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The University of Sussex School of Life Sciences, along with the Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) are delighted to be part of the Wessex One Health (WOH) partnership recently awarded a Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Doctoral Landscape Award. The aim of the PhD training consortium, led by the University of Surrey, is to train the next generation of researchers in innovative, interdisciplinary approaches to infection biosciences across all classes of pathogen. The themes of the programme are Detection, Prevention and Intervention, Microbial Evolution and Drug Resistance, Understanding Disease Spread and Infection and Cellular Biology.

The WOH partnership comprises the University of Surrey (including the School of Veterinary Medicine) the University of Sussex (including BSMS), the University of Exeter’s Centre for Medical Mycology, The Pirbright Institute, Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl). The partners aim to enhance the UK’s capacity to address critical challenges in infection management and public health. 

Prof Michelle West, Head of the School of Life Sciences and the University of Sussex WOH co-lead, said:

“I am delighted that the School of Life Sciences is part of the Wessex One Health partnership team successful in recently obtaining a BBSRC Doctoral Landscape Award. We have launched our call for projects across all of the partners and are looking forward to training our successive cohorts of doctoral students in innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to infection biosciences. Across our partners, students will have access to cutting-edge technologies, facilities, and expertise to study all classes of pathogen, working to a common goal of minimising the future impact of emerging infections, vector-borne diseases, and antimicrobial resistance.”

Prof Richard McManus, Dean of BSMS, added:

“Collaboration in research is key to tackling the huge threat that infectious diseases pose on a global scale. These studentships will help establish a new generation of researchers skilled in working across disciplines. BSMS is proud to be part of this important partnership.”

For more information on UKRI doctoral funding please visit: https://www.ukri.org/news/major-investment-to-support-the-next-generation-of-researchers/

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