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Occupational and Environmental Medicine – (M.Phil.)

University of Birmingham

School of Medicine
Location: Birmingham / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴
Duration: 12 months Start Date: Anytime
Educational Form:
  • Research
Education Variants:
  • Parttime
  • Fulltime
Languages: English 
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Location of University of Birmingham

The Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (IOEM) is a World Health Organisation Collaboration Centre in Occupational Health and has links with scientists in many countries, including Norway, Finland, United States, Taiwan, China, Chile and Brazil.
The IOEM conducts research and teaching programmes in occupational and environmental medicine, including occupational epidemiology, ergonomics, toxicology, hygiene, and other related disciplines. The main focus of activity is related to the assessment and management of risks arising from work activities.
We have a history of welcoming both home and international students and many alumni maintain contact with the Institute, allowing us to continually build working relationships at a national and international level. Research is divided into two overlapping and complementary areas:

* Environment-oriented areas, which follow the tradition of preventive medicine with a focus on causal determinants
* Outcome-oriented areas, which are based on clinical medicine and epidemiology

Doctoral and masters students are encouraged to seek the support and advice of senior staff for their studies and research career.

Key facts
Type of Course: Doctoral research

Duration: PhD: 3 years full-time, 6 years part-time; MPhil: 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time

Start date: Research degrees may start at any time of the year, though for most this will be September 2012


Contents

Research interests of staff
* Outdoor air pollution; indoor air pollution; environmental burden and pathways; occupational lung disease. Professor John Ayres
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 6023
Email: j.g.ayres@bham.ac.uk
Dr Hubert Lam
Tel: +44 (0)121 4148117
Email: lamhkb@gmail.com
* Occupational exposure assessment; methods for evaluating exposure to workplace hazards and effectiveness of control measures; risk assessment methodology for human health integrating exposures from occupational and environmental sources; use of bio-engineering techniques in occupational setting for assessing effectiveness of dermal protection methods; European risk assessment methods for metals. Dr Steven Sadhra
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 6008
Email: s.sadhra@bham.ac.uk
* Occupational epidemiology: cohort, case-control, cross-sectional and nested case-control study designs; role of causal effects, bias, confounding and chance in epidemiological findings; measure of effect and causal inference; the identification and quantification of occupational cancer hazards. Professor Tom Sorahan
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 3644
Email: t.m.sorahan@bham.ac.uk

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Requirements

English language requirements

* IELTS 7.0 with no less than 6.5 in any band
* TOEFL 600 Paper-based test /250 Computer-based test

Additional Requirements

Minimal degree required: Bachelor's degree
Minimal amount of work experience Not specified

Language Proficiency

IELTS Band: 7.0
Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): Grade A (Score: 80)
TOEFL Paper-based: 600
TOEFL Computer-based: 250
TOEFL Internet-based: 100

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