MSc Control of Infectious Diseases
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Archive
Middle September 2013 - Middle August 2014 London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, WC1E 7HT London, United Kingdom
Course Content
Aims: To bridge the disciplines of epidemiology, laboratory sciences and public health and policy for training and retraining of students who wish to work directly on a multidisciplinary practical approach to the control of infectious diseases, and to equip students with specialised skills that will facilitate a career in the control of infectious diseases as staff of health ministries, health departments, national or international disease control agencies, aid organisations or universities.
Aims: To bridge the disciplines of epidemiology, laboratory sciences and public health and policy for training and retraining of students who wish to work directly on a multidisciplinary practical approach to the control of infectious diseases, and to equip students with specialised skills that will facilitate a career in the control of infectious diseases as staff of health ministries, health departments, national or international disease control agencies, aid organisations or universities.
Typical postgraduate careers and job opportunities
Graduates from this course take up scientific or managerial positions in national and international government agencies and aid agencies, or join specific intervention or research projects.
Graduates from this course take up scientific or managerial positions in national and international government agencies and aid agencies, or join specific intervention or research projects.
Enquiries and Registration:
Ms. Sarah Colley
Clinical Research, Economics, Financing and Controlling, Epidemiology and Disease Control, Health Promotion, Health Services, Health Systems, Hospital Management and Organisation, Hygiene and Microbiology, Immunology, Immunology and Pathology, Mental Health, Nutrition, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Population Studies, Public Health, Public Health Research, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Social Medicine, Statistics, Training for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals, Travel Medicine
Type of degree
Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, PHD, Diploma, Certificate of attendance
Bachelor, Master, Doctorate, PHD, Diploma, Certificate of attendance
Education form
Full Time
Full Time
Duration
12 Months
12 Months
Languages
English
English
Fees
Funding To find out the latest funding opportunities for this course, please visit http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/funding/index.html
Funding To find out the latest funding opportunities for this course, please visit http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/funding/index.html
Organizer contact info
Keppel Street
WC1E 7HT London
United Kingdom
Keppel Street
WC1E 7HT London
United Kingdom
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