The DPhil in Obstetrics and Gynaecology offers a wide range of opportunities to carry out multidisciplinary research on important issues in human reproduction and applied basic science. Research carried out in the Nuffield Department of Women's and Reproductive Health encompasses a broad range of topics, with groups working on oocytes and sperm, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, genetic studies, molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying normal and aberrant reproductive function, immunology of pregnancy, gynaecological cancer, clinical studies in women's health and pregnancy, and epidemiological and health services research. You will be a member of your supervisor's research group in which you will develop your research skills with one to one supervision. Your supervision team will consist of your principal supervisor, a secondary supervisor (often a senior member of the research staff), the Director of Graduate Studies and a college advisor. You will meet regularly with your primary supervisor to plan your research and review your progress. Formal assessments of your progress will be carried out by external assessors through the Transfer of Status (term 4) and Confirmation of Status (term 6-9) procedures, both of which have to be passed before you are allowed to defend your thesis. Further research in reproductive, biological and biomedical science, assisted reproduction, clinical academic work and industry.