North West England MRC Fellowships in Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

In a recent report from the Office for Life Sciences, Clinical Pharmacology was highlighted as a specialty vital for healthcare and industry in the UK. Our proposed scheme builds upon a highly successful training programme in Clinical Pharmacology, based at the University of Liverpool. Our unique selling point is the collaboration between the Universities of Liverpool and Manchester based on the existing MRC Centre for Drug Safety Science, and with 2 pharmaceutical companies (AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline) and 2 contract research organisations (ICON and Medicines Evaluation Unit). We focus on important subject areas, including paediatrics, where there is a fundamental need to improve drugs for children. The scheme is designed to identify the best students, provide them with ?without walls? training through attachments with our industry partners, together with excellent supervision and mentoring arrangements, all of which enhance the student learning experience. Over 4 years, we will train 12 clinical fellows to undertake PhDs; each project will be tailored to the individual and their clinical training. The Clinical Pharmacology skills base in the UK will be enhanced by the scheme with benefit to healthcare, academia, industry, regulation and ultimately undergraduate training.