Prospective students are very welcome to formulate a PhD topic of their own choice, as long as it is coherent with the overall goal of the Unit, and with the interests of at least one Unit programme; see Research Areas.

Alternatively, students may choose from one of the projects listed below:

Theme: Aetiological studies

Physical Behaviour Mapping Project

Supervisors: Soren Brage

Programme(s): Physical Activity Epidemiology

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Understanding the role of DNA damage response in health and disease

Supervisors: John Perry, Ken Ong

Programme(s): Early Life Aetiology and Mechanisms of Diabetes and Related Metabolic Disorders

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How do early life exposures influence risk of disease decades later?

Supervisors: John Perry, Ken Ong

Programme(s): Early Life Aetiology and Mechanisms of Diabetes and Related Metabolic Disorders

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Theme: Prevention and Public Health

Rapid grocery delivery and prepared meal services: public health threat or public health intervention?

Supervisor(s): Jean Adams

Programme(s): Population Health Interventions

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Increasing access to hand prepared food – exploring the potential of home cooked meal marketplaces

Supervisor(s): Jean Adams

Programme(s): Population Health Interventions

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Mechanisms for population strategies to prevent diet- and activity-related chronic disease

Supervisor(s): Jean Adams, Louise Foley, David Ogilvie, Jenna Panter

Programme(s): Population Health Interventions

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Understanding the physical activity and health impacts of changes in the built and natural environment

Supervisor(s): Jenna Panter, David Ogilvie

Programme(s): Population Health Interventions

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Understanding joint impacts of environment for dietary public health and physical activity

Supervisor(s): Jenna Panter, Jean Adams, David Ogilvie, Thomas Burgoine

Programme(s): Population Health Interventions

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Understanding active travel and health in new housing developments

Supervisor(s): Jenna Panter

Programme(s): Population Health Interventions

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Understanding the determinants of the initiation and maintenance of behaviour change

Supervisor(s): Amy Ahern, Simon Griffin, Julia Mueller

Programme(s): Prevention of Diabetes and Related Metabolic Disorders in High Risk Groups

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Supporting weight loss maintenance following use of obesity medications

Supervisor(s): Amy Ahern

Programme(s): Prevention of Diabetes and Related Metabolic Disorders in High Risk Groups

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Longitudinal microsimulation modelling of disease, well-being, activity participation

Supervisor(s): James Woodcock, Belen Zapata-Diomedi

Programme(s): Public Health Modelling

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Behavioural modelling of the built environment determinants of active travel and vehicle ownership

Supervisor(s): James Woodcock, Jenna Panter

Programme(s): Public Health Modelling, Population Health Interventions

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Economic integrated microsimulation modelling of household expenditure on transport, diet, housing, and tax and benefits in the context of Net Zero and cost of living crises

Supervisor(s): James Woodcock, Jean Adams, Petra Meier

Programme(s): Public Health Modelling, Population Health Interventions

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Association of the built environment with behaviour and health in different global contexts

Supervisor(s): Tolullah Oni

Programme(s): Global Diet and Physical Activity Research Group

Understanding the factors that shape travel behaviour across different global contexts’

Supervisor(s): Tolullah Oni

Programme(s): Global Diet and Physical Activity Research Group

Developing a global policy evaluation framework at the intersection of health, urban and climate

Supervisor(s): Tolullah Oni

Programme(s): Global Diet and Physical Activity Research Group

Investigating dynamically changing urban health/climate risks by integrating static and dynamic air quality data with lived experiences to inform prioritisation of urban built environment interventions and support inclusive urban governance for healthy climate-resilient cities in West Africa

Supervisor(s): Tolullah Oni

Programme(s): Global Diet and Physical Activity Research Group