Disciplines
The UWS School of Medicine is comprised of a number of teams. Some are groups of academics involved in teaching and research activities (disciplines) and others focused on strategic and operational activities across the School.
Each discipline group is different in that they may be focused on an area of medical practice, scientific inquiry, educational focus or population health. UWS School of Medicine includes the disciplines of:
| Anatomy and Cell Biology | General Practice |
| Microbiology and Infectious Diseases | Integrative Physiology |
| Medical Education | Medical Oncology |
| Medicine | Mental Health |
| Molecular Physiology | Obstetrics and Gynaecology |
| Paediatrics | Pathology |
| Pharmacology | Population Health/Health Services and Outcomes |
| Surgery |
See our Key people page for more information about individual academics.
There are also a number of research groups which numerous staff across the School of Medicine are directly involved in:
Individual staff members are involved in other collaborations with established Research Groups across UWS, as well as individual researchers in other Schools.


