Social Anthropology|Biological Anthropology|Medical Anthropology|Material Culture

Module Description

ANTH0015: Being Human stands as a unique module amongst those in the anthropology degree. This second- year compulsory module investigates...

This description relates to the full year version of the module. Only the topics and content that is taught in Term 1 will be covered in this...

Ancient Languages and Cultures|Classics|Comparative Literary Studies

Teaching Delivery: This module is taught in 10 weekly lectures. 

Content: How should we analyse, write about, and study productions of Greek drama - both in...

Neuromodulation is a rapidly-evolving field within pain management that offers a new approach to complex pain conditions. This module has been developed by...

Neuromodulation is a rapidly-evolving field within pain management that offers a new approach to complex pain conditions. This module has been developed by expert clinicans with a passion for the specialty and has the support of international pain societies including the International Neuromodulation Society.

You will learn about the clinical application of neuromodulation from the basic science of electricity to an evidence-based approach to assessing its use in practice. The module discusses the business and governance logistics in establishing an effective service.

Summary 

Pharmacometrics, a vital part of drug development and clinical pharmacology, is the mathematical study of the relationship between a...

Summary 

Pharmacometrics, a vital part of drug development and clinical pharmacology, is the mathematical study of the relationship between a treatment’s administered dose, its concentration in the body, and its measured effect, and how these evolve with time. This module will cover the theoretical underpinnings of pharmacometrics and provide computer laboratory hands-on data analysis experience. The module aims to equip you with an understanding of the biological basis of pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic processes, and also understand and apply the mathematical and statistical models necessary to describe these. You should be well equipped for further postgraduate study in pharmacometrics, or employment in the pharmaceutical industry.

Learning Objectives and Outcomes 

After taking this module, you should be able to:

Understand the biological basis of pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic models, and be familiar with a number of model types
	Understand the rationale behind using nonlinear mixed effects models
	Know how to design a pharmacokinetic experiment (number of subjects, number of samples per subject) to be analysed with nonlinear mixed effects modelling
	Know how to write the mathematical and statistical model for a nonlinear mixed effects model and how to code this in R.
	Correctly use the terms: variable, parameter and covariate
	Be able to write simple pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic models in closed form and as differential equations
	Appropriately organise data for and read output from nonlinear mixed effects models using R
	Analyse analyse data arising from a pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic experiment using R
Who is this module for? 


Students studying personalised medicine, pharmacy or pharmacology and therapeutics and wish to learn quantitative methods. Medical statistics students wishing to learn an important application of statistical modelling relevant to the pharmaceutical industry.