About us
We are one of four schools within the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.
The School of Biomedical Sciences (SBMS) aims to achieve excellence in biomedical research and teaching.
Research
We conduct groundbreaking research through our interdisciplinary research centres. We currently attract 76 research grants, worth a combined £37m.
We host five interdisciplinary research centres:
- Centre for Cognitive and Neural Systems
- Centre for Infectious Diseases
- Centre for Integrative Physiology
- Centre for Neuroregeneration
- Division of Pathway Medicine
We also contribute to interdisciplinary research through Edinburgh Neuroscience and Pharmacology and Therapeutics in Edinburgh.
Teaching
We teach undergraduates and run the BSc (Hons) Medical Sciences degree programme. This is administered through the Biomedical Teaching Organisation.
This article was published on Feb 22, 2011