MSc (Research) Infectious Disease in Glasgow United Kingdom | University of Glasgow

Our research adopts a multidisciplinary strategy for investigating infectious diseases, integrating mathematical and statistical modeling with fields including ecology, evolutionary biology, parasitology, immunology, bioinformatics, and social sciences.
The School of Biodiversity, One Health, and Veterinary Medicine excels in epidemiology, with specialized expertise in quantitative modeling, genetic analysis, disease surveillance, immunology and vaccine development, antimicrobial resistance, vector ecology, and one-health strategies for disease control. We primarily concentrate on endemic and understudied diseases, veterinary pathogens, zoonotic infections, and examining these pathogens within their natural environments, especially in developing nations. Our infectious disease research embraces an interdisciplinary perspective, acknowledging epidemiology as essentially the ecology of pathogens, which allows fruitful collaboration with spatial and quantitative ecology specialists. Our modeling approaches are data-driven, emphasizing the estimation of key parameters for disease dynamics and control through advanced statistical techniques. Emerging sequencing technologies are transforming epidemiological studies, particularly in understanding typically obscure transmission processes.
Research initiatives are customized based on the specialties of principal investigators across our Institutes. Methodologies span ecology, epidemiology, mathematical and computational modeling, statistical analysis, bioinformatics, parasitology, immunology, and various omics technologies (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics). Students can pursue both fundamental and applied research projects, including field-based studies conducted both domestically in the UK and internationally.