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Hi, my name is Andy Welch and I coordinate the MSc Medical Physics and MSc Medical Imaging programmes here at the University of Aberdeen. One of the questions that I often get asked by potential students is the difference between the two programmes. The term Medical Physics is fairly well…

Fourth year Sports & Exercise Science student, Matthew Callow, had a busy summer delivering strength and conditioning support to the Caledonian Highlanders (Regional Cricket development) U18 Girls’ side through Cricket Scotland. A lover of sports, although more used to football, squash and rugby as well as taking part in powerlifting…

Drinking orange juice increases the risk of skin cancer! This is a new headline that emerged across newspapers last month (April 2021), based on a new epidemiological study. Although I have been studying human nutrition for nearly ten years, I am aware that there are many questions to be answered…

Hi, I’m Daria, a fourth year Immunology student from Italy. I am currently in the sixth month of my Placement year at the European Institute of Oncology in Milan, Italy. I am doing this experience to become familiar with working in a real lab and I really recommend it! Despite…

My Medical Humanities course was a journey to greater understanding, for the life-altering condition of cancer, music is the best way.

Why this topic?

Cancer affects everyone in some form, however, how can anyone truly understand if they have not experienced it themselves. In…