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The Medical School

We train world class clinicians and researchers who prolong and improve lives every day.

Undergraduate study

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MBChB Medicine 
An oncology student in the lab
Intercalation 

Postgraduate study

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Postgraduate taught courses 
A PhD student in the lab
PhD study 

Our research

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Research themes

We conduct world-leading research across a range of specialist themes including oncology, reproduction, neuroscience, infection, immunity and medical education.

Our research themes and centres

Nerve cells

Flagship institutes

Our flagship research institutes bring together our key research strengths to turn interdisciplinary and translational research into real-world solutions.

Explore our flagship institutes

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COVID-19

University of Sheffield Medical School scientists are contributing to the fight against coronavirus, joining a national consortium to map the outbreak

Fighting COVID-19

About us

A medicine undergraduate student
What our students say 
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Athena SWAN 
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Social accountability 

News

Image used as the cover art for the Annals of Biomedical Engineering 2022 edition
7 July 2022

Publication Cover Art on the cover of Annals of Biomedical Engineering June 2022 issue

The article 'Determining Clinically-Viable Biomarkers for Ischaemic Stroke Through a Mechanistic and Machine Learning Approach' has been selected for the cover art of the June edition of the Annals of Biomedical Engineering (2022).
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A flap endonuclease cuts DNA (the orange intertwined worms)
5 August 2022

Targeting a parasite’s DNA could be more effective way to treat malaria

Research from the University of Sheffield is exploring a new way of killing the Plasmodium parasite that causes malaria.
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1 July 2022

Research shows hospice care was compromised during pandemic, but there is hope for the future

During the Covid-19 pandemic hospice care across the West Midlands fell below the “gold-standard” despite the best efforts of frontline healthcare professionals.
Medical student Isabel Leach
Medical Student Isabel Leach
1 July 2022

Sheffield student wins national award for innovative palliative care research

A medical student from the University of Sheffield has won a national award for her research into understanding the experiences and needs of palliative care patients.

Our departments

Academic Unit of Medical Education

Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease

Department of Neuroscience

Department of Oncology and Metabolism

Working with industry

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