Overview

Develop your research skills and contribute to new developments in laboratory and clinical sciences.

The School of Health and Biomedical Sciences conducts research in the area of ageing and chronic disease. Experienced researchers will supervise your work in the areas of:

• cognitive and sensory disorders
• diabetes, fatty liver disease and obesity: nutritional factors and drug discovery
• early-life determinants of chronic metabolic disorders
• musculoskeletal function and pain
• respiratory and sleep disorders.

The research methodologies available to students include:

• use of laboratory disease models and evaluations
• biochemical assays, molecular biology techniques and signalling pathway investigations
• discovery of clinical biomarkers and new therapies for chronic disease.

You will undertake clinical or experimental research in one of these fields with an individual supervisor overseeing your development and progress.

Research is undertaken in a strongly multi-disciplinary environment that brings clinical and basic researchers together to undertake novel research at the boundaries between disciplines.

You may also have the opportunity to conduct research at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai. For more information about this opportunity, contact Professor Jiming