DPhil Opportunities and Sample Projects

Examples of Post-Graduate Research Degrees for October 2012 entry.

Violent crime in older adults: Population studies of risk factors and secular trends

DPhil project. Supervisor Dr Seena Fazel

DPhil in the social neuroscience of eating disorders: Investigation of social cognitive and reward processes in eating disorders

DPhil project. Supervisors: Dr Catherine Harmer and Dr Rebecca Park.

CBT innovations via experimental psychopathology: mental imagery and cognitive biases

DPhil Project - Supervisor: Dr Emily Holmes - PLEASE NOTE NO VACANCIES AVAILABLE FOR 2012.

Vulnerability and maintenance of Eating Disorder symptoms: Integrating psychological and biological factors.

Supervisors: Dr Catherine Harmer and Dr Myra Cooper

Investigation of the effect of the APOE gene on brain structure and function in healthy and pathological aging

DPhil project – Supervisors: Dr Clare Mackay and Prof Klaus Ebmeier

Studies of glutamate and dopamine function in group II metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) knockout mice

Supervisors: Paul Harrison, paul.harrison@psych.ox.ac.uk with David Bannerman, Dept. Experimental Psychology.

Mechanisms underlying a gene*environment interaction between COMT and cannabis use

DPhil Supervisor: Dr Liz Tunbridge

Neurophysiology of attention and consequences for psychological disorders

DPhil supervisor: Professor Anna C Nobre

Treatment for mothers with postnatal depression to improve child outcome: a randomized controlled trial

Supervisor: Prof Alan Stein

Neurodevelopmental disorders

Supervisor: Prof Charles Newton contact via his PA judith.ponsford@psych.ox.ac.uk

Use of the internet to disseminate psychological treatments

Supervisor: Prof Christopher Fairburn

Molecular and Functional Studies of NMDA Receptor Modulation

Supervisor: Dr. Phil Burnet

Part-time DPhil in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy