This Master of Applied Science (Biomedical Science) by Research program offers opportunities to join a leading research team, gain research skills and specialist knowledge, and embark on a biomedical research career. The collaboration of RMITs School of Medical Sciences and the Health Innovations Research Institute (HIRi) offers student exciting opportunities for world-class biomedical and biotechnical research with state-of-the-art equipment and facilities. Student will prepare for a research career or work in a higher administrative capacity in a research team. Programs cater for those wishing to gain skills in conducting research or to study a particular area of interest, or for those with a thirst for new knowledge. The School has a multidisciplinary research base that offers opportunities to conduct biomedical research in a range of areas including projects involving human subjects and research into cell and molecular-based systems using state-of-the-art technology. Projects cover the following research areas: anatomy, physiology, skin cancer, cell biology, cardiovascular biology, neuroscience, obesity and diabetes, wound repair, cell signaling, exercise physiology, immunology, pharmacology, toxicology, biochemistry, molecular biology.