{"id":657,"date":"2017-02-28T13:10:25","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T11:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biostatistics.med.uoa.gr\/?p=657"},"modified":"2017-02-28T13:10:25","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T11:10:25","slug":"funded-phd-place-university-of-nottingham-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biostatistics.med.uoa.gr\/en\/funded-phd-place-university-of-nottingham-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Funded PhD place, University of Nottingham, UK"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fully funded PhD place (UK\/EU fees AND stipend at \u00a314,553 per <\/span>
\nannum for 2017\/18) for 4 years to start a PhD in September 2017. The PhD <\/span>
\nis joint between the School of Biosciences and Mathematical Sciences at <\/span>
\nthe University of Nottingham, UK. <\/span><\/p>\n

Project Title <\/span>
\n————— <\/span>
\nMathematical and Statistical Modelling of Risk of Emergence of <\/span>
\nAntimicrobial Resistant Bacterial Pathogens and Reservoirs in <\/span>
\nAgricultural Slurry <\/span><\/p>\n

Project Description <\/span>
\n——————- <\/span>
\nAntimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major global challenge to human and <\/span>
\nanimal health and welfare. This project will develop mathematical models <\/span>
\nthat can be used to assess the risk of emergence of bacterial strains, <\/span>
\nincluding pathogens, with new combinations of antimicrobial resistant <\/span>
\ngenes, and the impact of different farm interventions on these risks. <\/span>
\nThe models will be fitted to experimental data derived from the <\/span>
\nEVAL-FARMS project, which is assessing the possible selection for <\/span>
\nantimicrobial resistant bacteria in slurry from the University of <\/span>
\nNottingham\u2019s dairy farm. Specifically, the project will develop hybrid <\/span>
\ndeterministic\/stochastic population models that can describe large <\/span>
\npopulations of many different strains of bacteria, but with rare, random <\/span>
\nevents to describe the acquisition, loss or transfer of a resistance of <\/span>
\nor between bacterial strains. Similar models have been successfully used <\/span>
\nin describing virus dynamics. Data fitting will use advanced Bayesian <\/span>
\ntechniques, including Markov Chain Monte Carlo, and approximate Bayesian <\/span>
\ntechniques where experimental data is partially observed. The <\/span>
\nprobabilistic framework will then be used to associate levels of risk to <\/span>
\nemergence of new resistant strains, and to assess the impact of <\/span>
\ndifferent farm interventions. <\/span><\/p>\n

More details can be found here: <\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.nottingham.ac.uk\/jobs\/currentvacancies\/ref\/SCI1695<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

**Deadline** Friday, 31st March 2017<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fully funded PhD place (UK\/EU fees AND stipend at \u00a314,553 per annum for 2017\/18) for 4 years to start a PhD in September 2017. The PhD is joint between the School of Biosciences and Mathematical Sciences at the University of Nottingham, UK. Project Title ————— Mathematical and Statistical Modelling of Risk of Emergence of Antimicrobial Read more about Funded PhD place, University of Nottingham, UK<\/span>[…]<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biostatistics.med.uoa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biostatistics.med.uoa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biostatistics.med.uoa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biostatistics.med.uoa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biostatistics.med.uoa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=657"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/biostatistics.med.uoa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":658,"href":"https:\/\/biostatistics.med.uoa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657\/revisions\/658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biostatistics.med.uoa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biostatistics.med.uoa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biostatistics.med.uoa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}