Clinical Medicine

Clinical Medicine

  • Clinical School students
    Clinical School students

The School of Clinical Medicine is recognised as a leader in biomedical research, clinical education and healthcare innovation.

It is an integral part of the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, a world-leader in the development of new medicines and treatments, and at the forefront of stem cell research and the fight against cancer and infectious disease.

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Opportunities in 'Clinical Medicine '

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Anatomy

Pre-clinical medical and veterinary anatomy are taught through the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience.
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Cambridge Institute for Medical Research

Unravelling the molecular mechanisms of disease to transform human health.
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Cambridge Stem Cell Institute

Help us harness the power of stem cells
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Cancer research

Cambridge is one of the few places in the world that can harness the kind of innovative thinking that has led to 27 Nobel Prizes in Medicine and 25 in Chemistry — and target it at how we diagnose, manage, and ultimately cure cancer.
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Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute

Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute

The Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute focuses on the practical application of research into cancer diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
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Clinical Biochemistry and Metabolic Sciences

Clinical biochemistry and metabolic sciences

The Department of Clinical Biochemistry trains science and medical postgraduates. It conducts high-quality biomedical research in the fields of diabetes, obesity, related endocrine and metabolic disorders, and the molecular cell biology of membrane traffic pathways.
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Clinical Medical Student Hardship Fund

Helping clinical medical students in the face of financial hardships.
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Clinical Neurosciences

Changing how the world understands and treats diseases of the brain and mind.
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Haematology

Developing the next generation of blood cancer diagnostics and treatments
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Medical genetics

The Department of Medical Genetics adopts a broad approach to ‘Medical Genetics’, encouraging interests in genomics and the functional biology of genetic disease, as well as applying genetics to diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to disease.
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Medicine

The Department of Medicine provides high quality research, teaching and patient care. It is the largest department in the School of Clinical Medicine, and is comprised of 11 Divisions, each aligned to a clinical specialty within the NHS.
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MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit

The MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit is a research centre for advancing our knowledge of human cognition, with programmes that cover childhood development, mental health, ageing and dementias, neurological and sensory disorders, and fundamental.
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Obstetrics and gynaecology

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology comprises a multidisciplinary team of researchers, technicians and clinicians. Our research helps identify key predictive features associated with human pregnancy and uses genomics to identify key regulatory genes involved in the development of blood vessels in tissues.
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Paediatrics

The Department of Paediatrics is an internationally recognised centre for research in child health and development.
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Psychiatry

The Department of Psychiatry's core research interests are the determinants of mental health conditions, their treatments and the promotion of mental health through innovative translational research.
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Public health and primary care

The Department of Public Health and Primary Care (DPHPC) is one of Europe’s leading academic departments of population health sciences.
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Radiology

The Department of Radiology undertakes innovative research in medical imaging.
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Surgery

The Department of Surgery has a strong clinical research emphasis and our overall strategy is to improve the surgical management of disease through developments in both basic and translational research.
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The Dementia Research Fund

Enabling cutting-edge research to continue, building our understanding of the biological processes behind the earliest stages of neurodegeneration and ageing and enabling the development of effective new treatments that can stop, slow down or reverse dementia.
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Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Heart and Lung Research Institute receives £5 million boost

A love of education and helping others has prompted a Canadian-born entrepreneur to donate a further £5 million to support the University of Cambridge institute which already bears his name.  
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Centre for Trophoblast Research named in honour of Professor Charlie Y.W. Loke

The Loke Family are longstanding supporters of placental research at the University of Cambridge
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