The Institute of Child Health (ICH) is a postgraduate research institution which, together with its partner, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, contains the largest concentration of research expertise in the scientific basis of child health in Europe. Its standing is reflected in the Grade 5*A awarded in the 2001 HEFCE Research Assessment Exercise.

The Institute is committed to high quality postgraduate education and has a strong track record of training and support for its postgraduates. R&D is organised into a number of themes operating across the site which facilitate a high level of
interaction between basic scientists, clinicians and population health scientists. The Institute is offering a number of research studentships for the academic year 2007-08 supported by the Child Health Research Appeal Trust and MRC.

Applicants selected for CHRAT or MRC funding will be able to choose from the following PhD projects (*denotes Principal Supervisor):

*Population Health Sciences*

Statistical models for discrete epidemiological and clinical data (Dr M Cortina-Borja* /Dr A Wade)

Vitamin D and mental health: insights from observational and genetic epidemiology (Dr E Hypponen*/Professor C Power

Creating age-related centiles with smaller sample sizes (Dr A Wade*/Professor T Cole)

Randomised controlled trial of the effect of community groups on maternal and infant nutrition (Dr D Osrin*/ Professor A Costello)

Applications of functional data analysis in physiotherapy and life course epidemiology (Dr M Cortina-Borja* /Professor T Cole)

For further information about the ICH see our web site, www.ich.ucl. ac.uk.
Applications are invited from committed individuals wishing to do research in a clinical context, and who expect to graduate with a UK 1st class or upper 2nd
class honours degree or equivalent.