MSc Planetary and One Health

University of Liverpool

This MSc programme addresses the escalating threats from emerging diseases originating from human-animal interactions, driven by environmental and climate change, global travel and trade, food insecurity, deforestation and biodiversity loss, and other human-caused factors. You’ll be part of a new cadre of scientists with interdisciplinary knowledge and skills to help tackle these complex global challenges.IntroductionOur Planetary and One Health MSc programme will provide lifelong learning, technical and transferable skills, scientific training, and opportunities for employment in rapidly growing fields that address global health, environmental change, disease control, and public health implementation across the medical and veterinary sectors.You will be taught by internationally renowned infection and health scientists and clinicians in practice, to provide in-depth scientific knowledge and you will receive training for research that can be applied to academic, governmental, non-governmental, commercial, and public health settings.In addition, you will learn digital, informatic, and mapping skills and the utilisation of open-access climate and environmental data that are of increasing importance for infectious disease research and many employers.Please note that this programme is suitable for intercalating medical and veterinary students.Who is this course for?This masters is for graduates from a biological, environmental science, veterinary, medical or allied health background.What you'll learnStatistical techniques in the design of experiments in biological researchEvaluating issues associated with emerging infectious disease and global outbreaksUnderstanding of models and data results, and their application to health researchInvestigating complex health problems through a One Health lens, with a multi-disciplinary approach to disease drivers and policy connectionPractical skills in using mapping / analytical software (i.e. QGIS and R) to analyse the spatial patterns and risk factors associated with human and animal healthKnowledge and skills for investigating planetary health issues, such as climate change, land use change, biodiversity loss, population movement, and disease spread