Research is an important part of medicine. It underpins advances across the spectrum of healthcare, from clinical trials to assess how GPs prescribe medicines, through to molecular biology research identifying new drugs to fight major diseases.
Our research is organised into five Centres, each conducting world-class research. Much of this is interdisciplinary, spanning traditional subject boundaries and reaching out into other departments within the Universities of Hull and York. For instance, anatomists work with medical engineers, immunologists with computer scientists and neuroscientists with chemists. This approach provides a vibrant atmosphere, with even greater opportunities for innovative medical research.
Our research focuses on the ecological, evolutionary, functional and developmental bases of morphological variation in humans, primates, other mammals and reptiles.
We bring together research expertise to tackle heart failure, diabetes and blood-related disorders, focusing on direct improvements to patient care.
We study large-scale patterns of risk for various diseases and health conditions, the effectiveness of medical interventions, and how best to put medical research into practice.
We specialise in infectious diseases, working to develop a greater understanding of the processes that underlie them and to develop new approaches to preventing and treating them.
York Neuroimaging Centre has become the hub of a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding structural, chemical, functional and theoretical aspects of neuronal mechanisms.
HYMS has a cutting-edge undergraduate curriculum which is developed and evaluated by our own researchers. We also develop and assess techniques for medical training and assessment.
