* Liver transplant pathology; hepatobiliary pathology. Mechanisms of immune damage and growth factors in liver disease Contact: Professor Stefan Hubscher
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 4005
Email: s.g.hubscher@bham.ac.uk
* Lymphoma biology; oncogenic herpes viruses Contact: Professor Paul Murray
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 4021
Email: p.g.murray@bham.ac.uk
* Transplantation pathology Contact: Dr Desley Neil
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 4003
Email: d.a.h.neil@bham.ac.uk
* Surgery Contact:
Professor Derek Alderson
Email: d.alderson@bham.ac.uk Professor Dion Morton
Email: dion.morton@uhb.nhs.uk Mrs Olga Tucker
Email: o.tucker@bham.ac.uk Mr Simon Bach
Email: s.p.bach@bham.ac.uk Dr Glenn Matthews
Email: g.m.matthews@bham.ac.uk Dr Martin Chidgey
Email: m.a.chidgey@bham.ac.uk
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To gain admission to a research degree programme (with the exception of the Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) or Doctor of Medicine (MD)) an applicant must comply with the following entry requirements:
* Attainment of an Honours degree (normally a First or Upper Second Class Honours degree or equivalent) in a relevant subject awarded by an approved university, or
* Attainment of an alternative qualification or qualifications and/or evidence of experience judged by the University as indicative of an applicant’s potential for research and as satisfactory for the purpose of entry to a research degree programme.
In addition:
* Admission and registration for a research degree programme may be conditional on satisfactory completion of preliminary study, which may include assessment.
* In some cases you will also need to have completed a Masters degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant subject.
Please note
* Entry onto many programmes is highly competitive, therefore we consider the skills, attributes, motivation and potential for success of an individual when deciding whether to make an offer.
* Specific entry requirements are given for each programme. Any academic and professional qualifications or industrial experience you may have are normally taken into account, and in some cases form an integral part of the entrance requirements. If your qualifications are non-standard or different from the entry requirements stated in the online prospectus, please contact the relevant school or department to discuss whether your application would be considered.
* After we have received your application you may, if you live in the UK, be invited for an interview or to visit us to discuss your application.
English language requirements
* IELTS 7.0 with no less than 6.5 in any band
* TOEFL IBT 100 with no less than 23 in any band
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Master's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 100 |
Faculty
An internationally-renowned centre for translational cancer research and cancer education
The School of Cancer Sciences encompasses most of the academic and clinical cancer research within the University and includes the prestigious Cancer Research UK Birmingham Cancer Centre.
The School also has a very strong representation from the overlapping disciplines of Clinical Trials, Pathology, Surgery and NMR.
Cancer Sciences staff make an active contribution to MBChB and BMedSc degree courses and there is also a comprehensive postgraduate programme with opportunities for taught and research based study.
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