HPRU studentships

The Health Protection Research Unit (HPRU) at the University of Leicester is offering 2 grant-funded PhD studentships starting in September 2026. These studentships support doctoral research in areas related to health protection, environmental health, and public health technologies. The available projects include research on the causal role of outdoor air pollution and its interactive effects with temperature and aeroallergens on childhood asthma, and the development of multi-modality learning techniques for early chemical anomaly detection. The studentships are available across multiple departments including the College of Life Sciences, School of Engineering, and Mathematical Sciences. Each studentship provides full tuition fees at UK rates and a stipend at UKRI rates for 3.5 years, supporting high-quality research training in health protection domains.