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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><b>HDR UK/Turing Wellcome PhD Programme in Health Data Science – Applications for 2021 now open!<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">HDR UK and The Alan Turing Institute are delighted to announce that applications are now open for the next PhD Programme in Health Data
 Science cohort, starting in 2021. </span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The programme is a collaboration between Health Data Research UK, The Alan Turing Institute and run in partnership with seven leading
 UK universities and is funded by the Wellcome Trust.</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The four-year funded doctoral programme provides an in-depth training for graduates interested in bringing their mathematical, statistical,
 and computational skills to health data science.</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Applications for our second cohort starting in October 2021 are now open.&nbsp;
<b>Who are we looking for? </b>We are looking for students who want to make a difference.&nbsp; People who want to work together to combine statistics and computation skills within a health setting to overcome existing challenges and look to develop new opportunities.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">You will develop your background in quantitative science (e.g. maths, statistics, physics, engineering) and learn new skills within the field.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%">For full details of eligibility, assessment criteria and how to apply, please visit our webpage:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hdruk.ac.uk%2Fbecome-a-health-data-scientist%2Fphd-programme%2Fphd-programme-how-to-apply%2F&amp;data=01%7C01%7C%7Cbe371172c1234ea8fb2908d8690d1ec3%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&amp;sdata=IF8csA4WYNxvbbszXbsjeTLmn0D9j8TkeMhbHB4Qz84%3D&amp;reserved=0" originalsrc="https://www.hdruk.ac.uk/become-a-health-data-scientist/phd-programme/phd-programme-how-to-apply/" shash="UGDfXBg5wYGhE8oSi/4xydXNT9urAp9doMDETa5u3lNfMhiywHOLzgjybnujCiq+unmzA74KyIteMuG0UI1XWhUY8Hm9K5RRJ+IKcBJlYxK0inMb1nzeF/TLfnuur7wLM7myoYkvknpnc5FUPUQjMMA17s5Y22lS/oiWNDKscIA=">https://www.hdruk.ac.uk/become-a-health-data-scientist/phd-programme/phd-programme-how-to-apply/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><b>Applications close Tuesday 1 December 2020 at 12.00 noon GMT.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%">For further questions or assistance, please contact
<a href="mailto:phd@hdruk.ac.uk">phd@hdruk.ac.uk</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Susan Davies<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Coordination Manager,
<a href="https://www.southampton.ac.uk/wsi/index.page?">Web Science Institute</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">University Liaison Manager,
<a href="https://www.southampton.ac.uk/wsi/alan-turing-institute/alan-turing-institute.page">
The Alan Turing Institute</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">University of Southampton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Southampton SO17 1BJ<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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