MPhil Epidemiology and One Health

Epidemiology and One Health takes an integrated approach to studying health and disease conditions, recognising that the health of people, animals and ecosystems are interlinked and interdependent. Epidemiology is essential for understanding how diseases emerge and spread, and for the development of effective control methods.

The University of Liverpools Institute of Infection, Veterinary, and Ecological Sciences (IVES) was established to bring together leading medical, veterinary and basic science researchers from across the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences. In IVES we study the epidemiology of a range of infectious and non-infectious diseases of people and animals, including zoonotic diseases.

Epidemiological research in humans includes clinical and molecular epidemiological studies of a range of gastrointestinal, respiratory, vector-borne and sexually-transmitted infections of adults and children in the UK, Europe, Africa and Asia.

Epidemiological research in animals takes place predominantly at the Leahurst campus, where multidisciplinary staff, including clinically-qualified veterinary researchers, statisticians, mathematicians and basic scientists, work together to address a range of issues. These include the epidemiology of zoonotic pathogens the spread of antimicrobial resistance understanding human behaviour as a driver of disease transmission disease prevention and improving health and welfare in farmed and companion animals and the influence of the environment and climate on the transmission of disease.

Students will normally have a minimum of a 2:1 class honours degree in a relevant biological science subject, or an equivalent medical, veterinary or dental qualification. Applicants are selected on the basis of their curriculum vitae, qualifications and referees reports, together with their perceived ability to complete the programme successfully and on the value of the training offered to their subsequent career plans.