CREATE PhD Programme @CreatePhd
A PhD Programme for fellowships in Africa Health Research, a collaboration between 5 UK and 6 African partner institutions create-phd.org Joined June 2022-
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We are excited to welcome @GilaHale to our new cohort of UK fellows for the recently appointed 2025 fellowships. Gila will be working in integrated nutritional care to improve outcomes amongst hospitalised adults with advanced HIV disease at @LSHTM and @MRC_Uganda. Welcome, Gila!
Some happy moments at #ias2025 - with past and present @CreatePhd fellows - hearing their ideas and their research results and watching them blossom is just 🎉✨💥 @wellcometrust
𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆-𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 @CreatePhd 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 at Zvitambo in partnership with @QMUL ,@ucl .Support the Co-SAM trial on recovery from severe acute malnutrition in 🇿🇼 🇿🇲 🇰🇪. create-phd.org/post/phd-fello…
Just a few more days to go to apply for a PhD fellowship in the 2025 UK cohort of the CREATE PhD Programme. See: jobs.lshtm.ac.uk… Want to find out more? Our recorded webinar is on our website create-phd.org or contact [email protected] @wellcometrust
1000 participants in just over 6 months! 🎉🎉 Huge thank you to the world class NeoRisk team for their fantastic work and my amazing supervisors Kirsty Le Doare, @DrCBattersby @flicfitzgerald And yes that means 1000 neonatal blood cultures! @mujhu_care_ltd @CreatePhd
Check it out! ⤵️ create-phd.org This fully-funded PhD programme is a fantastic opportunity for SLTs interested in carrying out world-class research that focuses on issues of public health importance in Africa 👏 @CreatePhd
Applications are invited for the @CreatePhd Programme commencing September 2025, open to all health professionals registered with UK and RoI professional bodies who want to undertake research focused on major global health challenges in Africa: create-phd.org

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