Global Health and Infection have been core to the BSMS strategy since the medical school opened in 2003. These disciplines have grown alongside BSMS and a new department of Global Health and Infection emerged in 2014. 

Our work spans three main areas: neglected tropical diseases, bacterial infection (including tuberculosis) and HIV and sexual health.  We work with partners locally, nationally and internationally. Crosscutting themes such as ethics and mental health ensure we have strong collaborations with colleagues in other departments across the Universities of Brighton and Sussex.

We also run a Global Health/Global Pharmacy MSc programme. Our research takes an inter-disciplinary and responsive approach. We work on existing and newly arising global health issues, including neglected tropical and non-communicable diseases, infectious diseases (tuberculosis, malaria, HIV), antibiotic resistance, health risk behaviours and their determinants, occupational health policy and practice, and hospital-acquired infections in low-income settings.