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Lost in translation – from bench to bedside
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Activity no.: 3276-25-00-00There are 10 available seats 
Enrollment deadline: 01/01/2025
Date and time03.02.2025, at: 09:00 - 07.02.2025, at: 16:30
Regular seats25
Course fee7,200.00 kr.
LecturersKrister Wennerberg
ECTS credits3.50
Contact personMoMed Team    E-mail address: momed@bric.ku.dk
Enrolment Handling/Course OrganiserPhD administration     E-mail address: phdkursus@sund.ku.dk

Aim and content
This course is free of charge for PhD students at Danish universities (except Copenhagen Business School), and for PhD Students from NorDoc member faculties. All other participants must pay the course fee.

Anyone can apply for the course, but if you are not a PhD student at a Danish university, you will be placed on the waiting list until enrollment deadline. This also applies to PhD students from NorDoc member faculties. After the enrollment deadline, available seats will be allocated to applicants on the waiting list.


Learning objectives
A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to:

1. Definition of translational research and why it is important
2. Knowledge on biomarker identification and drug discovery/development utilizing omics, data science- and experimental methodologies
3. Learn about different types of preclinical disease models
4. Learn how to bring a drug via a preclinical program to a phase 1 trial
5. Knowledge and basic design of clinical phase 1-3 trials


Content
A one-week course in translational biomedical research. The course will focus on the process of identifying a clinical problem, taking a therapeutic idea from the lab to the clinic and understanding the processes behind development of new treatments. The translational course will include lectures by basic, clinical, and industrial researchers presenting key translational research projects and examples on how basic research discoveries have successfully moved from bench to bedside in the form of clinical trials and commercial development. The course will also include interactive development of research plans for translational projects by 5 working groups that will be presented and discussed with all participants during the course.


Participants
PhD students working with or interested in translationally aimed research.


Relevance to graduate programmes
The course is relevant to PhD students from the following graduate programmes at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences, UCPH:

All graduate programmes


Language
English


Form
Lectures and discussions, group work and group presentations


Course director
Prof. Krister Wennerberg, BRIC, UCPH and Senior Consultant & Assoc. Prof. Kim Theilgaard-Mönch, Dept of Hematology/Finsen Laboratory, Rigshospitalet & BRIC, UCPH.


Teachers
Relevant lecturers within the research field, local and international lecturers.


Dates
3-7 February 2025


Course location
BRIC, Ole Maaløes vej 5, 2200 Copenhagen N


Registration
1 January 2025


Seats to PhD students from other Danish universities will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and according to the applicable rules.
Applications from other participants will be considered after the last day of enrolment.


Note: All applicants are asked to submit invoice details in case of no-show, late cancellation or obligation to pay the course fee (typically non-PhD students). If you are a PhD student, your participation in the course must be in agreement with your principal supervisor.

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