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Public Engagement Success at the Great Exhibition Road Festival 2022
On 18-19 June 2022, CDT students Jyoti Mangal, Lindsay Munroe and Virginia Fernandez presented a stall at the Great Exhibition Road Festival, supported by the CDT’s Public Engagement Officer Aish Mishra. The activity sparked important discussions among visitors about...
Students and staff get together for a residential retreat
On 19 - 20 May 2022, the CDT community got together for a residential retreat in the illustrious surroundings of Wotton House Country Estate in Dorking, Surrey. The event provided a chance for students to share their research, learn from renowned speakers at a talk...
The CDT Student Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Panel – Driving change at a grassroots level
The Student Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Panel was established by a group of Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Smart Medical Imaging students driven to bring about positive social change by reducing inequalities in academia. Since its inception in...
“The world is my oyster” – Alumni career stories
Whether you are currently considering applying to the CDT in Smart Medical Imaging, or are already part-way through your studies with us, you are likely to be thinking about where the programme can take you professionally. What key skills do you learn as a student and...
ART x SCIENCE at Great Exhibition Road Festival 2021
CDT student Marica Muffoletto collaborated with postgraduate students from the Royal College of Art (RCA) as part of ART x SCIENCE, an exhibition connecting audiences with cutting-edge biomedical engineering research in the Science Museum, as part of the Great...
ART x SCIENCE 2020
In 2020, the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Smart Medical Imaging (CDT in Smart Medical Imaging) and the Royal College of Art (RCA) presented ARTxSCIENCE.co.uk, an online exhibition exploring cutting edge research in medical imaging. Created in collaboration...
A Day in the Life of a PhD Student
My name is Faysal and I am a second year PhD student at the Centre for Doctoral Training in Smart Medical Imaging at King’s College London and Imperial College London. The aim of my PhD project, supervised by Prof Mark Green (King’s College London) and Dr James Wilton-Ely (Imperial College London), is to develop nanomaterials for use as imaging probes, which can be detected outside of the body to aid with disease diagnoses, thereby preventing the need to undergo surgery.
Join our Application Clinic on 30 March!
Having reopened our recruitment for the 2021/22 academic year, we are pleased to announce that we are holding a virtual application clinic between 4pm-5pm GMT on 30 March, where CDT staff and students will be on hand to answer prospective applicants’ questions about the application process, including those concerning filling out the application form.
Unique PhD Opportunities
Cohort Approach
Our students enter their programme as a cohort and maintain contact with each other throughout their research projects. They come from a variety of academic backgrounds, including engineering, chemistry, biology, mathematics, computer science, biochemistry and physics.
WORLD-LEADING Research
Through our research, we look to build smart new technologies into the entire medical imaging process. PhD projects are directed towards at least one our smart medical imaging themes: AI-enabled imaging, Smart imaging probes, Emerging imaging and Affordable imaging.
Industry PARTNERSHIP
Our CDT was designed and is managed with the help of our industry partners. There are many ways for companies to engage with us, including research project sponsorship, Industrial Board membership, student placement opportunities, mentoring provision and more.
About Us
Students per cohort from a range of STEM backgrounds
academic supervisors from 19 departments
clinical champions supervising students
HOSPITALS (NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTS) involved
£1m+
Industry Funding committed
Research Opportunities
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1 Lambeth Palace Road,
London SE1 7EU