Phd Scholarship in Pathogen Genomics

**PhD Scholarship in Pathogen Genomics**:

- Employer- University of Galway (NUI Galway)- Location- Galway (County), Connacht (IE)- Salary- €22,000 per annum, tax-exempt scholarship award- Closing date- 12 Apr 2024- Discipline
Life Science
Job Type
PhD Position
Employment - Hours
Full time
Duration
Fixed term
Qualification
Undergraduate
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**Job Details**:
**University of Galway**

Located in the vibrant cultural city of Galway in the west of Ireland, the University of Galway has a distinguished reputation for teaching and research excellence

**Detailed Project Description **Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the benefits of whole-genome sequencing for pathogen research, and for understanding infectious disease transmission and evolution in a public health context, have been brought into sharp relief. Large datasets of pathogen genomes have been and continue to be published, offering substantial opportunity for new biological insights to be obtained through their (re-)analysis.

Based in the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, and with primary supervision from Dr. Matthew Dorman, the student will benefit from an environment with strong expertise in quantitative data analysis. There will be scope to work with colleagues affiliated to the Discipline of Bacteriology (School of Medicine, University of Galway) and Galway University Hospital. The student will join Dr. Dorman’s newly-established group while it is in a phase of growth, and will have opportunities to contribute to shaping the team’s research direction as it matures. The student will also benefit from opportunities to interact with an international network of collaborators and contacts in acadaemia and public health.

The student will be enrolled in the four-year structured PhD programme at the University of Galway, which will involve the completion of 30 ECTS credits of level 9 taught courses. Every PhD student, in addition to a supervisor, has their own Graduate Research Committee (GRC) of three academic staff members. The formal role of the GRC is to review the student’s progress annually and to make a recommendation to the College on progression into the next year of the programme.

**Living allowance (**Stipend)**: €22,000 per annum, tax-exempt scholarship award funded by the College of Science and Engineering. University tuition fees (EU/non-EU) are waived in full.

**University fees**: The university tuition fees for 2024/2025 are €5,750 per annum for EU students and €15,000 per annum for non-EU students. There is an additional student levy of €140 per annum, which is mandatory for all students to pay.

**Start date**: September 2024

**Academic Entry Requirements**:
**Contact Name**: Dr Matthew Dorman

**Application Deadline**:12/04/2024, 1700h (Irish time 24hr format)

**Primary Supervisor name**: Dr Matthew Dorman.

**Company**:
NUI Galway is recognized as a research-led University that addresses issues of global economic and societal importance. Our research strategy focuses on developing clusters of internationally recognised expertise in selected priority areas. We have developed meaningful and strategic research alliances with economic, social and cultural partners in areas of regional and national importance. This strategy has resulted in the creation of research clusters in themes that are academically challenging, economically viable and regionally and nationally relevant. We continue to develop our research priorities within the national and international context in addition to supporting emerging and cross cutting priority area development. Our priority research areas build upon our key strengths and include:

- Biomedical Science and Engineering
- Informatics, Data Analytics, Physical and Computational Sciences
- Environment, Marine and Energy
- Applied Social Sciences and Public Policy
- Humanities in Context including Digital Humanities

These priority areas seek to address the challenges and needs of society. Our research leads to life changing discoveries and polices that shape the future both nationally and internationally. Our vibrant and dynamic community attracts researcher leaders, academics, entrepreneurs and students of the highest calibre who thrive in our research focused environment. This is embodied though our research commitment, which seeks to:
1. Contribute to Knowledge

2. Create partnerships with Industry

3. Educate Future Leaders

4. Shape the Direction of Public Policy

5. Enable Regional and Cultural Advancement

**Biomedical Science and Engineering**

Developing innovative research programmes that promote the understanding and treatment of today’s major diseases. The core objective of this priority is to serve the needs of patients through research, to provide a real and measurable return on investment, to enhance regional and national enterprise development and to con