Personalised Medicine and Novel Therapies MSc

University College London (UCL)

United Kingdom, London

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University College London (UCL)

United Kingdom , London

Key Facts

Program Level

Master by Course Work

Study Type

Full Time

Delivery

On Campus

Campuses

Main Site

London

Bloomsbury

Program Language

English

Start & Deadlines

Next Intake Deadlines 30-Jan-2023

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Duration 1 year(s)

Tuition Fee

GBP 37,500 / year

Apply Date 30-Jan-2023

Personalised Medicine and Novel Therapies MSc

About

About this degree

The content includes a focused set of core modules specialising in all aspects of personalised medicine and clinical translation.

Optional modules allow you to explore the applications and scope of personalised medicine, including applications, entrepreneurship and pharmacometrics. You are given opportunities to develop analytical skills during the programme before undertaking your independent research project.

Who this course is for

This programme is designed for scientists (or those with a strong interest in the field) wishing to pursue a career in the rapidly developing field of personalised medicine. It is also suitable for medical practitioners, pharmacists and those with an interest in ethics and law who would like to develop their knowledge in this distinct area, with a view to contributing to research and clinical trials in the field.

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What this course will give you

The next generation of scientists and healthcare workers must be trained to deliver this change in medicine and research landscapes. Our programme offers you access to cutting-edge research taught by leading academics and clinicians in personalised medicine from UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital, as well as a range of project choices from computational biology to drug development and clinical translation. The programme prepares you to become a scientist or researcher in academia or industry, as well as for progression to a higher research degree.

UCL's cross-disciplinary research into personalised medicine harnesses the breadth and depth of expertise across the institution and benefits from close links with our partner hospitals to support the delivery of innovative patient-targeted medicines and therapies. This is reflected by the many groups conducting high-quality research and clinical trials in the field including researchers within UCL's Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (GOS ICH), Division of Infection & Immunity, Institute of Ophthalmology, the EGA Institute for Women's Health, Institute of Genetics and the Cancer Institute, as well as University College London Hospital (UCLH) and UCL Research and Innovation.

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Personalised medicine is the next generation of medicine and healthcare. It aims to improve the management of a patient's health and to target therapies to achieve the best outcomes in the management of a patient's condition, their predisposition to disease and their prognosis. Personalised healthcare takes a multi-omics approach (one which incorporates data from a range of different sources, including genomic and epigenomic) directed at the development of novel therapies.

This programme supports the training of our next generation of scientists to translate their knowledge in the field using genomic tools and therapeutic insights for clinical benefit.

Requirements

Entry Requirements

Applicants should be: holders of a life science degree (2:1 or equivalent) or a recognised medical or dental degree (at 2.1 standard where a grade is required); or qualified medical practitioners, with a qualification equivalent to a UK MBBS, or healthcare, pharmaceutical or biotech professional and scientists with equivalent experience (minimum of three years).

English Program Requirements

The English language level for this programme is: Level 2

UCL Pre-Master's and Pre-sessional English courses are for international students who are aiming to study for a postgraduate degree at UCL. The courses will develop your academic English and academic skills required to succeed at postgraduate level.

Further information can be found on our English language requirements page.

Career

You will be given opportunities to develop specific scientific and analytic skills including skills in decision-making, patient communication and advocacy, entrepreneurship, information curation, data gathering, scientific writing, critical appraisal, presentation skills, use of the metaverse and virtual reality in healthcare, debating, maintaining scientific dialogue, experimental design, setting up clinical trials and awareness of topical and important issues (ethics and the law). Furthermore, you will be encouraged to keep a portfolio of transferable skills learnt through teaching practices and assessments which will prepare you for progression to higher research degrees and/or the workplace.