The faculty are inviting applications for 4-year UoB-funded PhD studentships in start in Sept 2024. The vet school have 10 projects advertised (see list below). It would be great if we could get plenty of applications so I would be grateful if you could pass these onto your networks.
Details of the scheme:
Bristol Vet School projects on FindaPhD:
List of Vet School projects:
1) Antimicrobial resistance dynamics and antimicrobial use in wildlife rehabilitation facilities in the United Kingdom
Supervisors: Dr Fernando Sanchez-Vizcaino Buendia (primary supervisor), Dr Irene Bueno, Professor Kristen Reyher, Dr Nicola Rooney, Professor Matthew Avison, Dr Sion C Bayliss
2) Towards enhancing animal welfare, production and sustainability of farming a large neo-tropical rodent, the lowland paca, in Brazil
Supervisors: Dr Carole Fureix (primary supervisor), Professor Selene Siqueira da Cunha Nogueira, Professor Michael Mendl
3) Unlocking the Potential of Sodium Butyrate in Enhancing Chicken Innate Immunity and Poultry Vaccines against Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli
Supervisors: Shahriar Behboudi (primary supervisor), Benedetta Amato, Tristan Cogan: Bristol Veterinary School
4) Multiscale comparative analysis of habitat selection by large carnivores in northern Botswana
Supervisors: Professor Mark Eisler (primary supervisor), Dr Nicola Rooney , Dr Irene Bueno Padilla, Prof Andrrew Dowsey
5) Cats’ perspective and welfare associated with outdoor access
Supervisors: Emily Balckwell (primary supervisor), Benjamin Lecorps
6) Towards Accurate Disease Surveillance: Deep Learning-Assisted Simulation of Bacterial Genomes
Supervisors: Kristen Reyher (primary supervisor), Sion Bayliss (lead), Andrew Dowsey
7) Assessing long-lasting pain following hot-iron disbudding in dairy calves
Supervisors: Mike Mendl (primary supervisor), Benjamin Lecorps
8) Combatting bacterial zoonoses through multi-disciplinary studies of virulence factors
Supervisors: Dr Tristan Cogan (primary supervisor), Dr Ian Cadby, Dr Sion Bayliss, Dr Mark Jepson
9) Measurement of reward sensitivity as an indicator of welfare in chickens
Supervisors: Dr Elizabeth Paul (primary supervisor), Dr Joanne Edgar, Dr Laszo Talas, Dr John Fennell
10) Impact of the microbial biodiversity and micro-ecological processes on the transmission and persistency of diseases in dairy farms: a multidisciplinary, adaptive research approach
Supervisors: Benedetta Amato (primary supervisor), Daniel Enriquez Hidalgo , Gary Barker,Christopher Williamson, Penny Johnes