MSc (Taught)Medical Anthropology

(Virtual open week)

MARCH 2020

Medical Anthropology at

Edinburgh

Our MSc in Medical Anthropology is the largest of its kind in the UK.

Eight members of academic staff from Social Anthropology carry out

research on the body, health and medicine, giving students a fantastic

range of courses to choose from.

Edinburgh Centre for Medical

Anthropology (EdCMA)

EdCMA – the masters programme is embedded in the work of the Edinburgh Centre for Medical Anthropology.

A world leading academic unit dedicated to the anthropological study of the body, health and medicine.

An interdisciplinary network.

Affiliated faculty specialises in: Global health

International development

Mental health

Infectious disease

Gender

Sexual and reproductive health

Health and migration

Students of Medical Anthropology

(SoMA)

SoMA - the Students of Medical Anthropology, a vibrant

community of students.

Organise student –led events and facilitate research

collaborations

Book clubs

Master classes

Advanced workshops for anthropological research on

helath, medicine and wellbeing

Work in progress seminars

Social events

Reading groups

Writing retreats

MSc Students

A wide and diverse student body:

Social science graduates who want to specialize in medical

anthropology.

Medical doctors who want to expand their understanding of health with

an anthropological perspective.

Students who aim at entering top-ranking medical schools.

Those who want to pursue a PhD.

Research interests of the faculty

We offer unique expertise in the intersections between anthropology and globalized

biomedicine.

Research Projects:

Ian Harper work on the control of tuberculosis in resource-poor settings.

Alex Edmonds works on cross-cultural comparison of post-traumatic stress syndrome.

Beckie Marsland works on human-animal relations.

Lucy Lowe work on sexual and reproductive health in Somalia and contexts of forced

migration.

Stefan Ecks work on mental health and global pharmaceuticals in India.

Ayaz Qureshi work on community health workers, HIV/AIDS, health and migration.

Alice Street work on 'off the grid' health systems.

MSc Programme Structure

Core courses

Anthropology of Health

and Illness

Anthropology of Global

Health

Options:

The wide range of options available

allows students to tailor the

programme to their interests.

Social anthropology, Global and

public health, Science, knowledge

and technology, Health and

international development,

Languages (Arabic and Swahili)

Dissertation

Can be library based or

fieldwork based

Placement based

dissertations

Opportunities to work

abroad on placement

A Unique Environment

We work closely with the Global Public Health Unit, the Global Development Academy,

the Global Health Academy and Science, Technology and Innovation Studies.

Students are encouraged to attend the huge number of health-related events across the

University and to take full advantage of the opportunities for funding of student-led

activities, such as the Global Development Academy Innovation Grants.

The programme is affiliated with the University's Global Health Academy:

www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/global-health

And the Global Development Academy:

www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/global-development