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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hello there!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We are seeking candidates for a PhD position in the Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, School of Psychology & Neuroscience, University of Glasgow, UK. The position is for interdisciplinary research at the
interface of machine learning, medical imaging, and social sciences.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><img width="783" height="341" style="width:8.1562in;height:3.552in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01DB2C6B.46432550"></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">In short:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Research title: <i>Investigating the Impact of Socioeconomic Deprivation on Brain Health: Leveraging AI for Addressing Health Inequalities<o:p></o:p></i></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Deadline for student applications:
<b>12th January 2025</b><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">PhD starting date: September 2025<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Duration: 3.5 years of funding at UKRI stipend rates<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Home fees covered<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Apply here: <a href="https://www.findaphd.com/phds/program/mvls-2033-college-futures-phd-programme/?i307p6641">https://www.findaphd.com/phds/program/mvls-2033-college-futures-phd-programme/?i307p6641</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Project summary:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Understanding the connection between socioeconomic deprivation and brain health is crucial for addressing social inequalities that negatively impact brain health over time. Despite established correlations
between deprivation, intermediate factors like pollution and educational attainment, and poorer brain health, the specific pathway linking these factors remains poorly understood. This doctorate project will first establish this critical link and then explore
the possible underlying mechanisms connecting socioeconomic deprivation to brain health.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The student will use the latest advancements in predictive and generative AI to compute the brain age gap (BAG) metric - the difference between an individual's chronological and predicted age - from neuroimaging
data. This approach will objectively quantify brain health and, through explainable AI, identify which brain areas/other anatomical factors most strongly influence the ageing process.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">By leveraging data from the UK Biobank and correlating it with multiple detailed deprivation indices, we seek to identify deprivation factors contributing to brain ageing. Understanding these mechanistic routes
will provide new insights into how deprivation impacts brain health, potentially guiding public health interventions to mitigate these effects. The ideal candidate will have prior experience in Machine Learning or a related field.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Here are the details of the position:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <a href="https://www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvls/graduateschool/phd-research-opportunities/futures-programme/projects/health-inequalities/svaneraholyallharvey/#d.en.1118024">https://www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvls/graduateschool/phd-research-opportunities/futures-programme/projects/health-inequalities/svaneraholyallharvey/#d.en.1118024</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">For informal enquires please get in touch with <a href="mailto:Michele.Svanera@glasgow.ac.uk" title="mailto:Michele.Svanera@glasgow.ac.uk">Michele.Svanera@glasgow.ac.uk</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">--<br>
Michele Svanera, Ph.D.<br>
Lecturer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Head of the Brain Imaging and Artificial Intelligence Research lab<br>
Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging,<br>
School of Psychology & Neuroscience,<br>
University of Glasgow (UK)<br>
<a href="https://michelesvanera.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">michelesvanera.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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