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Division Director:
Professor Michael Coughtrie

Division Manager:
Mrs Helen Callachan
Email: h.callachan@dundee.ac.uk

Division Secretary/PA to Director:
Mrs Liz Faini
Email: e.faini@dundee.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1382 632166

Division Research Co-ordinator:
Mrs Catherine Cavanagh
Email: c.cavanagh@dundee.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1382 632530

Division Finance Manager:
Mrs Sharon Raitt
Email: s.z.raitt@dundee.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1382 496487

Fax: ++(0)1382 633952
General Email: CMDN-DMS@dundee.ac.uk

Division of Medical Sciences

3D Reconstruction of confocal images of TR146 keratinocytes stained for ezrin, significant in metastasis. (Image provided by Dr Andrew Campbell) 

Formed in 2008, the Division of Medical Sciences provides a high quality research and training environment for more than 400 clinicians and scientists based on the Ninewells Hospital & Medical School campus. Our guiding principle is to develop and maintain excellence in research, through the appointment and nurturing of first-rate staff within an environment where research teams work together to tackle fundamental problems in human health. We take an interdisciplinary approach to Translational Medicine, where existing and developing strengths in molecular and cellular biology are making significant contributions to the understanding of the causes, course of development, detection and treatment of human disease. Research carried out within the Division was rated 5* at RAE2001, and at RAE2008 65% of our research activity was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent (4* and 3*) – ranked 4th in the UK. Much of our work involves close collaborations with NHS colleagues based in Tayside, Fife and elsewhere in Scotland.

We also pride ourselves on delivering an excellent research-led teaching and learning experience for undergraduate and postgraduate students in Medicine, Dentistry and the Biomedical Sciences.

Collection of images of cultured human cancer cells as they undergo mitosis.(Image provided by Dr Helen Sanderson)

The Division is home to 3 major Academic Centres involving a total of 75 academic staff:

The Centre for Cardiovascular and Lung Biology (Head, Professor Allan Struthers)

The Centre for Neuroscience (Head, Professor Jerry Lambert)

The Centre for Oncology & Molecular Medicine (Head, Professor Alastair Thompson)

The Division of Medical Sciences is closely affiliated with 2 other Academic Research units in Dundee:

The Biomedical Research Institute (Co-Directors, Professors Roland Wolf & ), based in the School of Medicine

The Division of Molecular Medicine (Head, Professor Irwin McLean), based in the College of Life Sciences