Medicine
Position Details (PhD Program)
We provide a high quality research and training environment for more than 500 scientists and clinicians. This PhD in Medicine is offered at the University of Dundee.
Our goal is to improve the understanding of the mechanisms of disease to address important health problems and to deliver practical solutions leading to health improvement for individuals, communities and populations. Working together we aim to translate research between the laboratory and the clinic, with fundamental research themes being informed by important clinical problems.
Key Facts
The research strategy is strongly informed by our close working relationship with NHS Tayside, and this partnership is driving the development of the Tayside Academic Health Science Network, which will impact on local, national and international healthcare delivery and improvement.
Our activities include collaborations at local, national and international levels and we receive funding from various sources including UK research councils, medical charities. We also have strong links with major pharmaceutical companies, who contribute to funding of applied research. This Medicine Medicine programme is offered at the University of Dundee University of Dundee .
The principal research themes of the School of Medicine are:
- Cancer
- Neuroscience
- Precision Medicine
- Pharmacology, Drug Outcomes and Regulatory Medicine
- Health and Bioinformatics
- Imaging and Health Technologies
- Chronic Metabolic, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Diseases