Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences

The Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences is a leading university department for research into psychiatric and neurological disorders, consisting of over 160 academic and research staff, and more than 40 current postgraduate research students.

We investigate a range of conditions, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, post-partum psychosis, depression and anxiety in young people, ADHD, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy and dystonia.

Our work encompasses genetics, cell biology, molecular and behavioural neuroscience, neuroimaging, epidemiology, bioinformatics and data science.

Distinctive features

The Division is home to several leading research centres:

• Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics (CNGG)
• National Centre for Mental Health (NCMH)
• Brain Repair and Intracranial Neurotherapeutics Unit (BRAIN)
• Wolfson Centre for Young People's Mental Health
• Neuroscience and Mental Health Innovation Institute (NMHII)
• UK Dementia Research Institute at Cardiff University
• Canopi mental health service

Postgraduate research studentships

Details of current postgraduate opportunities in the Division will be listed here when they become available.

Our supervisors also regularly offer PhD projects through the UKRI GW4 BioMed2 Doctoral Training Partnership and SWBio Doctoral Training Partnership.

Contacts

Administrative contact(s)

DPMCN PhD Administrator

• psychmedphd@cardiff.ac.uk

Academic contact(s)

Professor Nick Bray

Professor and Divisional Lead for Postgraduate Research, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences

brayn3@cardiff.ac.uk

+44 (0)29 2068 8368