GEM research areas, PhD, University of Nottingham

the United Kingdom

Study options for this course

The award	How you will study	Study duration	Course start	Domestic course fees	International course fees
PhD	Full-time	3 years	Anytime	-	-

About GEM research areas, PhD - at University of Nottingham

The division provides a rich environment for cross-disciplinary research with purpose built laboratories and clinical research areas that opened in 2003. Postgraduate students are allocated designated office space with computer facilities and the school has an on-site library. There are wireless-networked facilities throughout most of the division.

Musculoskeletal repair and frailty
Diabetes, obesity, chronic kidney disease, hypertension, vascular disease
Pancreatic disease, gastrointestinal surgery
Reproductive biology: uterine physiology, polycystic ovarian syndrome, endometriosis
Paediatric pharmacology: drug efficacy and safety in children, non-invasive methods of studying drug metabolism
Rehabilitation and ageing: neuro-rehab, aids and devices and multidisciplinary work in complex severe disability
Medical education research group: leading UK research on graduate entry medicine and prosecuting local research to provide sound evidence for development and change in the Nottingham Graduate Entry Medicine (GEM) programme

Current recent research project titles:

Access and equity in genetic services: what can we learn from new national screening for common inherited disorders
Metabolic and haemodynamic interactions between insulin resistance, endothelial function and cardiovascular disease
Unlicensed and off label drug use in children
Endometrial ion channels as determinants of fertility
Mechanisms underlying the electrical quiescence of pregnancy
Pancreatic Disease
Metabolic aspects of peritoneal dialysis
Gene Networks Regulating Muscle Protein Degradation
Assessing needs and developing services for people with chronic and progressive disability
Sensitivity and responsiveness of human muscle protein turnover to essential amino acids in the elderly and patients with chronic disease resulting in sarcopenia
Human whole body fuel and protein metabolism, especially that in skeletal muscle and bone
Chronic kidney disease from paediatric to elderly and with early stage CKD, through to dialysis requiring CKD 5
Angiogenesis pathways in diabetic microvascular disease and peripheral vascular disease
Cold intolerance and Raynauds Phenomenon