Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance MSc

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is arguably the world’s greatest health challenge. It threatens our ability to control many infectious diseases of humans and animals, both in the developed world, middle and lower income countries, impacting not just health and welfare, but also our food production systems. <br/><br/>The epidemiology of infectious diseases is key to tackling antimicrobial resistance. This programme will equip students with a broad skill set in epidemiology of infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance by combining training in epidemiological investigations, quantitative methods, laboratory-based approaches, bioinformatic tools, alongside the global ethical and legal contexts.<br/><br/>**WHY THIS PROGRAMME**<br/><br/><br/>- Top 20 in the UK for Biological Sciences. <br/><br/><br/>- A unique programme combining training in the epidemiology of infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance that will provide students with multi-disciplinary skills needed to address these global public and veterinary health challenges from biomedical, social or policy perspectives.<br/><br/><br/>- 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.<br/><br/><br/>- 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.<br/><br/><br/>- 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.<br/><br/><br/>**PROGRAMME STRUCTURE**<br/><br/>**Core and Optional Courses**<br/><br/>This 180-credit taught programme comprises of a combination of compulsory and optional courses.<br/><br/>**Term 1 Core Courses:**<br/>KEY RESEARCH SKILLS <br/>CORE SKILLS IN EPIDEMIOLOGY OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE <br/><br/>**Term 2 Core Courses:**<br/>INFECTIOUS DISEASE ECOLOGY AND THE DYNAMICS OF EMERGING DISEASE<br/>EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE<br/>SOCIETAL ASPECTS OF AMR<br/>GENETIC AND GENOMIC ASPECTS OF ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE<br/><br/>**Term 2 Optional Courses**: <br/>SPATIAL ECOLOGY<br/>ANIMAL ETHICS<br/>BIOLOGY OF SUFFERING<br/>BIODIVERSITY INFORMATICS<br/>PRINCIPLES OF CONSERVATION ECOLOGY<br/>SINGLE SPECIES MODELS<br/>ANIMAL LEGISLATION AND SOCIETAL ISSUES<br/>CONSERVATION GENETICS<br/>HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF CONSERVATION<br/>INTRODUCTION TO BAYESIAN STATISTICS<br/>GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR ECOLOGISTS<br/>PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT<br/>ANIMAL WELFARE ASSESSMENT<br/>MULTI SPECIES MODELS<br/>MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PHYLODYNAMICS<br/>CARE & ENRICHMENT OF CAPTIVE ANIMALS<br/>VERTEBRATE IDENTIFICATION<br/>ECONOMIC TOOLS FOR CONSERVATION<br/>INVERTEBRATE IDENTIFICATION<br/><br/>**Term 3 Core MSc Component:**<br/>EPIDEMIOLOGY OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE: PROJECT