Doctoral Projects
Choose a DPhil project for starting in October 2026 (applications now closed)
Applications for entry in October 2026 opened on 8 September and closed at noon on 2 December 2025. For information on how to apply for next year, please see the DPhil in Population Health section of the Oxford Population Health website. These are the projects that we advertised for the now closed round. This list will be updated in September 2026.
Ethical justification of post-market monitoring of medical AI
GenAI in drug discovery for underrepresented populations: ethical and epistemological implications
Good governance in the era of clinical trial innovation
Governing the Dead: Ethics, Justice, and Public Health in Pandemic Response
Invisible health inequalities: indirect discrimination and the life course approach
We also welcome applications for projects relating to any of our main areas of research interest. If you would like to apply for a DPhil based on your own research proposal, please see the instructions on the DPhil in Population Health section of the Oxford Population Health website.
Current ongoing Projects
The ethical implications of re-purposing AI tools for infectious disease surveillance in policing
What Do We Mean by Public Trust? Conceptualising Public Trust in Healthcare Systems
Personalised mental health and religious ethics
Past Projects
When Quality is Uncertain: Ethical Dilemmas of Decision-Makers Determining Availability of Medical Products in Global HealthAn ethics account of global health security