Projects available include those with a focus on behavioural genetic, statistical genetic, molecular genetic and developmental psychological approaches, although the underlying philosophy will be that of an interdisciplinary training. The Psychosis Interdisciplinary Research Group is a large, cross-departmental grouping of researchers that aims to increase scientific knowledge about schizophrenia and manic depressive illness. The group delivers a wide range of research projects developing and testing better treatments for those disorders, thereby improving the lives of sufferers. It develops strategies for preventing a proportion of psychotic illnesses, thereby leading to a fall in their incidence. Neuroscience and Genetics Social and Epidemiological Psychiatry Psychopharmacology Neuroimaging and neuropsychology Applicants for each studentship should have, or expect to gain at least an upper second class honours degree in an appropriate subject.
Limited funding is also available for conference attendance.