Diabetes, Renal, Endocrine & Metabolic Medicine PhD

UK

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What will I learn?

Our aim is to better understand the mechanisms of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases affecting people with the conditions covered by our clinical specialities (i.e. diabetes, renal disease, endocrine conditions), and the implications for the wider population - including groups defined by ethnicity, gender and deprivation.

Overview

Our research strives to understand the pathways and processes linking obesity and physical inactivity to cardiovascular and metabolic diseases in order to develop better strategies to prevent and treat obesity, and alleviate its metabolic and vascular complications. We use this knowledge both to develop new cardiovascular therapies and target existing ones more effectively

Our collective expertise spans molecular and biomarker/ “-omic” techniques through clinical investigation to population-level epidemiology, clinical trials and cardiovascular endpoint adjudication.

We are leading in establishing disease-specific bioresources linked with routinely-acquired anonymised data from the National Health Service in Scotland. Our renal research theme is developing strategies to reduce this risk and improve outcomes for patients with chronic kidney disease.

Research topics include:

  • Corticosteroid Hormones in CVD
  • Cardiovascular effects of metformin
  • Cardiovascular Effects of Pre-eclampsia
  • Diabetes Epidemiology
  • Glasgow Biomarker Laboratory
  • Lifestyle & Obesity
  • Metabolic health in pregnancy
  • Proteomics of diabetic nephropathy
  • Vascular Function in Pregnancy

Which department am I in?

College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences

Study options

Full Time (3 Years)

Tuition fees
£30,240.00 (32,94,835) per year
Registration Fee - 170

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

December 2025

Venue

Gilmorehill Campus

9 University Avenue,

Glasgow,

G12 8QQ, United Kingdom

Full Time (4 years)

Tuition fees
£30,240.00 (32,94,835) per year
Prices are based on the annual fee for full-time study. Additional fees applicable.

This is a fixed fee

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

September 2025

Venue

University of Glasgow

The Fraser Building,

65 Hillhead Street,

Glasgow,

Glasgow, City Of,

G12 8QQ, SCOTLAND, Scotland

Entry requirements

For international students

2.1 Honours degree or equivalent. IELTS (Academic): 6.5 with no subtests under 6.0. ibTOEFL: 79; with Reading 13; Listening 12; Speaking 18;Writing 21.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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About University of Glasgow

Glasgow is a place where people have been making world changing discoveries for over 500 years and students become innovative global pioneers.

  • Based in Glasgow, a UNESCO city of music
  • Ranked in the top 100 universities in the world
  • Fourth-oldest higher education provider in the UK
  • Over 600 different courses on offer