Biomedical and clinical science specialisms support advancements in healthcare, bridging the gap between operational work, research and policy. In this section, find out more about specialists in government working within medical areas of biotechnology and microbiology through to pharmaceutical science and nutrition.
301 – Cardiovascular medicine and haematology
This sub-group covers cardiovascular medicine and haematology.
Departments
Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
– UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
302 – Clinical sciences
This sub-group covers specific clinical aspects of medicine, including causes, diagnosis, treatment and management of specific diseases and conditions.
Departments
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
– Home Office (HO)
– Ministry of Defence (Science)
– UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
303 – Dentistry
This sub-group covers dentistry.
Departments
Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Home Office (HO)
– Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
304 – Immunology
This sub-group covers the processes and reactions of the human immune system.
Departments
Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
– Home Office (HO)
– UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
305 – Medical biochemistry and metabolomics
This sub-group covers human biochemistry or the chemistry of human living organisms and the human life process. It includes proteomics, metabolomics and metabolic medicine.
Departments
Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
– Home Office (HO)
– Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
– UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
306 – Medical biotechnology
This sub-group covers medical biotechnology.
Departments
Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Department for Transport (DfT)
– Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
– Home Office (HO)
– Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
307 – Medical microbiology
This sub-group covers microbiology associated with human health and disease, other than clinical microbiology.
Departments
Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
– Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
– Ministry of Defence – Science (MOD)
– UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
308 – Medical physiology
This sub-group covers the processes and function of the human body, or the physical and chemical processes involved in the functioning of the human body and its component parts.
Departments
Ministry of Defence – Science (MOD)
Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
– Home Office (HO)
309 – Neurosciences
This sub-group covers processes and reactions of the human nervous system. It includes neurology and neuromuscular disease.
Departments
Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
– Home Office (HO)
– UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
310 – Nutrition and dietetics
This sub-group covers nutrition and dietetics.
Departments
Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
– Food Standards Agency (FSA)
311 – Oncology and carcinogenesis
This sub-group covers oncology and carcinogenesis.
Departments
Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Home Office (HO)
– UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
312 – Ophthalmology and optometry
This sub-group covers ophthalmology and optometry.
Departments
Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
313 – Paediatrics
Overview
This sub-group covers paediatrics.
Departments
Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Home Office (HO)
314 – Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences
This sub-group covers the preparation, properties, uses and actions of drugs for medical uses. It includes pharmacogenomics.
Departments
Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
– Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
– Home Office (HO)
– Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
315 – Reproductive medicine
This sub-group covers reproductive medicine. It includes assisted reproduction, foetal development and medicine and obstetrics and gynaecology
Departments
Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Home Office (HO)
316 – Other biomedical and clinical sciences
This sub-group covers biomedical and clinical sciences not elsewhere classified.
Departments
UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
– Department for Transport (DFT)
– Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
– Home Office (HO)
– Ministry of Defence – Science (MOD)