PhD projects for 2026/27 application round will be posted on 1 October 2026.
Previously advertised PhD projects
2025/26
A gestational metronome: role of the placenta in the control of developmental tempo
Primary supervisor: Dr Alberto Rosello-Diez (ar2204@cam.ac.uk)
Second supervisor: Prof. Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri (ans48@cam.ac.uk)
Placenta-related pregnancy complications and future heart disease risk in women
Primary supervisor: Prof Dino A. Giussani (dag26@cam.ac.uk)
Second supervisor: Prof. Andrew J. Murray (ajm267@cam.ac.uk)
RNA Stability in Placental Development
Primary supervisor: Dr Claire Senner (ces207@cam.ac.uk)
Second supervisor: Dr Teresa Rayon (teresa.rayon@babraham.ac.uk)
Predicting the dialogue between placental and uterine immune cells in early human pregnancy
Primary supervisor: Dr. Roser Vento-Tormo (rv4@sanger.ac.uk)
Second supervisor: Dr. Marta Shahbazi (mshahbazi@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk)
2024/25
Novel approaches to understand the mechanisms of insulin resistance in pregnancy Supervised by: Prof. Miguel Constancia and Prof. Sue Ozanne
Immune gene variants and offspring health Supervised by: Prof Francesco Colucci and Prof Dino A. Giussani
2023/24
Metabolic determinants of early placental development Supervised by: Prof Steve Charnock-Jones and Dr Irving Aye
Obesity During Pregnancy: Adverse Effects on Maternal and Offspring Cardiovascular Function Supervised by: Prof Dino Giussani and Prof Susan Ozanne
Determine the molecular mechanisms placental macrophages use to protect the placenta from cytomegalovirus infection Supervised by: Dr Naomi McGovern and Dr Emma Poole
Investigating placental energy metabolism in complex pregnancies using a novel experimental approach Supervised by: Prof Andrew Murray and Dr Catherine Aiken
Regulation of placental development by endothelial cell-derived signals Supervised by: Dr Miguel Constancia and Prof Steve Charnock-Jones
The impact of DNA methylation on gene regulation in placental development Supervised by: Dr Courtney Hanna and Prof Anne Ferguson-Smith