The aim of this module is to equip pharmacists with research and evaluation skills needed to initiate, design, and lead pharmacy research projects. Pharmacists...

The aim of this module is to equip pharmacists with research and evaluation skills needed to initiate, design, and lead pharmacy research projects. Pharmacists completing this module will develop a critical understanding and gain practical experience of: how to identify research and evaluation projects; define/refine research questions from initial ideas; design studies using appropriate research methods; data collection, data management and data analysis. Through completion of all stages of a research project, pharmacists studying via this route gain an in-depth understanding of the practicalities of conducting research, including meeting local research requirements, and engagement with local research experts and networks is strongly encouraged. Pharmacists are strongly encouraged to identify an area of research in collaboration with relevant individuals or teams in their workplace. One-to-one academic supervision is provided by leading UCL pharmacy practice researchers.

This module is completed by pharmacists on the pharmacy practice research route of the MSc in Advanced Pharmacy Practice, and can be completed in one to two years.

PHARMACOGENOMICS|PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH|PATIENT-CENTRIC MEDICINE|TAILORED DRUG DELIVERY

This module will provide a perspective in pharmacogenomics applied to clinical and pharmaceutical research, with particular emphasis on patient-centric...

This module will provide a perspective in pharmacogenomics applied to clinical and pharmaceutical research, with particular emphasis on patient-centric medicine. The focus of the module will be on the development and use of personalised medicine for the treatment of diseases. The module will also provide an introduction to the use of personalised medicine for prevention and diagnosis of diseases. Students will develop a theoretical knowledge and understanding of personalised medicine in pharmaceutical sciences alongside drug discovery, clinical pharmacology, pharmacogenetics, pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics, tailored drug delivery, epidemiology, ethics and governance of individualized therapies.

 List of lectures:

  Defining personalised medicine
 
  Use of formulation sciences in personalised drug product development
 
  Use of pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics in personalised drug product development
 
  Use of PK/PD modelling in personalised medicine drug product development
 
  Use of biomarkers in personalised drug product development
 
  Integrating pharmaceutical science into personalised medicine: 3D printing
 
  Integrating biochemical science into personalised medicine: (chronobiological) anticancer personalised medicine
 
  Integrating pharmacogenetic science into personalised medicine: gender and drug response 
 
  Integrating pharmacy practice into science: paediatric medicine
 
  Clinical translation in personalised medicine from lab scale production to clinical product