Radcliffe Department of Medicine

DPhil in Medical Sciences

Course Code | 001956

The newly formed Radcliffe Department of Medicine (RDM) runs a large graduate research programme in both basic medical science and clinical disciplines.

The RDM comprises research groups in several centres, institutes and divisions, including:

• Division of Cardiovascular Medicine (CVM)
• Nuffield Division of Clinical Laboratory Science (NDCLS)
• MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine (WIMM)
• Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (OCDEM)
• Investigative Medicine Division

The constituent parts of the new department maintain their own identity and have substantially devolved administration but collaboration across the parts is close and productive.

The research within RDM spans the following disease areas/clinical disciplines:

• Cardiovascular medicine
• Diabetes, endocrinology and metabolism
• Genes, genetics and genomics
• Heamatology and pathology
• Immunology
• Regenerative medicine and stem cells
• Acute stroke

The scientific approaches used are:

• Cell and molecular biology
• Epidemiology and clinical trials
• Genes, genetics and genomes
• Imaging
• Patient-based research and in-vivo physiology
• Stem cells
  

Many projects relate to a broad range of clinical specialties and the RDM supports a wide range of clinical services, primarily in Oxford's John Radcliffe and Churchill hospitals.

Information on academic staff profiles

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