Public Health
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PhD
In Glasgow
Description
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Type
PhD
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Location
Glasgow (Scotland)
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Start date
Different dates available
Public Health research plays a vital role in understanding the impact of biological, social, behavioural, economic, cultural and environmental factors on our health. Our interests span medical, environmental and social sciences and offer students an opportunity to train in a unique interdisciplinary culture and environment. The advent of large scale data sets from health services, the environment, public services and the private sector is heralding something of a revolution in approaches to public health. For the first time, we are potentially able to see both how people’s health is created, maintained or damaged over time, but also the impact of interventions and policies aimed at improving and protecting health. PGR students in Public Health can access the Researcher Training Programs in the Colleges of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences (MVLS) and the College of Social Science (CoSS). This ensures that PGR students graduate with robust, transferable skills that are relevant to future employment in academia and public, private and third sector organisations. Our research objectives are to: understand the natural course and impact of cardiovascular and other chronic diseases contribute to service developments to improve cancer survival contribute to a healthier population and environment through policy-related research reduce health inequalities of the working age population through cutting-edge, policy informing research.
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Reviews
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I simply adore Glasgow university, it was such a lovely city and I had a nice time in all. Thanks.
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Agreeable however at times secluding, societies are great to join yet some of the time muddled an elusive. Instructing is great yet you have to realize that you're basically left to your very own abilities
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It was a mix of ups and downs, it was difficult and having friends were amazing. I enjoyed my learning experience. I joined lots of societies and that was full of entertainment and information.
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Course rating
Recommended
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Subjects
- IT
- Public
- Public Health
- Medical training
- Medical
- Private
Course programme
PhD programmes in Public Health last 3-4 years, with individual research projects tailored around the expertise of principal investigators within Public Health and the Institute of Health and Wellbeing. Our supervisors use a variety of approaches to understand complex problems including complex statistical analysis, data linkage, longitudinal epidemiological and advanced meta-analysis, but also in depth qualitative techniques and the analysis of new media and policy documentation. We have excellent engagement with the government, the NHS and local authorities, other statutory public organisations and third sector organisations.
Specific areas of interest include:
- the potential for different aspects of environment to positively influence population health and reduce health inequalities
- the differences between chronological and biological ageing and its influence on coronary arterial disease
- evaluating the effects of legislation on population health, such as smoke free legislation
- understanding the interaction of genetic and non-genetic risk factors on population health
- the evaluation of complex public health interventions
- the impact on health of supporting disadvantaged groups into employment.
Additional information
All Postgraduate Research Students are allocated a supervisor who will act as the main source of academic support and research mentoring.You may want to identify a potential supervisor and contact them to discuss your research proposal before you apply.
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Public Health