| The award | How you will study | Study duration | Course start | Domestic course fees | International course fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PhD | Full-time | 3 years | Anytime | find out | find out |
There are significant advantages to using spontaneous disease in domesticated animals as models of human disease and, within the School, the impact of a number of genetic and environmental variables upon the domestic species are being investigated in an effort to enhance our understanding of the pathological processes that lead to morbidity and mortality in both animals and humans.
The impact of the prenatal environment on long term postnatal development, physiology and pathology are linked to dietary and exercise regimes in the postnatal animal (Gardner). The effects of age, genetic background and exercise regime upon the cardiovascular system are being assessed in both horses and dogs (Bowen, Cobb). The impact of changes in the prenatal and postnatal environment on skeletal muscle growth, wasting and insulin sensitivity is being assessed (Loughna, Gardner, Rauch, Mobasheri) as is the role of environmental and nutritional factors in the development of vascular and orthopaedic diseases in the horse (Mobasheri).
To further understand the similarities and differences in disease processes between species, the role of the cell membrane and specific intracellular signalling pathways in response to mechanical and cytokine signalling is being examined in a range of species (Mobasheri, Loughna, Rauch, Bowen).
In addition, there are collaborations with academic staff in the Medical School and the School of Biosciences who are united by broad interests in regulation, integration, and homeostasis in health and in disease. Specific areas of research include volume homeostasis, obesity, inflammation, cytokines and nutritional phytochemistry.
International fees will be charged as follows:
Low-cost research - £14,140; Medium-cost research in Applied Psychology and Paediatric Pharmacology - £16,920; Laboratory-based research - £20,110; High-cost laboratory-based research - £22,730; Technically-intensive/specialised research projects with high consumable costs - £27,460; Exceptional technically-intensive/specialised research projects with high consumable costs - £33,340
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