‘Health Inequalities over the Life Course’ is a module aimed to provide an overview of the fundamental theories and concepts used in life course epidemiology, to present current evidence of the influence of factors over the life course on health inequalities, and to encourage critical assessment of that evidence. Specific topics to be covered in this module include the social-biological interface over the life course, early child development and health inequalities, adolescent health, obesity, gender divisions of labour/family/health, and cognitive ageing.

After completing this module, you should specifically be able to:


	Describe and distinguish between the different models and concepts used in life course epidemiology
	
	
	Understand the main UK data sets that are available to life course researchers
	
	
	Understand the advantages and disadvantages of a life course approach to health inequalities
	
	
	Debate and critically assess the role of factors influencing health across the life course, and how health inequalities are affected.
	
This module is compulsory for all students in MSc/Diploma Social Epidemiology. The module may also be attended by other postgraduate students from the Faculty of Population Health and other faculties at UCL. Spaces are limited to 60.

Teaching will take place in the form of lectures followed by discussions or small group work.

In a series of research lectures given by world-class neuroscientists you will learn about some of the cutting-edge research done at UCL into neuronal...

Neurobiology of Degeneration and Repair (ANAT0016)

In a series of research lectures given by world-class neuroscientists you will learn about some of the cutting-edge research done at UCL into neuronal degeneration, pathology and damage. Lectures are clustered around the topics: CNS injury and stroke; dementia, neurodegenerative diseases and emerging repair therapies. Four main weekly topics will be discussed.

Indicative lecture titles

Week 1: CNS Injury and Stroke

CNS responses to traumatic injury - historical perspective
 The role of glutamate in brain and spinal cord injury
Week 2: Neurodegenerative Diseases

Huntington's disease: from bench to bedside
 Huntington's disease: molecular mechanisms of disease translated into novel therapeutic strategies
 Mitochondria and neurodegenerative disease
 Understanding neurological functioning in multiple sclerosis
 Motor neurone disease
Week 3: Dementia

Alzheimer therapeutics
 Alzheimer's disease: what can we learn from mouse models?
 Deficient Wnt signalling triggers synapse degeneration: possible implication in early stages of Alzheimer's disease
Week 4: Emerging Brain Therapies

Use of stem cells in animal models of CNS disorders
 The enigma of CNS repair
 Damage, repair and regeneration in the inner ear