Women & Children's Health MSc

The MSc Women and Children’s Health comprises three required taught modules and a research project module. ‘Fundamentals of Women and Children’s Health’ covers health and disease from the periconception period to birth and early childhood. Research led lectures will cover topics such as infertility, pre- pregnancy health, placentation, preeclampsia, immunology of pregnancy and autoimmune disease, metabolic disease in pregnancy, parturition and dysfunctional labour, miscarriage and preterm birth, lactation and infant nutrition, the developing brain and prematurity, childhood diet and dental health, premature infant and the neonatal lung, gut microbiome, obesity, childhood allergy, epigenetics and lifelong health, nutrition, and global health and perinatal mental health. The other required taught modules cover Statistics, Research Governance and Scientific and Clinical Research skills. The research project module is an intensive six month required research project within a lab or clinical research group. Students can also select 1-2 optional taught module(s) to tailor the course to their developing interests, examples include Perinatal Mental Health, Regenerative Medicine, Birth Defects, Assisted Conception, Regenerative Medicine, The Essential Knowledge of Obstetric Medicine, and Global Women and Children’s Health. The course fosters the intellectual skills of students through: Critical assimilation and appraisal of the research literature pertaining to Women and Children’s Health. Production of original pieces of written work that explain, review and evaluate primary research literature and using this evaluation to develop ideas and hypotheses. Understanding research governance and demonstrate compliance with research regulations. Understanding and applying scientific and clinical study design and statistical analysis principles. Thinking critically about their own work/research to input into the synthesis and design of future hypotheses and experiments. Using subject knowledge and understanding to explore and solve familiar and unfamiliar problems. Collecting, interpreting, and analysing data investigations with a critical understanding of the appropriate contexts for their use through the study of primary research articles and the student’s own data.

Base campuses

Waterloo Campus

Waterloo campus is home of the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery and facilities for other faculties

Guy’s Campus

The Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine and the Dental Institute are based at the riverside Guy's Campus, next to the Shard.

St Thomas’ Campus

Located near Waterloo Campus and home of continuing medical and dental teaching, as well as a museum dedicated to Florence Nightingale.