Life Sciences
Immunology in Health and Disease
Module code: C7121
Level 6
15 credits in autumn semester
Teaching method: Lecture, Workshop
Assessment modes: Computer based exam, Coursework
You’ll learn about key contemporary areas of immunology in health and disease, giving you a larger perspective on how the immune system factors into overall health.
Through examining various relevant clinical examples, you will gain knowledge of the causes and consequences of abnormal immune function including allergy, autoimmunity and immune-deficiencies. You will also understand the immune system’s role in cancer and transplantation. You’ll explore the mucosal immune network, and its interactions with the gut microbiome in shaping immune function in the body.
You will focus on how to critically evaluate research data and how these studies lead to novel treatments. You'll also explore clinical and experimental applications of immunological techniques and therapies used for:
- screening
- diagnosis
- treatment
- monitoring
- prophylaxis
- immunotherapy.
Module learning outcomes
- Critically evaluate the way immunology has helped in understanding the causes and consequences of immune-pathologies such as allergy, autoimmunity, immunodeficiencies as well as the role of the immune system in cancer and transplantation.
- Systematically evaluate a range of contemporary applications of immunological techniques and therapies used for screening, diagnosis, treatment, monitoring, prophylaxis and immunotherapy
- Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the mucosal immune network and critically appraise its interactions with the gut microbiome in shaping immune function broadly in the body.
- Critically assess experimental data relating to immune function and discuss how this impact the development of novel treatments