Unit Descriptions
Units have been grouped, according to the nature of the research, into the following categories:
Clinical Research
Clinical research is often defined as research involving individual humans who you meet personally. RCTs or Randomised Clincal Trials are one form of clinical research, however it also encompasses all forms of experimental designs involving humans. Intervention studies are common in Clinical Research
Laboratory-Based/Experimental Research
This area of research is often called "wet lab" or "bench work". It encompasses a wide variety of laboratory techniques, such as PCR or DNA testing and research, the use of human tissue, cells, and animal experiments, either in vivo or in vitro. Complex laboratory techniques are used to analyse the nature of biologic material and its characteristics. These data are then analysed statistically to establish an understanding of the underlying processes
Public Health/Epidemiology
Epidemiology is to populations what medicine is to individuals. This area of research studies diseases and/or health, what can cause them, what can change them, what can prevent them. The emphasis is on gathering data on many subjects and analysing this statistically to determine the effects of interventions, environment, genetics, and behaviour on the health of populations.
Medical Humanities/Ethics
This area of research investigates the social and cultural aspects of health, its delivery, the perceptions of health workers and of those treated. It looks beyond the acts of medicine to the practice of medicine. Research techniques are frequently (but not always) qualitative in nature.
Behavioural Science/Psychiatry
Psychiatry is focussed on the mind in terms of pathologic processes (mental illness). Behavioural science investigates the behavioural aspects of health. It researches which behaviours are healthy and promote health, which reduce health, and how these behaviours can be changed if necessary.
Once you have selected the relevant page for your cohort, click on the category to find a tabulated list of available units. Some units will appear under more than one category. The right hand column in the table indicates if this is the case, and in which category you will also find the unit listed.
For example, if you are looking for a paediatric project, you might find unit 00816 listed in the clinical table. You will see (from the right hand column) that it is also listed in both the laboratory-based and the public health lists of units. This indicates that there are projects within this unit which are clinical, laboratory-based, or epidemiological, or a combination of these types of research.
To obtain further details of these units, you are advised to consult the web-site of the host department or institution (if available) and to talk to the Unit Coordinators whose contact details are available in the unit description.
When will you undertake AMS?
2008-9
2009-10
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