PhD studentship
Royal College of Nursing Research Institute
Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick
Project: Fatigue and Ankylosing Spondylitis: improving patient outcomes.
This PhD studentship and associated programme of work is funded by a competitive
research grant awarded by the National Ankylosing Spondylitis Society (NASS).
The project fits with the NASS research priorities: AS-fatigue is poorly understood and
patient’s health needs are under-represented. The proposed three-year research
programme will focus on exploring patients’ lived experience of AS-fatigue and
improving fatigue assessment. The result will be of critical value to routine practice,
research, and disease registries where enhanced, patient-centred exploration of what
really matters to patients with AS-fatigue is required.
The successful candidate will join a vibrant and expanding research team at the RCN
Research Institute at University of Warwick within the multi-disciplinary Division of
Health Sciences in Warwick Medical School. The studentship is an exciting collaboration
with the Staffordshire Rheumatology Centre. The successful candidate will be
supervised by Dr Kirstie Haywood, Senior Research Fellow in Patient Reported
Outcomes and Dr Jon Packham, Consultant Rheumatologist (Staffordshire
Rheumatology Centre).
The successful candidate will be expected to start in early October 2015 and will be
located at Warwick Medical School.
The applicant should have an interest in mixed methods and the measurement of
health outcomes. Some training (e.g. a Master’s degree) related to health or social
science or a similar subject (e.g. nursing / physiotherapy / psychology) will be
advantageous.
This studentship is available to Home and EU students, according to fee status, that
meet Research Council eligibility requirements based on residency. The studentship
includes full fees for the successful candidate (year 1 £4,052.00; year 2 £4,133.04;
year 3 £4,215.70) along with a tax free maintenance allowance stipend (year 1
£17,426; year 2 £17,883.14; year 3 £18,686).
The closing date for applications is Wednesday 24th June 2015. Interviews will be held
on Thursday 2nd July 2015 at the University of Warwick.
Please contact Dr Kirstie Haywood for further information: k.l.haywood@warwick.ac.uk
Apply on line: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/med/study/researchdegrees