TMRP DTP Recruitment PhD Projects to Start October 2026
Thank you for choosing to consider the TMRP DTP for your PhD project. Please see below the 28 projects we have available at our research organisations. The links (available from 17 October 2025) will take you to the full project description listed on FindAPhD. See ‘How to Apply’ for application guidance, process and application form.
Please ensure that you read the Guidance Notes carefully and complete the application form fully. Incomplete forms will not be considered. CVs will not be accepted for this scheme.
Before making an application, applicants should contact the project supervisorn directly, using the email address on the advertisement to find out more about the project and to discuss their interests in the research before 02 January 2026.
University of Aberdeen
Investigating statistical methods to assess the conduct and integrity of clinical trials, Lead Supervisor: Professor Alison Avenell.
ECOnomic Tools for Research to Identify, Analyse and Link carbon costs and outcomes into RCT-based economic evaluations (ECO-TRIAL), Lead supervisor: Dr Dwayne Boyers.
Bangor University
Methods for Addressing TRial-based economIc evaluation compleXities (MATRIX), Lead Supervisor: Dr Will Hardy.
Value of fundIng a Similar trIal after discontinuatioN (VISION); Lead Supervisor: Dr Will Hardy.
How should the environmental impact of medicines be considered in the context of trial outcomes? Lead Supervisor: Dr Catrin Plumpton.
University of Birmingham
Advancing the design, conduct and utilisation of within-person randomised trials, Lead Supervisor: Dr Caroline Kristunas.
University of Cambridge
Improving efficiency of Randomised Controlled Trials for rare diseases: Application to ANCA-Associated Vasculitis, Lead Supervisor: Dr Jessica K. Barrett.
Designs for adaptive biomarker-driven clinical trials, Lead Supervisor: Dr Pavel Mozgunov.
Integrating the Design and Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials and Observational Cohort Studies for Alzheimer’s Dementia Research, Lead Supervisor: Dr Li Su.
Operationally feasible Multi-Arm-Bandit Response Adaptive Trials, Lead Supervisor: Dr Sofia S. Villar.
University of Glasgow
Optimising allocation ratios in platform trials: role of simulation, Lead Supervisor: Professor John Petrie.
Improving trials for older adults, and trials with older adults, Lead Supervisor: Professor Terry Quinn.
Institute of Cancer Research
Assessing Cancer Treatment Tolerability using Patient-Reported Outcomes, Lead Supervisor: Professor Christina Yap.
From Methodology to Practice: External Controls in Single Arm Oncology Trials with a Brain Cancer Application, Lead Supervisors: Professor Christina Yap and Dr Xiaoran Lai.
University of Leeds
The Use of AI to Support Trials Conduct, Lead Supervisor: Professor Susanne Coleman.
Developing a toolkit to facilitate surgical trial implementation and delivery – applying knowledge from qualitative research in trials, Lead Supervisor: Dr Nikki Rousseau.
Beyond ITT: Estimating real-world effectiveness using patient preference data, Lead Supervisor: Dr Duncan Wilson
University of Liverpool
Developing and Evaluating Methodological Frameworks for AI-Augmented Clinical Trial Documentation and System Configuration: A Human-Centred Approach to Quality Assurance, Lead Supervisor: Professor Carrol Gamble.
Newcastle University
A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of Co-Enrolment Practices in NIHR-Funded Clinical Trials: A Comparative Study of Critical Care and Other Specialties, Lead Supervisor: Dr Tom Hellyer
Expanding design and analysis methods for multi-arm clinical trials, Lead Supervisor: Professor James Wason.
Perceptions of Digital Outcome Measurement in Parkinson’s Disease, Lead Supervisor: Professor Alison Yarnall.
University of Plymouth
Co-designing for equity: a mixed methods investigation to enhance the inclusion of diverse patient groups in clinical trials for liver disease, Lead Supervisor: Professor Ashwin Dhanda.
Longitudinal analysis to explore the long-term changes in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patient reported outcome measures, Lead Supervisor: Dr Joanne Hosking.
QMUL
Developing a typology of research outputs in trials methodology, Lead Supervisor: Professor Richard Hooper.
Designing and evaluating complex methods for adaptive multi-arm, multi-stage trials, Lead Supervisor, Dr Victoria Vickerstaff.
UCL
Optimising the choice of estimand in randomised trials: developing guidance on balancing statistical and clinical considerations to ensure results matter to stakeholders. Lead Supervisor: Dr Brennan Kahan.
Improving Design and Analysis of Non-Inferiority Trials with sparse outcome data. Lead Supervisor: Dr Matteo Quartagno.
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