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2 courses offered in the MRC Toxicology Unit

The MRC Toxicology Unit's mission is to deliver mechanistic toxicology research, with a particular focus on the study of the links between exposure to chemicals, radiation and therapeutic agents including new classes of biologics, molecular initiating events and adverse outcome pathways. The Unit uses a range of systems-based approaches to address key questions in this area. The Unit continues to develop the translation of its basic research into clinical and public health-relevant outcomes; a short video about the Unit's research activities can be found here.

The Unit aims to train and mentor the next generation of toxicologists by providing a supportive learning environment designed to meet the scientific and transferable skills required for an internationally competitive career. Our PhD Programme aims to train the scientific leaders of the future, giving them rewarding research projects with access to world-class facilities and expertise; a short video about the programme can be found here.

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The MRC Toxicology Unit's mission is to deliver mechanistic toxicology research, with a particular focus on the study of the links between exposure to chemicals, radiation, and therapeutic agents, including new classes of biologics, molecular initiating events, and adverse outcome pathways. The Unit uses a range of systems-based approaches to address key questions in this area. The Unit continues to develop the translation of its basic research into clinically- and public health-relevant outcomes; a short video about the Unit's research activities can be found here.

The Unit aims to train and mentor the next generation of toxicologists by providing a supportive learning environment designed to meet the scientific and transferable skills required for an internationally competitive career. Our MPhil Programme aims to train scientists for the future, giving them rewarding research projects with access to world-class facilities and expertise.

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1 course also advertised in the MRC Toxicology Unit

From the Faculty of Clinical Medicine

We provide high-quality research training to clinical health professionals with an aptitude for research to enable them to become future leaders in medical and healthcare science. We offer training in an outstanding environment, spanning basic science, translational medicine, interdisciplinary, behavioural and applied health research.

We take great pride in our track record of successfully training health professionals to undertake the highest quality research across Cambridge and Norwich. We offer one of the most rewarding environments in which you could pursue your research training with world-leading researchers in The  Schools of Clinical Medicine and Biological Sciences at the Universities of Cambridge, Wellcome Sanger Institute and other MRC, Wellcome & Cancer Research UK funded Institutes, Centres & Units in the wider Cambridge area, as well as the School of Health Sciences and Norwich Medical School at the University of East Anglia with other partners on the Norwich Research Park.  The most important criteria we are looking for are the pursuit of research excellence, hard work and the will to make a difference to health.

The programme faculty provides mentoring and guidance on opportunities to undertake pre-doctoral research placements, enabling successful candidates to make an informed choice of PhD project and supervisor.  Bespoke training and support for career development for fellows, together with support to supervisors, ensures a successful research experience.  Post-doctorally, we will guide fellows based on their individual progress, to make the transition into higher research fellowships and clinical pathways, enabling ongoing training with continuance of research momentum.

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Department Members


Professor Anne Willis
Head of Department

  • 8 Academic Staff
  • 27 Graduate Students

https://www.mrc-tox.cam.ac.uk/

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