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3 departments, 11 disciplines

Departments of the Faculty of Health and Society

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Faculty of Health and Society: 3 departments and 11 disciplines, drawn as an epidemic curve. 2 disciplines with open courses; primary courses 2 open, 5 in preparation and 9 approved for authoring. 01 Department of Global Health Security: Public health emergencies and epidemics (1 open, 3 in preparation, 2 approved); Health systems and health care resilience (0 open, 1 in preparation, 0 approved); Biotechnology, biosecurity and neurotechnology (0 open, 0 in preparation, 2 approved); Epidemic modelling and forecasting (0 open, 0 in preparation, 0 approved). 02 Department of Environmental and One Health: One Health, zoonoses and antimicrobial resistance (0 open, 0 in preparation, 1 approved); Pollution and environmental health (0 open, 1 in preparation, 1 approved); Climate and health (0 open, 0 in preparation, 0 approved). 03 Department of Human Development, Work and Social Policy: Human development, poverty and inequality (0 open, 0 in preparation, 1 approved); Just transition, social and human rights risk (1 open, 0 in preparation, 1 approved); Work, skills and occupational safety (0 open, 0 in preparation, 1 approved); Mental health and psychosocial risk (0 open, 0 in preparation, 0 approved).
Health and Society: departments, disciplines and courses. Drawn as an epidemic curve.
  • Open, 2
  • In preparation, 5
  • Approved for authoring, 9
From the Academy atlas and the curriculum: primary courses only; numbers mark departments.
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The departments in brief.

The Faculty of Health and Society has 3 departments and 11 disciplines. Department pages sit at a stable address under the faculty, so departments can be reorganised later without breaking the addresses of disciplines.

3 departments at a glance.

Numbered as on the faculty figure above. Each card counts the department's disciplines and the courses whose primary discipline is there.

Department of Global Health Security

Public health emergencies and epidemics, health system resilience, and biotechnology, biosecurity and neurotechnology at the level of oversight.

Department of Environmental and One Health

One Health, zoonoses and antimicrobial resistance, and pollution and the pathways from environmental sources to exposure.

Department of Human Development, Work and Social Policy

Poverty, inequality and human development, just transition and human rights, and work, skills and occupational safety.

Terms used on this page.

TermDefinition
DepartmentA body of two to five related disciplines within Faculty of Health and Society.
DisciplineOne subject of study with its own scope, courses, labs and key terms.

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