Program Requirements

The program has 2 core integrative courses and the remaining courses can be selected from electives chosen from a number of themes: Fundamental Discovery; Translational Medicine and Health Sciences; Health Policy and Practice; and Global Health.

Required Courses 

MEDN8000 - Translational Medicine: From Discovery to Healthcare

MEDN8001 - Translational Medicine Pathway

Remaining courses to be chosen from the electives under the guidance of the program convenors

MEDN8004 - Translational Medicine Research Project

MEDN8005 - Translational Medicine Essay

MEDN8006 - Translational Medicine Research Proposal

Fundamental Discovery

BIOL8020 – Genomics and Biotechnology

BIOL6171 – Biochemistry and Nutrition

BIOL6141 – Infection and Immunity

BIOL6144 - Molecular Immunology

BIOL6101 – Cellular Neuroscience

BIOL6102 – Sensory Neuroscience

Translational Medicine and Health Sciences

CHMD8004 –  Qualitative Methodologies for Health Research

MEDN8002 - Introduction to the Principles and Practice of Clinical Research

MEDN8003 - Principles of Clinical Pharmacology

MEDI8114 - Evidence Based Practice: Translational Medicine in Clinical Settings

BIOL6007 – Advances in Human Genetics

GEND6501 – Technoculture and the Body

CHMD8014 – Perspectives on Culture, Health & Medicine

POPM8001 – Mental Health

POPH8100 – Fundamentals of Epidemiology

Health Policy and Practice

MEDI8203 - Introduction to Health Policy and Administration

MEDI8204 - Contemporary Issues in Public Health

MEDI8108 - Principles of Health Economics and Financing

MEDI8109 - Health Technology Assessment

MEDI8110 - Health Policy Seminar

SCOM8027 - Science and Public Policy

Global Health. 

DEMO8079 - Health Demography

BIOL6191 -  Biotechnology in Context

SCOM8021 -  Ethics, Issues and Consequences of Science

BIOL8021 – Health and Disease in a Changing World

CHMD8001 – Directed Readings in Culture, Health & Medicine

CHMD8006 - Global Health and Development

Other relevant  graduate courses (BIOL, NEUR, PSYC, MEDI, POPH, POPM codes) with the approval of the program convenor.

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