Infectious Diseases MD

University of Liverpool

Worldwide, infectious diseases remain a major problem for people and animals. Climate change and globalisation have led to the emergence of new diseases. At the University of Liverpool, we’re renowned for our infectious disease research and study a wide range of pathogens that infect people and animals including zoonotic and ‘One Health’ high-consequence threats.IntroductionThe University of Liverpool’s Institute of Infection, Veterinary, and Ecological Sciences (IVES) brings together leading medical, veterinary and basic science researchers from across the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences.Our infectious disease-related research in humans includes basic, clinical and epidemiological studies of a range of neurological, gastrointestinal, respiratory, vector-borne and sexually transmitted infections, including zoonotic diseases. We investigate the spread of zoonotic pathogens, the escalation and spread of antimicrobial and anti-viral resistance, diagnostic and vaccine development, human behaviour as a driver of disease transmission, and the influence of the environment and climate on the transmission of disease.We are home to the Microbiome Innovation Centre, which promotes and facilitates academic and industrial innovations in microbiome research, as well as the impact of microbiomes on human and animal health and disease. We also played a fundamental role in understanding the biology of SARS-CoV-2 during the COVID-19 pandemic and respiratory challenges including tuberculosis (TB).Research topicsAspects of infectious diseases you could explore on this research degree include:Vector borne diseasesParasitic diseasesViral diseasesBacterial diseasesHuman and anthropogenic drivers of infectious diseasesEnvironmental and climate drivers of infectious diseasesEmerging threats in infectious diseasesEmerging zoonotic diseasesAntimicrobial resistance (AMR).Gastrointestinal diseasesRespiratory diseases.