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Centre for Lifelong Health
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Join us for study, work or visit

Our research centre is always actively seeking research students, collaborators and partners from academia and the wider community.

We welcome the opportunity to work with academics at all levels, visiting researchers and external organisations. 

  • PhD study: Find out more about studying for your PhD across biomedical and health sciences including funding opportunities, research career development and our current postgraduate researchers.
  • Visiting researchers: Discover more about opportunities to join us as a visiting researcher or postdoctoral fellow.
  • Collaboration: Contact us about collaborating with you or your organisation, or becoming an Associate Member.
  •  Social media: Keep in touch.

Contact the centre for information on how to join us in our work:

Centre-for-Lifelong-Health@brighton.ac.uk

Study for a PhD in the Centre for Lifelong Health

The Centre for Lifelong Health supports postgraduate research study related to our themes of mechanisms of disease, prevention of disease, medicines use and integrated technologies. 

We offer our postgraduate students the opportunity to work in a multidisciplinary environment allowing them to utilise the centre’s broad expertise to work at the interface of a range of disciplines. Our approach equips our students with unique knowledge and practical skills improving future employability.

If you are interested in applying for a PhD at the University of Brighton, visit the university’s central PhD programme and discipline pages. 

Of particular relevance might be the information on the following pages:

  • Biomedical sciences PhD
  • Pharmaceutical sciences PhD

We will be happy to answer any questions if you contact the centre at Centre-for-Lifelong-Health@brighton.ac.uk

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Join us as a visiting researcher 

The Centre for Lifelong Health welcomes academics interested in working alongside centre members.

We welcome applications from early career and established academics to spend a specific period with us, to benefit from and contribute to our work.

We particularly welcome researchers wishing to apply for Fellowships to study with us.

If you would like to visit us or become an associate member, please contact us at Centre-for-Lifelong-Health@brighton.ac.uk.

Work with us as a collaborator or use our consultancy services

The university has invested over £50 million developing the health research environment, with new buildings and refurbishments and a clinical simulation environment. The laboratories are equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and are overseen and maintained by a trained team of technicians and academics.

Visit our University of Brighton research and consultancy pages for details on the facilities that we offer on a consultancy basis with expert academic and laboratory technical staff. These include: 

Brighton Genomics Laboratory: 

The state-of-the-art, custom designed Brighton Genomics laboratory is housed within the Moulsecoomb campus at the University of Brighton and the team can be contacted directly at Genomics@brighton.ac.uk.

Image and Analysis Unit

Our Image and Analysis Unit is equipped with some of the most advanced microscopes in the south-east, including state-of-the-art high-resolution scanning electron microscopes (SEM) equipped with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS).

Human Movement Laboratory

We have a dedicated Human Movement Laboratory containing circa £800k of human movement and postural analysis equipment and have access to the Clinical Imaging Sciences Centre based at the Brighton and Sussex Medical School.

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We hope you will choose to stay in touch with the Centre for Lifelong Health.

Please email Centre-for-Lifelong-Health@brighton.ac.uk for more information.

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Contact us at the Centre for Lifelong Health: 

Phone +44 (0) 1273 642684
Centre-for-Lifelong-Health@brighton.ac.uk

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