Cardiovascular Health and Disease Utrecht University

Overview

With a Cardiovascular Health and Disease degree from Utrecht University  positions you at the cutting edge of basic and clinical science, in the cardiovascular research field. You study the cardiovascular system in the broadest sense and learn to conduct cardiovascular-related research on a basic, translational, or (pre)clinical level.

Learn to translate a disease into a scientifically sound experiment or model, and translate your experimental model back to the disease. Expand your knowledge concerning the disease or build bridges towards therapeutic leads by studying underlying mechanisms of the disease. Research projects, courses and writing assignments focus on different cardiovascular subjects, allowing you to gain experience in multiple labs. Examples of subjects covered are arrhythmias, vascular biology and disease, heart failure, cardiomyopathies, stroke, and cardiovascular risk factors and prevention.

Career

Graduates find positions in:

• The Graduate School of Life Sciences-PhD programmes, in particular Cardiovascular Research
• National and international institutions partnered with Utrecht University research institutes
• Various other national and international institutes
• Researcher in Life Sciences industry
• Clinical trial assistant
• Education