Qualification Type: | PhD |
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Location: | Reading |
Funding for: | UK Students, International Students |
Funding amount: | UKRI stipend (£20,780 in 2025/26) |
Hours: | Full Time |
Placed On: | 2nd April 2025 |
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Closes: | 1st June 2025 |
Reference: | DRC25-036 |
PhD Studentship in Artificial Intelligence in Rheumatology
Project title: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Transform the Treatment of Inflammatory Arthritis
Supervisors: Professor Weizi Li and Professor Antoni Chan
Project Overview:
Over 20 million people in the UK live with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMD) and inflammatory arthritis (IA) is a major subdivision of RMD causing joint inflammation leading to damage.
We are looking for a highly motivated PhD candidate passionate about AI in healthcare. This PhD project is built on collaboration between the University of Reading and Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, aiming to advance AI methods to improve inflammatory treatment management in the real world. It is the first-of-its-type AI research in the rheumatology discipline that combines multiple data sources along the patient pathways and develops real-world evidence to inform future clinical practice. The project will involve developing novel methods such as multimodal machine learning, large language models, and fairness and uncertainty evaluations.
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How to apply:
Apply online via the above ‘Apply’ button and create your account, and use the link sent by email to start the application process. During the application process, please select the PhD in Informatics and Operations.
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For further details please contact: Prof Weizi Li Weizi.li@henley.ac.uk , Professor Antoni Chan Antoni.Chan@reading.ac.uk
Please note that, where a candidate is successful in being awarded funding, this will be confirmed via a formal studentship award letter; this will be provided separately from any Offer of Admission and will be subject to standard checks for eligibility and other criteria.
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