Research Degrees
The Department welcomes applications from those seeking to perform research for the degrees listed below. Opportunities are available within each of the Department’s research areas listed below.
MPhil/PhD/MD/Intercalated Masters Degree*
Entry Requirements for Postgraduate and Intercalated students: Applicants should hold at least a relevant second-class honours degree, or its equivalent, in a relevant subject.
Assessment: Original research and thesis.
IELTS: 6.5
Funding: MRC, BBSRC, ESRC, NERC, EU, Wellcome Trust, Royal Society
*the intercalated masters degree is currently available in collaboration with Liverpool University and is projected to run by Lancaster Medical School at Lancaster by academic year 2010/2011
Research Areas
Research in the Department is concentrated within the broad areas of:
- Medical Education
- Epidemiology
- Reproductive immunology
- Social studies of science and technology in clinical practice
- Qualitative methods in health research
- Parasitology
- Cellular responses to DNA damage
To get an idea of the expertise and options for supervision available in the Department please see our section on staff research interests. Further information is also available on making postgraduate applications.