When you study diagnostic and health sciences, you open the door to a career where you really make an impact. You could research cures for diseases like cancer and HIV. Detect illness early to minimise suffering. Ensure people get the right medicines to improve their quality of life. Develop a vaccine that protects the population.
Whether your passion lies in pathology, pharmacy, nuclear medicine, food science and nutrition, radiation therapy or radiography, at Charles Sturt you'll gain the right tools and specialist knowledge to change lives. You’ll learn in facilities at the cutting edge of science – including biochemistry and medical imaging labs (with clinical ultrasound and 3D radiation therapy simulation software), a pharmacy simulation centre and the National Life Sciences Hub.
Kate and Tim talk about their passion for rural pharmacy and what makes living, studying and working in Orange so rewarding.
Work at the cutting edge – where technology meet medical science. As a diagnostic radiographer, you'll use X-rays, CT, angiography and mammography to inform the diagnosis and treatment of illness or injury. You can help change – and save – lives with your skills.
Examine the science of human health. A health science degree takes an interdisciplinary approach – from physiology and biomedicine to genetics and data – while studying a nutrition qualification gives you a moveable feast of knowledge to help people live their best lives.
Study pathology and you'll examine tissues, fluids and organs to understand how illnesses function in the body. And you'll help prevent and treat them better. Develop vaccines against infectious diseases. Ensure blood transfusions are safe. Or assess if cancer treatments work.
It takes a unique synthesis of skills to become an accomplished nuclear medicine technologist. You'll combine chemistry, physics, human biology, technology and patient care. And help diagnose and treat patients. Study a nuclear medicine degree and become an expert in this essential field.
Study a pharmacy degree with Charles Sturt and gain the medical knowledge to give advice, dispense medication and treat minor ailments. You'll also provide treatments, including essential vaccinations. Work as a pharmacist – and discover what it means to be at the heart of community care.
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in Australia. Complete a radiation therapy degree and you can help many of those affected by the disease. Learn about the types of radiation therapy – their uses and effects – and how to deploy them safely for the best patient outcomes.
