MD (Health Sciences—Health Promotion), full-time
College of Medicine, Nursing, & Health Sciences,
School of Health Sciences
Course overview
Programmes available
Entry requirements
MD candidates should normally have a high honours standard in Medicine from NUI Galway or possess qualification deemed to be equivalent. Candidates shall be eligible to register onto the MD programme, three years after obtaining the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine. The application will also require support of an academic staff member who is approved by the College to supervise the research in terms of its nature and scope.
Additional entry requirements: candidates may be required to submit a research proposal for consideration by the School as part of their application.
Areas of interest
- Equity in Health
- Health Policy
- Communicable Disease Control and Environmental Health
- Reproductive, Maternal, and Child Health
- Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV/AIDS
- Health and Human Rights
- Global Health and Development
- Substance Misuse
Researcher profiles
Dr. Diarmuid O’Donovan
MD, MSc (Public Health), FFPHMI, DCH, DTM&H
www.nuigalway.ie/health_promotion/staff/diarmuid.htm
Find out more
Ms. Denise Glavin
Discipline of Health Promotion
Clinical Science Institute
NUI Galway
T + 353 91 493 092
E denise.glavin@nuigalway.ie
PAC code
MD (full-time) GYN94
Current project
The optimal setting for Chlamydia in Ireland
Connecting Health Research in Africa & Ireland
Determining the future service needs for cardiovascular patients in the West of Ireland, using cardiovascular epidemiological modelling tools
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