Medical Imaging
The Medical Imaging Research Theme includes the following sub-groups:
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) acquisition and analysis methods
- Bioimaging quantification
- Neuroimaging and Neuropsychology
- Oncological Imaging and Biomarkers
- Data Science and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
How to find a research supervisor
Research supervisors are either staff members of the University, or based in one of the research units or institutions associated with the University.
Supervisors are in high demand and may not be able to respond to your enquiry immediately, so please be patient. Some may already be supervising the maximum number of PhD students they can, and won’t be able to take on any new students.
Browse potential research supervisors:
accepting applications from prospective postgraduate students
accepting applications from summer students
Supervisors accepting applications from prospective Postgraduate Students:
Professor Franklin Aigbirhio
Clinical Neurosciences
Topic: Novel radiopharmaceuticals and radiochemical methods for molecular imaging
Email: fia20@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Dr Sarah Aitken
MRC Toxicology Unit
Topic: Genomic pathology; Cancer evolution; Image analysis
Email: sa696@cam.ac.uk
Dr Luigi Aloj
Department of Radiology
Topic: Clinical and preclinical radionuclide imaging and therapy in oncology
Email: la398@cam.ac.uk
Dr Tristan Barrett
Department of Radiology
Topic: Prostate cancer Imaging Genito-urinary Radiology
Email: tb507@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Professor Sarah Bohndiek
Department of Physics / Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute
Topic: Optical molecular imaging for early cancer detection
Email: seb53@cam.ac.uk
Professor Edward Bullmore
Department of Psychiatry
Topic: Methods for analysis of brain imaging data
Email: etb23@cam.ac.uk
Dr Adrian Carpenter
Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre)
Topic: Optimisation of magnetic resonance acquisition and analysis: spectroscopy
Email: tac12@wbic.cam.ac.uk
Dr Jonathan Coles
Department of Medicine
Topic: Mechanisms responsible for secondary neuronal injury, their temporal profile, and implications for eventual neurocognitive recovery following head injury (TBI).
Email: jpc44@cam.ac.uk
Dr Mireia Crispin
Department of Oncology
Topic: We use machine learning and computational data integration models to understand cancer on multiple scales, from medical imaging down to molecular profiles
Email: mc973@cam.ac.uk
Dr Tim Dalgleish
MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
Topic: Experimental investigation of cognition-emotion relationships; post-traumatic stress; functional theoretical modelling of emotions; depression
Email: tim.dalgleish@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk
Dr Jess Ewald
EMBL-EBI
Topic: Environmental toxicology
Email: jewald@ebi.ac.uk
Dr Kristian Franze
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Using biophysical and cell biological approaches to understand the influence of physical cues on the functioning of the nervous system
Email: kf284@cam.ac.uk
Dr Tim Fryer
Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre)
Topic: The physics of positron emission tomography: to improve the information provided by this imaging technique in the study of disease.
Email: tdf21@wbic.cam.ac.uk
Professor Ferdia Gallagher
Department of Radiology
Topic: Novel imaging methods to characterise tissue metabolism
Email: fag1000@cam.ac.uk
Professor Fiona Gilbert
Department of Radiology
Topic: Breast and Oncology Imaging and Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Email: fjg28@cam.ac.uk
Dr Danielle Harper
Department of Oncology and Department of Physics
Topic: Optical imaging & cancer detection
Email: dh744@cam.ac.uk
Dr Peter Hutchinson
Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Neurosurgery Unit)
Topic: Cerebral metabolism and imaging following acute brain injury
Email: pjah2@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Dr Mohammad Lotfollahi
Welcome Sanger Institute
Topic: Artificial Intelligence
Email: ml19@sanger.acuk
Dr Tom Manly
MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
Topic: The cognitive neuropsychology of adult acquired attentional and executive disorders; attentional/executive function in children; neuropsychological rehabilitation
Email: tom.manly@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk
Dr Tomasz Matys
Department of Radiology
Topic: Neuroradiology
Email: tm418@cam.ac.uk
Dr Kate McDole
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Morphogenesis of the early mammalian embryo
Email: kmcdole@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr Selena Milicevic Sephton
Clinical Neurosciences
Topic: Development of radiotracers for Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging of neuroinflammation
Email: sms96@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Dr Virginia Newcombe
Medicine
Topic: Use of advanced imaging and biomarkers to understand traumatic brain injury.
