Population Health Sciences University of Bristol

Overview

Staff and students in the department are also members of the cross-faculty Bristol Population Health Science Institute.

Key facts

Many Population Health Science members are also affiliated with the MRC Integrated Epidemiology Unit (IEU). 

The department is multidisciplinary and includes statisticians, epidemiologists, geneticists, sociologists, psychologists, anthropologists, health economists, public health physicians, medical ethicists, data scientists, neuroscientists, and various community-based physicians and nurses. We are keen to attract graduates from all these disciplines to carry out postgraduate research.

University of Bristol's Population Health Sciences programme will teach you more about this topic. 

Career prospects

Most of our final-year research students express a wish to continue in research. The majority of recent PhD graduates now work in the academic sector, with others working in the health and private sectors. In addition to excellent research training, our students develop a range of transferable skills to ensure they have the best possible opportunities whatever their chosen career.