Trustworthy Generative AI in Healthcare
Project details
First supervisor: Dr Yunpeng Li
Second supervisor: Dr Yali Du
Duration: 3 years
Mode of study: Full-time
Funding: UKRI rate stipend funding available (Currently £21,237 per annum at 2024/25). University tuiton fees at Home or International rate are included in the studentship.
Eligibility: Home and international
Expected start date: October 2025, February 2026, June 2026, October 2026
Application deadline: Deadline for October 2025 start: 25 July (International applicants and 25 August 2025 (UK applicants)
Reference number: 2025/07/YL/DOCS
Project description
One funded UK/International PhD studentship available in the broad area of statistical machine learning, with a desirable focus on multimodal large language models, uncertainty-aware AI, and/or 3D images. Exemplary applications include Vision Language models for fusion of medical images, videos, and tabular data for disease detection, prediction, and decision making.
The project is based in the Dental AI Research Unit at the Centre for Oral, Clinical & Translational Studies in the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences at King’s College London, with the wider access to resources across King’s including those in the Department of Informatics in the Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences.
Research training
- Statistical machine learning foundations and applications, research dissemination skills, interdisciplinary research and communication.
Person specification
Applicants are expected to hold a Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics or similar (with First Class or high Upper Second Class Honours degree, or the equivalent from an overseas university). Past research experience on machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing, or Bayesian inference is preferred.
Next steps
Applicants are strongly encouraged to discuss projects with the first supervisor prior to submitting an application.
Please apply online at apply.kcl.ac.uk following these steps:
- Register a new account/login.
- Once logged in, select 'Create a new application'.
- Enter ‘Dental and Health Sciences Research MPhil/PhD (Full-time or part-time)' under 'Choose a programme'. Please ensure you select the correct mode of study.
- Select a start date.
- Please note: Applicants must include the project reference number (2025/07/YL/DOCS) in the 'Research proposal' and 'Funding (point 5)' sections of the application.
Contact for further information
Dr Yunpeng Li
Email: yunpeng.li@kcl.ac.uk
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