The use and abuse of drugs play a major role in human health. Drug use is increasing with the ageing of the population and with its increasing affluence.
As drug use increases, the search for new agents has widened from traditional sources, such as plants and animals, to new sources utilising new technologies in pharmacology, biochemistry and immunology.
Drugs & Human Health is intended to give you an up-to-date overview of the present and future role of drugs in human health.
This major is available for the Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences (BBiomedSc).
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Did you know?
Drugs & Human Health is 1 of 6 possible interdisciplinary majors in the new degree, Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences (BBiomedSc), that Otago has been offering since 2002.
Biomedical Sciences is a combination of subject areas that promotes understanding of the scientific basis of health and disease in humans.
Otago has an international reputation for its biomedical research. Building on this, the aim of the new programme is to promote excellence in the application of biomedical sciences by producing graduates who will be well equipped to meet a broad range of career and academic challenges in the 21st Century.
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Career opportunities
Graduates in Biomedical Sciences (of which Drugs & Human Health is a major) find jobs in universities, medical research institutes, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies and biotechnology industries.
Other career options include teaching, marketing and sales (particularly in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and the biomedical equipment and service industries), policy advisers in government agencies and positions in the media.
A BBiomedSc degree may also provide a foundation for subsequent entry into Health Science professional courses such as Medicine, Pharmacy, Dentistry and Physiotherapy.
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Further info
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Write to or visit:
Otago School of Medical Sciences
Ground floor, Sayers Building
University of Otago
PO Box 913, Dunedin |
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