Genomic Medicine and Statistics DPhil

<strong>The information provided on this page was correct at the time of publication (November 2025). For complete and up-to-date information about this course, please visit the relevant University of Oxford course page via www.graduate.ox.ac.uk/ucas.</strong> <br/><br/>The DPhil in Genomic Medicine and Statistics is a research-based course combining taught modules and lab rotations in year one, followed by doctoral research in areas like functional genomics, bioinformatics, and clinical genomics.<br/><br/>The course aims to train and nurture future leaders in the application of genomics to advance human health. It will equip them with skill sets spanning experimental and analytical genomic science in order to realise the potential of genomics and practice the qualities of fair and inspiring leadership that we will instil during the course.<br/><br/>The programme is hosted in the interdisciplinary environment of the Centre for Human Genetics (CHG), which hosts world-leading research groups in genomic analysis, functional genomics, bioinformatics, statistics, population genetics, translational genomics, protein structure and functional biology, together with outstanding disease-focused research including cardiovascular medicine, type 1 and type 2 diabetes, cancer genetics, immunity, inflammation and infectious disease.<br/><br/>United by common interests in understanding the molecular basis of disease, researchers come from clinical and pure science backgrounds. The CHG is part of the Nuffield Department of Medicine and closely linked with the clinical departments in the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, providing unique opportunities for translation of research into clinical practice which is further enhanced by having the Oxford NIHR BRC Genomics Theme based within the CHG and the Centre for Personalised Medicine. <br/><br/>The interdisciplinary nature of the CHG strongly encourages interactions between research groups, and the centre runs internal and high-profile external seminar series, retreats for students and post docs, journal clubs, away days, training in public engagement and communication skills, and social events, to enable such interactions on a frequent basis.<br/><br/>Co-located on the Old Road campus with the CHG and across the Medical Sciences Division (MSD) are complementary research institutes and key stakeholders for translation (NHS and industry) that together constitute a remarkable inter- disciplinary environment for genomics research and training. This includes expertise in immunology, infectious disease and cancer through the CAMS Oxford Institute and the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, and the analytical expertise of supervisors from the Big Data Institute and the Department of Statistics.<br/><br/>Supervisors from the Target Discovery Institute and Department of Chemistry have further highly complementary translational expertise, for example in proteomics, metabolomics and medicinal chemistry that reflect the necessary interdisciplinarity to translate the potential of genomics.<br/><br/>The course also includes leading scientists from the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine in genome engineering, relevant model systems including stem cells, gene regulation and epigenetics. The translational application of genomics is being pioneered in Oxford, with supervisors in addition to those at the CHG in pathogen genomics, palaeogenomics as well as in clinical application spanning rare disease and intervention to effect cure using gene editing constituting some of the most advanced work worldwide in this area.<br/><br/><strong>For the full description, please visit the relevant University of Oxford course page via www.graduate.ox.ac.uk/ucas</strong>