Overview

Research in the WCARD focuses on the maintenance of a healthy nervous system during aging, by understanding how its activity changes during damage to nerves and the surrounding tissues, and investigating new techniques to repair damaged neurons.

Features

At King's College London, our long-term goal is to improve the quality of life of patients affected by lifelong and Age-Related Diseases of the nervous system.

Our research is geared towards i) understanding physiological and molecular mechanisms that drive disease conditions and ii) harness our scientific knowledge to develop new therapeutic strategies to restore normal sensory function and to better repair injury.

Programme Structure

Currently, our 4 major research themes are:

Chronic Pain: Delineating new pathways and mechanisms of chronic pain to allow us to identify innovative targets in neurons and non-neuronal cell.

Regeneration: Aiming to restore function after CNS injury by developing regenerative therapies that target the ongoing inflammation and glial scar to facilitate endogenous repair mechanisms.

Hearing: Studying the genetics of age-related hearing loss in humans and mice to understand the pathological mechanisms that drive this process.

Migraine: Delineating the underlying mechanisms and novel therapeutic targets for migraine and related primary headache disorders from bench to bedside and back.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2024-06-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2024-04-11 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2024-03-20 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2024-10-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2024-08-24 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2024-07-24 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2025-02-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2024-11-20 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2024-10-20 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

100

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Public Health Health Sciences View 280 other PhDs in Health Sciences in United Kingdom

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

100

Other requirements

General requirements

A minimum 2:1 undergraduate Bachelor’s (honours) degree

If you have a lower degree classification, or a degree in an unrelated subject, your application may be considered if you can demonstrate significant relevant work experience, or offer a related graduate qualification (such as a Masters or PGDip).

Tuition Fee

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International

28260 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 28260 GBP per year during 48 months.
National

7500 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 7500 GBP per year during 48 months.

Living costs for London

1137 - 2157 GBP /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

Studyportals Student Grant Deadline: 30 June 2020

Apply and be among one of the 20 students to win €1000.

Studyportals Student Grant Deadline: 30 June 2020

Apply and be among one of the 20 students to win €1000.

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Scholarships Information

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