Student blog

How to prepare for an interview for a course at Oxford Population Health

Ling Tao

17 March 2025

Ling Tao shares interview preparation tips from current Oxford Population Health students.

Life as a DPhil student and tips for media engagement

Vincent Straub

15 November 2024

Vincent Straub describes the value of an interdisciplinary approach to his DPhil studies and offers some advice on preparing for media interviews.

How to apply for the DPhil in Population Health at Oxford University: a guide

Ling Tao

2 October 2024

If you're thinking about applying for the DPhil in Population Health at Oxford Population Health, you're likely feeling a mix of excitement and anxiety. Having been through the process myself, I understand the intensity and uncertainty that comes with it. To help you on this journey, I’ve put together a guide, drawing from my own experience, and highlighting useful resources that can improve your chances of success. Let’s get started!

Ilana Levene, DPhil in Population Health

12 November 2021

Ilana feels satisfied to know that her work, along with her colleagues, tries to answer questions that are really important to families and have not been robustly researched in the past.

Wisdom of the crowd: DPhil advice from current students

4 May 2020

Starting out on your DPhil/PhD and looking for some inspiration and wise words? Or part way through and needing some? In our first ever crowd-sourced blogpost we asked Twitter to tweet us answers to the question: 'What do you wish you’d known when you started your DPhil/PhD?'

Death comes to life at ‘Beyond the Body’

18 November 2019

As a young researcher disillusioned by the academic rat race, I’m a vocal proponent of shattering echo chambers and paving untraditional publications pathways whilst concurrently grappling with the ‘but how?’ question.

Time for one more paragraph before the school run? The balance of being a parent and doing a DPhil at the same time

11 June 2018

Doing a DPhil can be hard work – but juggling it with having a baby or raising a family is impossible, right? We spoke to two recent graduates who have done just that and found that the flexibility of doing a DPhil while having a child definitely has its positives.

The potential and the problems of public health economic modelling

1 November 2017

Over the past three years I have been spending my time as a DPhil student developing a computer model that can compare the cost effectiveness of different public health policies in England. In this blog, I explain why I think this is a good idea and what should happen next.