St George’s is the UK’s specialist health university and has been improving health for over 250 years. We are uniquely positioned as a leading expert in health education and have an outstanding record of research and innovation; our alumni include Edward Jenner, pioneer of the smallpox vaccine, and recent research has focused on tackling Covid-19. <\/p>\n
St George’s, University of London will be hosting taster lectures over the next month, for aspiring Pharmacology and Biomedical Science students. <\/p>\n
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BSc Clinical Pharmacology – How clinical pharmacology transformed HIV infection from death sentence to liveable condition<\/a><\/p>\n 16th November, 12 – 1 pm ET<\/strong><\/p>\n In this taster lecture you will look back in time to the 1980s, when the first people in the UK were diagnosed with HIV and AIDS, and the diagnosis was effectively a death sentence. You will learn how treatments for HIV infection were discovered and developed and how, with today’s array of ‘anti-retroviral’ medicines, people with HIV can have a normal life expectancy. We will finish by reflecting on inequalities in access to HIV medicines around the world and how where you live affects your chances of beating HIV disease.<\/p>\n MSci Biomedical Science – How Science Works<\/a><\/p>\n 23rd November, 12 – 1 pm ET<\/strong><\/p>\n The Biomedical Science MSci degree places a strong emphasis on the development of critical thinking and scientific skills. This lecture, taken from the third-year Biomedical Research Techniques for Drug Development module, provides a light-hearted, yet accurate introduction to how scientific research is carried out in both university labs and the pharmaceutical sector.<\/p>\n