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New PhD Studentships with Coventry University beginning in 2021

Coventry University is inviting applications for a number of funded and self-funded PhD opportunities for prospective candidates, beginning in 2021.


Coventry University spin out wins UK Social Enterprise Award

A digital health social enterprise born out of Coventry University's Research Centre for Intelligent Healthcare, has won Tech for Good: Technology Social Enterprise of the Year at the UK Social Enterprise Awards 2024.


Researchers launch digital guide to help patients use smartwatches to manage serious lung disease

Coventry University researchers have developed an online tool that could help patients living with symptoms of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).


Coventry University researchers play leading role as self-driving shuttles take to the roads

Following the extension of the Solihull self-driving shuttle trial, Coventry University will lead research into how the shuttles can be safely monitored and supported.


PhD student making public transport safer for women and girls wins Coventry University’s Postgraduate Researcher of the Year Award 2025

Angelika Berg, a PhD student investigating gender-based harassment on public transport, has been named Coventry University’s Postgraduate Researcher (PGR) of the Year 2025.


Coventry University collaborates with Indonesian university to reduce electric vehicle battery waste

Coventry University has joined forces with Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) in Indonesia to explore the creation of a joint laboratory dedicated to reducing electric vehicle (EV) battery waste.


Does swimming make you hungry?

Many recreational swimmers claim to feel ‘ravenous’ during and after swimming. Professor David Broom from the Centre for Sport, Exercise and Life Sciences has been working with Professor David Stensel, Dr Alice Thackray and Dr James King from Loughborough University to put this theory to the test.


Transition state analysis to guide drug discovery

Professor Mark Wheatley and collaborators from Aston University, Dr John Simms and Professor David Poyner, have been awarded a grant of £177,497 from the BBSRC Follow-on Fund to develop new technology that will potentially revolutionise the drug discovery process.


Great expectations: a predictive processing account of human balance control

This research considers ways we can deliberately “manipulate” our predictive brains by using various interventions to modify our beliefs/expectations about an important perceptual-motor skills.


PostUraL tachycardia Syndrome Exercise (PulSE) study

A lifestyle intervention designed by people with POTS, for people with POTS.


InoCardia: Delivering Improved Cardiac Safety Liabilities for Therapeutic Drugs Using the Contractome-AI

The commercialisation of Professor Maddock's academic research started with a vision that there was a fundamental need within the Pharmaceutical Industry for the development of improved physiological relevant model to assess cardiac contractility.


Cytokine and growth factor mediated regulation of cell polarity in liver regeneration and fibrosis

Dr Christopher Mee's project looking at the ability of the liver to fully regenerate after injury.


Investigating GPCR:RAMP interactions using nanobodies

Professor Mark Wheatley and collaborators have been awarded a grant from the BBSRC to investigate the G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) family of proteins.


6-0! Promoting health through recreational football

This project focused on enhancing physical activity with aging people through recreational football activities.


Clinical Academic Research Development (CARD)

The main focus of CARD is to support allied health professionals working in the NHS undertake translational research, particularly in the field of nursing.


Concentration or composition that is the question! How do exogenous fatty acids contribute to changes in metabolic flexibility of skeletal muscle?

Using Real-Time Cell Metabolic Analysis to establish how physiological and pathophysiological concentrations of FA impact mitochondrial function, capacity and substrate utilisation in human skeletal muscle cells.


The Blended Diet Study: the perceived benefits and risk of using a blended diet with children and young people with complex health needs and enteral feeding requirements

The use of a blended diet as an alternative to prescribed formula feeds has provoked strong opinion in research and among professionals. The aims of the report will be to examine the evidence for best practice with regards to providing a blended diet via gastrostomy tube.


Teenage Cancer Trust North-West Pilot Site Evaluation: A participatory action research project in the NW of England evaluating Teenage and Young Adult cancer services

Coventry University were tasked with providing a  longitudinal evaluation of the Teenage Cancer Trust's pilot scheme in the North West. 


Using novel computational modelling approaches to address biased agonism at the Adenosine A1 receptor

We seek to apply cutting-edge advanced sampling molecular dynamics simulations to address the complex biological issue of how G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) transition between multiple active states.


InoCardia: Novel human-cell based assay for assessment of cardiovascular liability

The aim of this project was to test the concept of a higher throughput functional cardiac cell contractile assay under truly physiological conditions, advancing information on how the heart behaves functionally and enabling the testing of inotropic drugs in these conditions.