Programme Overview
Human health and disease is about the structure and function of the human body, how the human body adapts to disease and the design of novel therapies and interventions to circumvent the disease process.
You will study the structure and function of the human body through classes in cell biology, biochemistry, physiology, anatomy, neuroscience and psychology. You will also study sociology through a science, medicine and society module.
In later years, students will select a combination of modules in human health and disease that best reflect their particular interests. Topics include human nutrition and metabolic disorder; gastrointestinal disease; cardiovascular and respiratory disease; musculoskeletal disease; exercise in patient rehabilitation; medicine and therapeutics; diseases of the blood; inflammation and cancer; ageing; neuroimmunology and experimental pathology; neurobiology of psychiatric disease; nanomedicine; regenerative medicine; disease biomarkers; human imaging in medicine; neural engineering in medicine.
To complete the degree, students will undertake a laboratory-based research project in a research laboratory within the main campus or within a hospital-based research environment. |
