MSc in Clinical Science by Research
1 year | January, July, September.
Qualified physicians wishing to gain hands-on, cutting edge laboratory experience in areas of unmet clinical need can spend a year in the Buckingham Institute for Translational Medicine (BITM) prior to joining the MD programme working towards an MSc in Clinical Science. This is a research degree for which you will submit a thesis and be examined by viva voce.
We have interest in a number of areas, including: fetal programming of obesity and diabetes, mechanisms of insulin sensitisation, pancreatic islet cell biology, regulation of energy expenditure, biomedical imaging, bioinformatics and cutaneous pathogenesis. Some recently completed MSc research includes:
Mechanisms of pancreatic islet neogenesis
Restoration of β-cell function using thiazolidinediones
Use of RNAi technology to investigate mechanisms of insulin signalling in pancreatic islet s
A variety of projects are available in these and other areas.
Supported by postdoctoral scientists, you will gain valuable experience in a range of techniques in molecular and cellular biology while being fully-integrated into a research environment. You will have access to state of the art equipment, including RNAi technology, Real-time PCR, cell culture and histology (including an Aperio whole-slide digital pathology platform). Critical thinking, communication skills and understanding of the scientific method are encouraged through regular presentation at lab meetings and the preparation of your thesis.
