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MPH5256Injury epidemiology and prevention

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

This unit will cover the principles of injury epidemiology, prevention and control. The unit will provide an introduction to the injury epidemiology and prevention field with a particular focus on issues facing injury surveillance,...

Alfred Hospital

MRU0039Postgraduate research in ambulance and paramedic studies

UnitLevel 9|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Ambulance and paramedic studies investigate emergency medical services, pre-hospital medical care and paramedic education. This detailed field may include aeromedical retrieval, emergency preparedness and disaster medicine, and mobile...

Alfred HospitalCaulfieldClaytonPeninsula

MRU0001Postgraduate research in anaesthesia

UnitLevel 9|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Anaesthesiology is the study of the medical specialisation concerned with the administration of drugs and other substances to achieve lack of sensation with or without loss of consciousness. This detailed field may include administering...

Alfred HospitalBaker InstituteClaytonHudson Institute of Medical ResearchPeninsula

MRU0002Postgraduate research in biochemistry and cell biology

UnitLevel 9|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Biochemistry and Cell Biology is the study of the chemistry of living organisms and the structure and function of cells. Examples include biosynthesis, cellular regulation, cytology, molecular biology, and metabolism. This unit is 100%...

Alfred HospitalBaker InstituteBurnet InstituteClaytonHudson Institute of Medical Research+4 more

MRU0003Postgraduate research in community health

UnitLevel 9|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Community Health is the study of health practices in the community which support and assist the management of disabilities and illness. This detailed field may include current issues in Australian community health, and disabilities and...

Alfred HospitalBendigoBox HillCaulfieldClayton+6 more

MRU0004Postgraduate research in environmental health

UnitLevel 9|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Environmental health is the study of the health impact of the interaction between humans and the environment. This detailed field may include the effect of environmental pollution on health. This unit is 100% research with a view to...

Alfred HospitalClaytonGippslandHudson Institute of Medical Research

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