Department of Anatomy & Human Sciences

Head of Department: Professor Susan Standring
Deputy Head of Dept. and Programme Advisor: Dr Robert Brooks

The Department currently has 26 academic staff, of whom the majority are also members of research Divisions. In addition we have a team of experienced clinical anatomists and 15 surgical demonstrators who teach in the practical classes, and who reinforce their teaching with a wealth of up to date clinical knowledge and anecdotes. The quality of our teaching is high, and members of the Department have frequently been voted "Best Teacher of the Year" by medical and science students. Our Demonstrators achieve 100% pass rates at the MRCS examinations run by the Royal College of Surgeons.

Members of the Department provide courses in functional and applied topographical anatomy (including surface and radiological anatomy), neuroanatomy and histology, for medical, dental and science students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

The Department has two well equipped dissecting rooms, both sited in the Hodgkin building. We continue to include dissection and the examination of prosected specimens in our courses because we believe that there is no substitute for "hands on" experience of three dimensional anatomy in learning about the structure of the human body.