Life Course Sciences MPhil/PhD/MD(Res)

Overview

Occupying facilities across Guys, St Thomas, Waterloo and Denmark Hill campuses, the School is headed by Professor Lucilla Poston, Tommys Professor of Maternal & Fetal Health. Clinicians, scientists and health professionals work together in a multidisciplinary partnership to enhance research and teaching in the life-course of health and disease. To achieve our ‘life course ambition, the School brings together a unique and interactive team of experts in women and childrens health, diabetes, nutritional sciences and the molecular genetics of human disease (twins research and ophthalmology).

The Schools mission is to approach the origins of disease from the earliest stages in life and understanding the life-course of disease and the interactions between cause and effect - such as those which link early life nutrition to development of diabetes and allergy - underpins early detection, treatment and prevention, and can provide us with important research and training opportunities.

• School web site https://www.kcl.ac.uk/solcs
• Research income: £11M per year.
• Current number of academic staff: 170 academic and research staff, 75 principal investigators, 50 PhD supervisors.
• Current number of graduate research students: 114
• School News: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/solcs

• Current research projects:  https://www.kcl.ac.uk/solcs/research-impact/research-impact
• Partner organisations: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/solcs/our-connections

• Evelina Childrens Hospital
• Variety Childrens Hospital
• Centre for the Newborn Brain
• IoPPN
• KHP Institute of Women and Childrens Health
• RCM     
• RCOG
• Tommys Charity
• Kings Bioscience Institute
• National Institute of Health Research
• NIHR Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre
• Kings Health Partners Institute of Diabetes, Obesity & Endocrinology
• Dresden Trans-Campus – diabetes and metabolic medicine
• The London Metallomics Facility
• The KCL Genome centre (FWB).

To study at King's, it is essential that you can communicate effectively in English and are able to do so in an academic environment. You are usually required to provide certification of your competence in English before starting your studies.

• register on the King's Apply Portal
• complete our online application form