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MRU0005Postgraduate research in epidemiology and preventive medicine

UnitLevel 9|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Epidemiology is the study of the incidence, distribution and possible control of infectious and chronic diseases as they affect groups of people. This detailed field may include disease and injury evaluation and surveillance, and...

Alfred HospitalBaker InstituteBurnet InstituteCaulfieldClayton+2 more

MRU0037Postgraduate research in epidemiology and preventive medicine (high)

UnitLevel 9|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Epidemiology is the study of the incidence, distribution and possible control of infectious and chronic diseases as they affect groups of people. This detailed field may include disease and injury evaluation and surveillance, and...

Alfred HospitalBaker InstituteBox HillBurnet InstituteClayton+3 more

MRU0006Postgraduate research in forensic medicine

UnitLevel 9|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Forensic Science is the study of the use of scientific techniques to solve criminal cases. This detailed field may include ballistics, blood splash pattern analysis, crime scene investigation, trace evidence, and fingerprint enhancement...

Alfred HospitalClaytonHudson Institute of Medical ResearchSouthbank

MRU0013Postgraduate research in general medicine

UnitLevel 9|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

General medicine is the study of the clinical presentation and treatment of diseases. This detailed field may include clinical diagnosis, and diseases affecting humans. This unit is 100% research with a view to producing a thesis.

Alfred HospitalBaker InstituteBox HillBurnet InstituteClayton+6 more

MRU0007Postgraduate research in general practice

UnitLevel 9|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

General Practice is the study of providing primary and continuing medical care to patients in a community setting. It is particularly concerned with providing family and community oriented health care. This detailed field may include...

Alfred HospitalBendigoClaytonMoeNotting Hill+2 more

MRU0008Postgraduate research in genetics

UnitLevel 9|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Genetics is the study of heredity and of the units of biological inheritance. This detailed field may include cytogenetics, genotypes, higher eukaryotes, microbial genetics, molecular genetics, monohybrids, and phenotypes. This unit is...

Alfred HospitalBaker InstituteClaytonHudson Institute of Medical ResearchMonash Medical Centre+2 more

MRU0009Postgraduate research in health promotion

UnitLevel 9|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Health Promotion is the study of promoting a healthy lifestyle and influencing behaviour to improve health. This detailed field may include contribution of lifestyle to morbidity and mortality, health program planning, and health promotion...

Alfred HospitalCaulfieldClaytonMoeMonash Medical Centre+3 more

MRU0026Postgraduate research in health services management

UnitLevel 9|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Public and health care administration is the study of planning and directing the functions and operations of organisations whose primary objective is the provision of services for the public good. This detailed field may include...

Alfred HospitalBendigoBox HillCaulfieldClayton+6 more

MRU0035Postgraduate research in health services research

UnitLevel 9|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Health services research is the study of the provision of health services and tools used to measure and assess these services. This detailed field may include health informatics, health technology assessment, clinical effectiveness,...

Alfred HospitalBox HillCaulfieldClaytonMoe+2 more

MRU0010Postgraduate research in human biology

UnitLevel 9|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Human Biology is the study of human physiology and anatomy. This detailed field may include biological anthropology, human anatomy and histology, human evolution and variation, primatology, and human growth, development and reproduction....

Alfred HospitalClaytonHudson Institute of Medical ResearchMonash Medical CentreNotting Hill+2 more

MRU0019Postgraduate research in immunology

UnitLevel 9|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

This detailed field includes all biological sciences not elsewhere classified, including immunology. Examples include biogeography, bioinformatics, biophysics, mycology, neuroscience, and parasitology. This unit is 100% research with a...

Alfred HospitalBaker InstituteBurnet InstituteClaytonHudson Institute of Medical Research+6 more

MRU0011Postgraduate research in Indigenous health

UnitLevel 9|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Indigenous Health is the study of the health of the Indigenous population within the broader context of socio-economic development of aboriginal communities. This detailed field may include approaches to Indigenous health care delivery and...

Alfred HospitalClaytonGippslandMoeMonash Medical Centre+1 more

MRU0012Postgraduate research in medical science

UnitLevel 9|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Medical Science is the study of physics, biology and chemistry as applied to medicine. This detailed field may include biomedical sciences, clinical and medical biochemistry, medical biotechnology, medical microbiology, medical physics,...

Alfred HospitalBaker InstituteBox HillBurnet InstituteClayton+9 more

MRU0014Postgraduate research in microbiology

UnitLevel 9|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Microbiology is the study of microscopic forms of life such as bacteria, viruses, and protozoa. This detailed field may include food microbiology, industrial microbiology, microbial cell structure and function, microbial physiology,...

Alfred HospitalBurnet InstituteClaytonHudson Institute of Medical ResearchMonash Medical Centre+2 more

MRU0016Postgraduate research in obstetrics and gynaecology

UnitLevel 9|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Obstetrics and Gynaecology is the study of the medical specialisation concerned with the care of women during pregnancy, labour and after childbirth and the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the female reproductive system....

Alfred HospitalBurnet InstituteClaytonHudson Institute of Medical ResearchMonash Medical Centre+3 more

MRU0018Postgraduate research in paediatrics

UnitLevel 9|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Paediatrics is the medical specialisation concerned with normal physical and emotional growth and development from birth through to late adolescence. It involves preventing, diagnosing and treating diseases and uncommon disorders in...

Alfred HospitalBurnet InstituteClaytonHudson Institute of Medical ResearchMonash Medical Centre+3 more

MRU0036Postgraduate research in pathology

UnitLevel 9|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Pathology is the study of the medical specialisation concerned with the causes and effects of diseases, including the structural and functional changes of body organs, tissues and fluids, and the systematic methods of detecting these...

Alfred HospitalClaytonMonash Medical CentrePeter MacCallum Cancer Centre

MRU0020Postgraduate research in pharmacology

UnitLevel 9|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Pharmacology is the study of the development, uses and effects of drugs. Examples include clinical drug trials, drug analysis, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, and toxicology. This unit is 100% research with a view to producing a thesis.

Alfred HospitalClaytonMonash Medical CentreMonash Suzhou Research InstitutePeninsula+2 more

MRU0040Postgraduate research in physiotherapy

UnitLevel 9|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Physiotherapy is the study of therapeutic uses of physical means to relieve pain, regain range of movement, restore muscle strength and return patients to normal activities of daily living. This unit is 100% research with a view to...

Alfred HospitalClaytonPeninsula

MRU0021Postgraduate research in psychological medicine

UnitLevel 9|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Psychological Medicine and Psychiatry are the study of the medical specialisation concerned with diagnosing, preventing and treating diseases and disorders of the mind. This detailed field may include assessing patients' psychiatric...

Alfred HospitalBox HillCaulfieldClaytonGippsland+6 more