Regenerative Medicine (RM) is an exciting new field that holds much promise for generating innovative therapies for a wide variety of diseases and disorders. In this Summer School course you’ll gain a unique overview of RM.
The ZIBI Summer School combines a lecture course with an international symposium on "Global Challenges on Chronic Tropical Infections" and a practical laboratory course on current techniques used in infection biology and immunology.
Objectives; To analyse and discuss notable examples with special attention to the risk communication aspects. To analyse the role of media, internet, scientific journals, independent bulletin of information. To measure the effectiveness of risk communication as a minimisation strategy and consider ways of improving its effectiveness.
Objectives: To develop a robust knowledge and familiarity with the methods used in clinical research and pharmacoepidemiology to evaluate the efficacy and effectiveness of medicines and therapeutic interventions. To develop a robust knowledge and familiarity with the methods used in randomised clinical trials.
The Specialist courses are taught in English and delivered by leading professionals from Aston University, the City Council and from partner institutions in the city and surrounding region.
Objectives: To analyse and discuss the role and the impact of medicines in therapeutics, health services and society. To understand the pharmacological and clinical essential principles of prescribing. To understand the pharmacological, clinical and epidemiological principles underlying the effects (both beneficial and unwanted) of medicines in various populations.
In a globalised society health professionals are often faced with complex health issues demanding inter-cultural and interdisciplinary competencies. This course sets focus on these issues and aims at developing students’ abilities to meet these demands.
Objectives: To understand the need to study how medicines are used. To describe the general characteristics of the different methods to study the use of medicines, and to identify them. To know the different methods and measures that allow quantitative approach to medicines utilisation.
Objectives: To enable participants (specialists) to develop an understanding of the requirements of Pharmaceutical Industry of the operational aspects of pharmacovigilance as it relates to the preparation of documents legally required by regulatory bodies. Focus will be on the adverse event reporting process within Industry, placed within the context of regulatory requirements and best practice.
Objectives: To understand how to evaluate the effects of medicines and therapeutic interventions both during drug development and clinical use. To know the main methodological and ethical characteristics and limitations of randomized clinical trials.
Objectives: To enable trainees to develop an understanding of the principles of pharmacovigilance from the development of the science to its place in pre and post-marketing environment and the roles of various stakeholders within pharmacovigilance.
Objectives: To understand the basic concepts and principles in epidemiology; To become familiar with the epidemiological tools that could be used in pharmacovigilance and pharmacoepidemiology; To understand the specificity of epidemiological tools applied to pharmacovigilance and pharmacoepidemiology.