PhD / MPhil / MD Gastroenterology at University of Liverpool

Research on our Gastroenterology programme offers the opportunity to make significant advances in our understanding and treatment approaches to gastrointestinal disease. You’ll use cellular and/or computational approaches to explore molecular mechanisms and therapeutic strategies that have the potential to impact upon clinical decisions and patient outcomes. The Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology (ISMIB) was established to integrate cutting-edge basic research with clinical research from across the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences.

Faculty: Faculty of Health and Life Sciences  |  Duration: 3-4 years full-time; 5-6 years part-time  |  Study mode: full-time; part-time also available  |  Intake: Year round  |  Location: Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Research topics include Gastrointestinal (GI) cancers; Molecular pathogenesis; Regulation of apoptosis in the GI tract; The gastrin family of peptides; Epithelial glycobiology; Galectins in cancer progression and metastasis, development of targeted therapeutic drugs and biomarkers; Drug-induced gastrointestinal toxicity; Gastric and intestinal pathophysiology; Basic and complex 3D ‘mini-gut’ organoid models of human GI disease and drug-induced toxicity; Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

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