Clinical Medicine

DPhil in Clinical Medicine

Course Code | 001810

MSc by Research in Clinical Medicine

Course Code | 001820

The Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine (NDM) operates extensive graduate research programmes in both basic medical science and clinical disciplines.

Subjects cover a broad spectrum of sciences related to medicine, including:

• Bioinformatics, statistics and computational biology
• Cancer
• Epidemiology and global health
• Genes, genetics, epigenetics and genomics
• Haematology
• Immunology and infectious disease
• Tropical medicine
• Molecular, cell and systems biology
• Structural biology
• Drug discovery and therapeutics
  

Many projects relate to a broad range of clinical specialities, including:

• Clinical trials
• Dermatology
• Gastroenterology
• Geratology
• Infectious diseases
• Metabolic medicine
• Neurology
• Oncology
• Palliative medicine
• Psychiatry
• Renal medicine
• Respiratory medicine
• Tropical medicine

DPhil in Biomedical Sciences: NIH-Oxford

Course Code | 003986

Details of the DPhil in Biomedical Sciences NIH-Oxford are available on the Clinical Medicine website

The NDM comprises research groups in several institutes and laboratories, including:

• The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Physiology (CCMP)
• The Cancer Epidemiology Unit (CEU)
• The Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit (CTSU)
• The Jenner Institute (JENNER)
• The Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Oxford Branch (LICR)
• The Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC)
• The Division of Structural Biology (STRUBI)
• Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics (WTCHG)
• Experimental Medicine (EXPMED)
• Target Discovery Institute (TDI)

The department supports a wide range of clinical services located in Oxford’s John Radcliffe and Churchill Hospitals. The department also has a Tropical Medicine unit and its major overseas programmes based primarily in Thailand, Vietnam and Kenya.

Information on academic staff profiles

The Department’s students follow a wide variety of career paths, including all branches of biomedical research, clinical medicine, teaching, health administration and commerce.

MSc Integrated Immunology

(programme run jointly with the Nuffield Department of Surgery)

MSc Global Health Science

(contributes to the programme in the Department of Public Health & Primary Health Care)

The Department is involved in a number of Wellcome Trust funded four-year studentship programmes. The Department often co-supervises research students across disciplines with other University departments.