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Welcome to the College of Medical and Dental Sciences

The College of Medical and Dental Sciences brings together healthcare-related research and education including medicine, medical science, dentistry, nursing and physiotherapy.

We employ around 1400 staff, of whom over 1000 are academics, who work together to find cures and treatments for major diseases, improve the health of our nation and educate our future health professionals.

Each year we train 400 doctors, 72 dentists, 130 nurses, 80 physiotherapists and 68 scientists, as well as offering continuing professional development to keep health professionals up to date with the latest research developments and best clinical practice.

» Sperm crawl and collide on way to egg, say scientists 08 May 2012
Scientists at the Universities of Birmingham and Warwick have shed new light on how sperm navigate the female reproductive tract, 'crawling' along the channel walls and swimming around corners; with frequent collisions.
» Combination chemotherapy shows benefits for adrenal cancer patients 03 May 2012
Endocrinologists at the University of Birmingham have played a key role in a major international clinical trial which has found that giving a combination of chemotherapy drugs to patients suffering from advanced adrenal cancer can help them to live up to a fifth longer.
» Birmingham and Nottingham's joint links with Brazil go from strength to strength 24 Apr 2012
The arrival of visiting fellows from Brazil this week marks just one of many growing links the Universities of Birmingham and Nottingham are developing with the South American country.
» University of Birmingham immunologist made Fellow of the Royal Society 23 Apr 2012
A University of Birmingham emeritus professor and outstanding immunologist is among scientists who have been created Fellows of the Royal Society, it was announced today.
» Adding Chemo to Radiotherapy Halves Risk of Deadly Bladder Cancer Returning 20 Apr 2012
Bladder cancer patients given low doses of chemotherapy combined with radiotherapy were nearly 50 per cent less likely to relapse with the most lethal form of the disease compared to patients given radiotherapy alone, a major trial funded by Cancer Research UK shows today (Wednesday).
» University of Birmingham cements and creates new collaborations with Guangzhou 16 Apr 2012
Six months after the launch of the University's representative office in Guangzhou, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Birmingham is back in Guangzhou today to highlight the ongoing strategic partnership between the City and the University.
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College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT
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