Ph.d. Definition & Meaning

British

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Synonyms PhD British

abbreviation

1. Also: DPhil. Doctor of Philosophy

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However, an analysis, published in the British Medical Journal in November 2024 by a PhD student Cédric Lemarchand and colleagues, questioned how easy it was to determine the precise effect of psychedelic drugs.

From BBC

Qi Dai, MD, PhD, Ingram Professor of Cancer Research and lead author of the study, explained that the healthiest vitamin D range appears to fall in the middle of a U-shaped curve.

From Science Daily

After eight years as a general practitioner in some of Thailand's poorest and most remote regions, he obtained a master's degree and PhD in anthropology at Harvard University.

From Barron's

Wu is a senior author of the study, publisded Dec. 10 in Science Translational Medicine, along with Masataka Nishiga, MD, PhD, a former Stanford postdoctoral scholar now at The Ohio State University.

From Science Daily

According to her website, Ms Sood came to Leicester from India, where she had been studying for a PhD, in 1970, and completed her studies before becoming a primary school teacher for about 20 years.

From BBC

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