Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance University of Glasgow

Overview

Key facts

• Accredited by the Royal Society of Biology for the purpose of meeting, in part, the academic and experience requirement for the Membership and Chartered Biologist (CBiol).

• The Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance programme of the  University of Glasgow  is a unique programme combining training in the epidemiology of infectious diseases and antimicrobial Top 20 in the UK for Biological Sciencesresistance that will provide students with multi-disciplinary skills needed to address these global public and veterinary health challenges from biomedical, social or policy perspectives.

• Close interdisciplinary efforts of the Institute are further evidenced by the establishment of a new research hub, the OHRBID laboratory (“One Health Research in Bacterial Infectious Diseases”), providing hands-on experience and training in the identification of genetic and genomic mechanisms underlying AMR.

• Equips students with an exceptionally broad knowledge base and a suite of skills in infectious disease epidemiology and AMR – epidemiological and ecological modelling, statistical analyses, epidemiological study design, mitigation strategies, genetic aspects of AMR, genomics data analysis, and ethical and legal issues.

• Comprised of leading experts in the field of epidemiology of infectious diseases, including molecular and field epidemiologists, as well as statisticians, mathematical modellers and microbiologists, who will provide a One Health context relevant to developed as well as lower and middle income countries.
• Career Prospects
• Students will be equipped to progress academically to PhD level or to pursue a career outside academia, for example in:
• Industry

• National and international health boards

• Policy and regulatory bodies

• Devolved or international governments

• National Health Service

• Public Health England

• Health Protection Scotland

• National Institutes for Health

• World Health Organization

• Food and Agricultural Organization

• World Organisation for Animal Health

• Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• Also be suitable for broadening the range of knowledge of health professionals such as:
• Veterinarians

• Clinicians

• Microbiologists

• Epidemiologists

• Nurses

• Pharmacists

• Quantitative scientists such as mathematicians or physicists