Email: vfjn2@cam.ac.uk
Dr Ken Poole
Department of Medicine
Topic: Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Rare Bone Diseases; Imaging and Microstructural Analysis
Email: kp254@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Dr Timothy Rittman
Clinical Neurosciences
Topic: Modelling neurodegenerative disorders using neuroimaging and neuropathology data
Email: tr332@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Professor Chris Rodgers
Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre)
Topic: Ultra-high field (7T) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS)
Email: ctr28@cam.ac.uk
Professor James Rudd
Department of Medicine (Division of Cardiovascular Medicine)
Topic: Non-invasive imaging can quantify and track inflammation in human and animal vascular disease
Email: jhfr2@cam.ac.uk
Professor Elizabeth Soilleux
Department of Pathology
Topic: Interesting projects available in immunity (TCR/BCR repertoire) cancer biology (esp lymphoma) histopathological imaging bioinformatics AI and clinical data handling. Active collaborations with the vet school maths engineering and industry
Email: ejs17@cam.ac.uk
Dr Li Su
Department of Psychiatry
Topic: Multimodal neuroimaging in dementia
Email: ls514@cam.ac.uk
Dr John Suckling
Department of Psychiatry
Topic: Brain imaging methods and analysisPsychiatry, Brain Imaging, Bioinformatics, Cognitive recovery, Neuroscience
Email: js369@cam.ac.uk
Professor Dénes Szücs
Department of Psychology
Topic: Mathematical cognition and development, mathematics anxiety, meta-science, research replicability
Email: ds377@cam.ac.uk
Dr Kamen Tsvetanov
Clinical Neuroscieces
Topic: The effects of vascular health and brain health on cognitive function in healthy subjects and neurodegenerative disease; multimodal neuroimaging (MRI, DWI, fMRI, MEG, PET, MRS); brain resilience and vulnerability.
Email: kat35@cam.ac.uk
Dr Virginie Uhlmann
EMBL-EBI
Topic: Biological Imaging
Email: uhlmann@ebi.ac.uk
Dr Varun Warrier
Psychiatry
Topic: Neurodevelopmental conditions, genetics, big data, machine learning/AI, neuroimaging genetics, longitudinal data analyses
Email: vw260@cam.ac.ul
Dr Jonathan Weir-McCall
Department of Radiology
Topic: Cardiothoracic imaging particularly in the use of CT and MRI
Email: jw2079@cam.ac.uk
Professor Guy Williams
Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre)
Topic: Acquisition and analysis methods for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Email: gbw1000@cam.ac.uk
Research supervisors accepting applications from summer students
Dr Luigi Aloj
Department of Radiology
Topic: Clinical and preclinical radionuclide imaging and therapy in oncology
Email: la398@cam.ac.uk
Dr Lisa Alves
Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Neurosciences
Email: la382@cam.ac.uk
Professor Edward Bullmore
Department of Psychiatry
Topic: Methods for analysis of brain imaging data
Email: etb23@cam.ac.uk
Dr Adrian Carpenter
Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre)
Topic: Optimisation of magnetic resonance acquisition and analysis: spectroscopy
Email: tac12@wbic.cam.ac.uk
Dr Jonathan Coles
Department of Medicine
Topic: Mechanisms responsible for secondary neuronal injury, their temporal profile, and implications for eventual neurocognitive recovery following head injury (TBI).
