The Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London is currently recruiting for 2 individuals educated to Masters level to join the South London Diabetes Cohort (SOUL-D) study looking into the effects of depression in 2000 newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes patients.

The 3 year PhD studentships are titled 'The role of inflammation in the course of depression in type 2 diabetes', which lookis into a possible link between depression, the innate immune response and type 2 diabetes, and 'Epidemiology of depression in diabetes: identifying risk factors, mechanisms, course and consequences', which will look into the risk factors behind depression and how this develops and impacts upon wider health.

The deadline for applications to each studentship is 15 October 2010. For more information please follow the links below.

The role of inflammation in the course of depression in type 2 diabetes.

Epidemiology of depression in diabetes: identifying risk factors, mechanisms, course and consequences.