Clinical Microbiology

The UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Artificial Intelligence and Music (AIM) at Queen Mary University of London is a leading PhD research programme aimed at the Music/Audio Technology and Creative Industries.

Features

• Specifically designed for those who have a medical background, this Clinical Microbiology MSc at Queen Mary University of London will give you the cross-disciplinary skills and knowledge you need to describe and understand advanced-level research. This course delivers a critical awareness of current problems and/or new insights, much of which is at, or informed by, the forefront of medical microbiology and professional practice.

• You’ll be taught by world-leading experts, internationally recognised for their cutting-edge research in microbiology. Many of the lectures are given by guest speakers who are acknowledged experts in their field from within the NHS and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). This ensures the course remains up to date and relevant to your future career and also enables you to develop a strong network of contacts. You will learn alongside Clinical and Biomedical scientists enabling you to learn in a fully interdisciplinary environment.

Careers

Graduation from this course allows you to apply your knowledge directly to the field. It sets you up to work in research-focused positions such as consultant clinical microbiologists.For example, a graduate of this course has gone on to become the Head of the Microbiology Unit in the Pathology and Microbiology Department, at the University Teaching Hospital, Zambia.Students of our biomedical science courses have also gone on to work at the NHS, Health Services Laboratories, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), Medical Health Care Regulatory Agency, and Singapore General Hospital.

Courses include:

• Antimicrobials in the Laboratory and in Clinical Practice

• Advanced Clinical Microbiology and Laboratory Management

• Prevention and Control of Communicable Disease in the Hospital and in the Community

• Professional and Research Skills

• Clinical Microbiology and Infection

• Molecular Biology, Immunology, and Pathogenesis