Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: 1 year
Lead academics: Dr Jon Wood and Dr Esther Hobson
This course gives students a detailed understanding of the human nervous system, neurological disease, and the treatments for these conditions. You will cover the fundamental science of neurological disease and bring this knowledge to life by attending NHS clinics to learn from patients and the clinicians treating them.
A range of conditions are covered, including cerebrovascular disease (stroke, epilepsy), neuroinflammation (multiple sclerosis, gluten ataxia) and neurodegeneration (dementia, motor neurone disease, Parkinson's, Huntington's). You’ll examine the biology and evidence base behind these conditions, find out how they are diagnosed and treated by clinicians, and learn from researchers who are developing cutting-edge new treatments such as gene therapy and stem-cell transplantation.
In practical sessions, you’ll critically analyse important research, explore the neuroanatomy of the central and peripheral nervous system in detail and talk to patients with neurological diseases about their experiences. You will also complete a NIHR Good Clinical Practice course, a requirement for any clinical researcher.
In your final term, you can choose from one of two routes:
Minimum 2:1 undergraduate honours degree in a relevant subject.
This course gives graduates the knowledge, skills and experience for a wide range of specialist roles in healthcare.
Doctors or medical students can use the course to develop sub-speciality experience in neurology. Some non-clinicians have joined the NHS Scientific Training Programmes in neurophysiology and audiology, or gone on to train in other NHS roles such as doctors via postgraduate medicine and physician associates.
The course is also great preparation for a career in neuroscience and clinical research, and roles ranging from laboratory science to clinical trials. Many of our graduates go on to complete a PhD and work at top universities and research institutes. Others work as researchers in the healthcare industry or the NHS.
Applied Neuroanatomy and Clinical Neuroscience
Cerebrovascular disease and disorders of consciousness
Neuroinflammation (CNS) and diseases of the PNS
Neurodegeneration
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