Medicine and Dentistry
• prevention of cardiovascular disease by pharmacoprevention and development of the Polypill • a greater understanding of pathways to mental health care across ethnic groups • greater protection for schools against the effects of aircraft noise on reading comprehension in children.
Postgraduate resources With the largest group of medical statisticians in the School of Medicine and Dentistry and a number of research groups within each Centre, the Institute is able to offer a wide variety of subjects for postgraduate study. You will have access to our powerful computing facilities, extensive databases (managed by Oracle and Sequel-Server) and SAS and STATA, IT support excellent laboratory facilities and our specialist reference library. You can be involved in local, national and international research networks and increasingly national and international consortia. Regular seminar series are organised at Centre, Institute and School level.
Scholarships/studentships Our scholarship information changes every year. Recent awards have been from Cancer Research UK, MRC, Research Advisory Board (Barts and The London Charity). For home and eligible EU students with a good first degree (first or upper second) these will all cover tuition fees and maintenance. There are also some College studentships, for which international students are also eligible. There are now a number of studentships available from the East London NHS Foundation Trust for their staff for programmes run by the Centre for Psychiatry.
Career opportunities Many students pursuing further study do so to seek professional development and/or improve clinical practice. Students who take the MSc/Diploma in Psychological Therapies or Transcultural and Mental Healthcare have come from mental health agencies or the NHS and find that the qualification assists them in promotion to case-, ward- or team managers. Others find our programmes useful in going on to apply for a PhD.
Research degrees We welcome postgraduate students and visiting research fellows to undertake research in our areas of interest. Our research students are registered for University of London degrees (MPhil / PhD / MD) and work under the supervision of members of academic staff. You may receive financial support (research studentships) offered by the research councils or medical charities. A limited number of College studentships are also available. Entry requirements Students with upper-second class (or better) BSc honours degrees or equivalent are eligible to apply for admission to research degrees. For language requirements, please see the ‘international students’ section on page 124.
Research areas Centre for Environmental and Preventive Medicine The Centre for Environmental and Preventive Medicine (CEPM) is one of the leading Centres in its field. Its work is focused on preventive medicine (with special attention to cancer and cardiovascular diseases) and on developing novel methods for screening and solving the statistical problems using many tests in combination. We run large-scale randomised
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