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Lancaster Medical School

A leading Medical School delivering excellence in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, and research that impacts patient and public health outcomes locally, nationally and internationally. A WHO Collaborating Centre.

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  • Medicine and Surgery

    Comprised of our five-year MBChB Medicine and Surgery and our six-year MBChB Medicine and Surgery with a Gateway Year.

  • Postgraduate study

    From PgCert to Master's and PhD level, the Medical School offers a range of postgraduate options.

  • Sports and Exercise Science

    An academically rigorous programme that studies people in the context of elite sport and in the general population.

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Our research

Lancaster Medical School's academics have a wide range of research interests organised into three themes:

  • Experimental Medicine (ExpMed)

  • Interdisciplinary network for culture, health, ethics and society (INCHES)  

  • Centre for Health Informatics, Computing and Statistics (CHICAS)

Our research
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Mobile Simulation Teaching Unit

Introducing our brand new Mobile Simulation Teaching Unit delivering cutting edge simulation teaching to our students and across the community.

Mobile Simulation Teaching Unit

Mobile Simulation Teaching Unit

A £480,000 investment in the next generation of doctors and allied health professionals.

Mobile simulation Teaching Unit

Latest News and Events

Around 55 African elephants a day are killed for their ivory according to the World Wildlife Fund

Lancaster research helping to prevent the illegal ivory trade

Research at Lancaster has developed a new way of identifying ivory tusks from mammoths or elephants as part of efforts to stymy the illegal trade.
Nicola Rennie

Lancaster data scientist in Royal Statistical Society project to help researchers

A data scientist from Lancaster Medical School has co-authored a guide for researchers to help them communicate the results of their research more effectively.

 
Year 6 Medical Training Day on campus with the Cathedral Catholic Primary School

Lancaster Medical School helps local schoolchildren with healthy lifestyle advice

Staff and students from Lancaster Medical School have been teaching health promotion and basic life support to children from five local primary schools.
Sakshee, who is a Year Two medical student, was the winner in the medical/dental student entry category

National award for Lancaster medical student

Lancaster Medical student Sakshee Ramakrishnan has won an award in the 2023 Healthsense Student Prize Competition.

 
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How the pandemic affected a deprived coastal town

Lancaster University researchers found increased levels of free school meal eligibility in Fleetwood following the pandemic as part of a study of the town, which has high levels of deprivation.
Charlotte Ross is a first year medical student

Medical student benefits from Widening Participation scholarship

Lancaster medical student Charlotte Ross who won a scholarship for disadvantaged students says it has helped her enormously.

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Public events at the Faculty of Health and Medicine

From public lecture series, to student-focused webinars, there's always something going on at the Faculty of Health and Medicine.

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Yoga with Francesca

Tuesday 19 September 2023, 6:00pm to Tuesday 12 December 2023, 7:15pm
14th Oct

Undergraduate Open Day

Saturday 14 October 2023, 9:00am to 4:00pm

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