Email: jpc44@cam.ac.uk
Dr Mireia Crispin
Department of Oncology
Topic: We use machine learning and computational data integration models to understand cancer on multiple scales, from medical imaging down to molecular profiles
Email: mc973@cam.ac.uk
Dr Tim Dalgleish
MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
Topic: Experimental investigation of cognition-emotion relationships; post-traumatic stress; functional theoretical modelling of emotions; depression
Email: tim.dalgleish@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk
Dr Jess Ewald
EMBL-EBI
Topic: Environmental toxicology
Email: jewald@ebi.ac.uk
Dr Kristian Franze
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Using biophysical and cell biological approaches to understand the influence of physical cues on the functioning of the nervous system
Email: kf284@cam.ac.uk
Dr Tim Fryer
Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre)
Topic: The physics of positron emission tomography: to improve the information provided by this imaging technique in the study of disease.
Email: tdf21@wbic.cam.ac.uk
Professor Ferdia Gallagher
Department of Radiology
Topic: Novel imaging methods to characterise tissue metabolism
Email: fag1000@cam.ac.uk
Dr Danielle Harper
Department of Oncology and Department of Physics
Topic: Optical imaging & cancer detection
Email: dh744@cam.ac.uk
Dr Peter Hutchinson
Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Neurosurgery Unit)
Topic: Cerebral metabolism and imaging following acute brain injury
Email: pjah2@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Dr Mohammad Lotfollahi
Welcome Sanger Institute
Topic: Artificial Intelligence
Email: ml19@sanger.acuk
Dr Tom Manly
MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
Topic: The cognitive neuropsychology of adult acquired attentional and executive disorders; attentional/executive function in children; neuropsychological rehabilitation
Email: tom.manly@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk
Dr Selena Milicevic Sephton
Clinical Neurosciences
Topic: Development of radiotracers for Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging of neuroinflammation
Email: sms96@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Dr Virginia Newcombe
Medicine
Topic: Use of advanced imaging and biomarkers to understand traumatic brain injury.
Email: vfjn2@cam.ac.uk
Dr Timothy Rittman
Clinical Neurosciences
Topic: Modelling neurodegenerative disorders using neuroimaging and neuropathology data
Email: tr332@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Professor Chris Rodgers
Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre)
Topic: Ultra-high field (7T) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS)
Email: ctr28@cam.ac.uk
Professor James Rudd
Department of Medicine (Division of Cardiovascular Medicine)
Topic: Non-invasive imaging can quantify and track inflammation in human and animal vascular disease
Email: jhfr2@cam.ac.uk
Professor Elizabeth Soilleux
Department of Pathology
Topic: Interesting projects available in immunity (TCR/BCR repertoire) cancer biology (esp lymphoma) histopathological imaging bioinformatics AI and clinical data handling. Active collaborations with the vet school maths engineering and industry
Email: ejs17@cam.ac.uk
Dr Li Su
Department of Psychiatry
Topic: Multimodal neuroimaging in dementia
Email: ls514@cam.ac.uk
Dr John Suckling
Department of Psychiatry
Topic: Brain imaging methods and analysisPsychiatry, Brain Imaging, Bioinformatics, Cognitive recovery, Neuroscience
Email: js369@cam.ac.uk
Professor Dénes Szücs
Department of Psychology
Topic: Mathematical cognition and development, mathematics anxiety, meta-science, research replicability
Email: ds377@cam.ac.uk
Dr Kamen Tsvetanov
Clinical Neuroscieces
Topic: The effects of vascular health and brain health on cognitive function in healthy subjects and neurodegenerative disease; multimodal neuroimaging (MRI, DWI, fMRI, MEG, PET, MRS); brain resilience and vulnerability.
Email: kat35@cam.ac.uk
Dr Varun Warrier
Psychiatry
Topic: Neurodevelopmental conditions, genetics, big data, machine learning/AI, neuroimaging genetics, longitudinal data analyses
Email: vw260@cam.ac.ul
Professor Guy Williams
Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre)
Topic: Acquisition and analysis methods for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Email: gbw1000@cam.ac.uk