Studentships are available for the Medical Research Council Trials Methodology Research Partnership Doctoral Training Partnership (MRC TMRP DTP). One of the projects available is on 'Optimising the collection and use of health economic data within trials' and is based at the Health Economics Research Unit (HERU) at the University of Aberdeen.
The research will examine the determinants of the quality of self-reported health economic data collected within clinical trials, and how best to optimise the health economic data collection process. The project will be supervised by Dr Dwayne Boyers and Professor Graham Scotland of HERU, and Dr Laura Ternent of Newcastle University.
This is a competition funded PhD available to students worldwide. Funding will cover tuition fees at the UK rate only, a Research Training and Support Grant (RTSG) and a stipend.
There are further details of the research process and application procedure at the FindAPhD site.
Before applying, applicants should contact the project supervisor (Dr Dwayne Boyers) to find out more about the project and to discuss their interests in the research. This should be done before 8 January 2024.
The deadline for studentship applications is 15 January 2024.