Laboratories in Biomedical and Life Sciences

About Us

A unique blend of biomedical, medical, and social science expertise.

Welcome

As the Dean, I am delighted to introduce the Faculty of Health and Medicine at Lancaster University.

We offer undergraduate courses in medicine and in biomedical and life sciences, taught and research-based postgraduate programmes, opportunities for doctoral research, including professional doctorates, and a wide range of options for continuing professional development.

Our staff are very committed to teaching – and this is regularly borne out by the level of satisfaction expressed by students in the National Student Survey.

The Faculty is committed to pursuing world class research. It brings together biomedical, medical, and social science researchers to tackle key challenges of the 21st Century within health and medicine.

Ranked third in our field in the 2014 Research Assessment Framework on the 'intensity weighted' score, equal first in 'research environment' and in the top 10 for 'research power', the Faculty offers an ideal academic environment to study or to develop your research career.

Our high quality research and our commitment to teaching and to working with the health and care sectors means that the Faculty is influencing practice and thinking across a broad spectrum – for example:

  • how best to support people as they age and reach the end of their lives
  • interventions to address serious mental illness
  • how health inequalities can be addressed
  • how best to model the spread of communicable disease
  • improving our understanding of infections that have huge global impact

The Faculty was proud to achieve an Athena Swan Bronze Award (operated by The Equality Challenge Unit) in 2012 and the Athena Swan Silver Award in 2014.

If you are interested in working or studying with us, this website offers further information about what we do, or call +44 (0)1524 593169.

Professor Jo Rycroft-Malone

Dean, Faculty of Health and Medicine

Jo Rycroft-Malone with brown wavy hair, glasses smiling.
Professor Jo Rycroft-Malone OBE - Executive Dean, Faculty of Health and Medicine

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News and events

Events

5th Nov

Engagement and Impact in Media and Policy: being heard outside of the academic bubble

Tuesday 5 November 2024, 11:00am to 11:50am
6th Nov

A fresh view of the classics: Camões and Shakespeare revisited

Wednesday 6 November 2024, 2:00pm to 4:00pm
14th Nov

Bright Club

Thursday 14 November 2024, 8:00pm to 11:00pm
3rd Dec

MSc in Forensic Linguistics & Speech Science (FLiSS): meet the team (webinar)

Tuesday 3 December 2024, 11:00am to 11:50am
3rd Dec

MSc in Forensic Linguistics & Speech Science (FLiSS): meet the team (LAEL students)

Tuesday 3 December 2024, 1:00pm to 2:00pm
3rd Dec

MSc in Forensic Linguistics & Speech Science (FLiSS): meet the team

Tuesday 3 December 2024, 3:00pm to 4:00pm
3rd Dec

MSc in Forensic Linguistics & Speech Science (FLiSS): meet the team (webinar 2)

Tuesday 3 December 2024, 11:00pm to 11:50pm

More Events

Dr Lisa Ashmore and Dr Luigi Sedda at the awards ceremony

Two North West Cancer Research awards for Lancaster Medical School

Two researchers from Lancaster Medical School have been honoured at a special gala ceremony held by North West Cancer Research in Liverpool.
burger and fries

How limiting new fast-food outlets may reduce childhood obesity

Planning policies to restrict the number of new fast-food outlets leads to fewer overweight and obese children according to research led by Lancaster University.
Filmmakers and academics at the 2023 Health Documentary Film Festival

Second film festival at Health Innovation Campus will showcase tales from across the North West

The second annual health documentary film festival with LA1 Shorts will shine a light on stories of health challenges from across the region.
Students from the 2024 Access to Medicine programme at Lancaster University’s Health Innovation Campus

Access to Medicine programme showcases medical careers for underrepresented students

A flagship programme developed by Lancaster University in partnership with the NHS aims to open up medicine as a career option for pupils from underrepresented backgrounds.
Dr Anthony Aggidis and the brain of a fruit fly with Tau expressed in a neuronal circuit used by the fly in olfactory memory. The red shows where Tau is building up in clusters along the neurons

Promising ‘first’ in Alzheimer’s drug development

An international team of researchers led by Lancaster University have made a promising breakthrough in the development of drugs to treat Alzheimer’s Disease. 
Staff retention is a particular challenge in emergency medicine

Call to improve retention of A&E doctors with better working conditions

The working environment must be improved to improve the retention of A&E doctors, according to the first ever study of why emergency doctors stay - rather than why they leave.

More News

Athena SWAN

Since 2014, the Faculty of Health and Medicine has held the Athena SWAN Silver Award, recognising our commitment to advancing the careers of women in higher education and research.

Athena SWAN