In this course areas of research interest include: arthritis pain and new therapeutic targets for pain; osteoporosis; antimicrobial biomaterials: bone graft substitutes, middle ear infections and urinary catheters; skin disinfectants; risk assessment and injury prevention in sport; football for health promotion programme; implant design and shoulder surgery. The School of Medicine has world-class laboratory facilities, incorporating the latest technologies and specialist services. The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Graduate Centre provides a formal training course which covers a variety of transferable skills targeted specifically at students studying within the faculty. The course is credit weighted with particular parts of the course being compulsory /obligatory. The University of Nottingham is consistently named as one of the most targeted universities by Britain's leading graduate employers and can offer students a head-start when it comes to their career.