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This post is shared by our DTP student Ella Howes, who is based at University of Leeds. Introducing When Ella Met Phil: Earlier this year, I started a diary about PhD life. Except in this diary, my PhD was called Phil. And I very much wrote about them as if they were my partner… BecauseContinue reading “Ella Howes Blog: When Ella Met Phil”

Felicity is a second-year PhD student based at University of Birmingham. Dementia is a serious brain condition that produces a decline in cognitive ability and ultimately results in death. More than 55 million people have dementia across the world; with approximately 60-80% of those cases caused by Alzheimer’s disease1. The global cost of dementia wasContinue reading “Optimising exercise intensity for neuronal growth – Felicity Spencer”

This blog post is written by one of our current TMRP DTP students, Ella Howes. Ella is based at the University of Leeds and is a first year student. If you are overthinking what to put for ‘thoughts on project’, then don’t worry. I did too!  Even though I had lots of thoughts about theContinue reading “Applying to the TMRP DTP: “Thoughts on Project” Section – Hints and Tips from a Current Student”

In March 2022, I was finishing my Master’s at Queen’s University Belfast and eagerly awaiting the outcome of my interview for the TMRP Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP). Upon hearing that I was successful and the excitement of it, I couldn’t have anticipated the great things it would bring. As well as creating the foundations toContinue reading “Ryan McChrystal: Looking Back on My First Year”

When I tell people I’m doing a PhD in cancer research, they pretty much always assume that I’m in the lab wearing a white coat curing cancer – and until I came across the MRC-NIHR TMRP DTP, I didn’t know that methodology projects existed either! I had never pictured myself doing a PhD as IContinue reading “Georgiana Synesi: My First Year”