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University of Liverpool

PhD Food Security

<div><p>Overview</p><p>The University of Liverpool’s Institute of Infection and Global Health was established to bring together leading medical, veterinary and basic science researchers from across the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences. We also enjoy close and active collaboration with NHS colleagues through the Liverpool Health Partners Academic Health Science System.</p><p>We employ an interdisciplinary approach to our research that ranges from environmental survival of pathogens, through to their biology in foodstuffs. To achieve this we use epidemiological approaches, mathematical modeling, pathogen and host genomics to studies in microbial pathogenesis and host immune responses. As such the theme of Food Security involves researchers across all departments of IGH.</p><p>Research themes</p><p>Our research themes include:</p><ul><li>Understanding how stressors in poultry production impact on the immune response and vaccine efficacy</li><li>Characterisation of the population biology of Campylobacter jejuni through poultry processing</li><li>Determining the impact of chicken genotype on Campylobacter infection</li><li>The risks of foodborne infection from backyard poultry production in Africa</li><li>Developing novel adjuvants for Salmonella vaccines</li><li>Survival of Campylobacter in food products</li><li>Determining the pathogenesis of monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium variants.</li></ul><p></p></div>

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<p>The University of Liverpool was founded as a college in 1881 before gaining Royal Charter as a university in 1903, making it the Original Red Brick university. The world’s first public radio transmission was made by a professor at the university in 1894. It was a founding member of the Russell Group and the N8 Group for research and its management school has been triple crown accredited.</p><p>It is in the QS Top 200 Global Universities as well as the top 25 UK universities in the Complete University Guide and The Times/Sunday Times Guide. There are more than 22,000 students at the University of Liverpool including 7,700 international students from more than 160 countries. They can choose from more than 400 undergraduate and postgraduate courses.</p><h2><strong>What are the IELTS requirements for the University of Liverpool?</strong></h2><p>Generally, Coventry university requires an overall IELTS (Academic) is 6.0 with no band score under 5.5 for the undergraduate courses. For postgraduate, a band score of 6.0 and above is required, with no individual score lower than 5.5 depending on the program. This is applicable to international students from most countries. For more details refer to the <a href="https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/international/apply/english-language/">Official website of the University of Liverpool</a></p><h2>What is the University Of Liverpool acceptance rate for international students?</h2><p>The University of Liverpool acceptance rate is 14%.</p>

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