Queen Mary, University of London

Program Information

Degree Offered

Master's of Science, Postgraduate Diploma

Format: Campus

Program Description:

Over the last 30 years healthcare research and drug development have been transformed from peripheral activities carried out on an ad hoc basis to become core activities that require trained, professional, staff. However, the education and training of staff involved in healthcare research and drug development has not kept pace with the scientific and regulatory changes that have occurred over this period. For this reason the Clinical Pharmacology Centre of the William Harvey Research Institute, in association with the Barts and The London NHS Trust and Hammersmith Medicines Research, has developed modular postgraduate programmes in healthcare research and in clinical drug development. The programmes are designed to give individuals the necessary academic background and specialist skills needed to carry out clinical drug development or healthcare research in a contract research organisation, pharmaceutical industry or Health Service environment.

Our target audience is graduates, nurses, medical doctors and other health professionals working in contract research organisations, the pharmaceutical industry and healthcare.

Programme outline
These two postgraduate programmes share a common spine, which cover the key areas of expertise needed for a successful clinical research programme. For students choosing the Clinical Drug Development programme the initial modules willconcentrate on early drug development whereas for those students taking the Healthcare Research Methods programme the emphasis will be related to health management.

The modular nature of the programme is designed to fit in with the needs of those students who are in full-time employment. The taught elements of the modules are delivered in three-day blocks every six weeks.

Core modules

Clinical Study Design
Practical Aspects of Clinical Research and Early Drug Development
Ethics and Regulation
Data Management and Statistics
Specific Topics in Clinical Trial Design
Elective Dissertation
Health Outcomes and Pharmacoeconomics Marketing Healthcare
Research Project/Dissertation
Study options include

Health and the Human Body
Healthcare Organisation and Decision Making
Drug Discovery and Preclinical Research and Development
Toxicology

Accreditation:

Accredited University

Tuition & Financial Aid

Financial Aid Offered: No