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Education & Training
MMI Structured PhD Training
Programmes
The Molecular Medicine Ireland partner
institutions collaborate to train key groups
in clinical and translational research
through structured PhD programmes.
The MMI Clinician Scientist Fellowship Programme
(CSFP), funded under the Programme for Research
in Third Level Institutions (PRTLI) Cycle 4, is training
clinician scientists through a 3-year structured PhD
programme. In 2010, the first cohort of 22 medical
graduates continued their PhD research in five
academic institutions and participated in national
structured training and the second Annual Scientific
Meeting.
In 2010, MMI was awarded funding under PRTLI
Cycle 5 for the Clinical & Translational Research
Scholars Programme (CTRSP), led by NUI Galway
and with partners TCD, UCC and UCD. The CTRSP
is a structured 4-year PhD programme, integrated
with industry and clinical research centres, which will
prepare graduates for careers in industry, academic
medical centres and as biomedical entrepreneurs.
MMI Structured PhD Curriculum
The Clinician Scientist Fellowship Programme
structured training curriculum is the basis of a
sustained resource, accessible via the MMI website,
for all medical graduates undertaking PhD studies.
Over sixty graduate education modules have been
assembled from MMI partner institutions and aligned
to curriculum topics. Participants can select modules
of interest taking place in their own or other institutions
and register to attend.
MMI Courses and Workshops
Supporting Clinical and
Translational Research
The widely-available MMI Courses & Workshops
continue as a mainstreamed resource initiated through
PRTLI Cycle 3 funding. Delivered by faculty from
multiple institutions (including international keynote
lecturers and industry staff), these short courses and
practical workshops provide continuing professional
development opportunities for all researchers.
In 2010, MMI offered Human Disease Genomics:
SNPs, GWAS and Next-Gen Sequencing, a lecture
course and practical workshop; Molecules to
Medicines: How Biopharma Delivers, the fifth run of this
collaboration with Pfizer (lecture course and problembased
workshop); and the eighth run of Techniques &
Strategies in Molecular Medicine.
The MMI Structured Training Topics web resource
provides an easily-navigated overview of all areas
covered by MMI Courses and structured training since
2003:
http://www.molecularmedicineireland.ie/training_
topics
Molecular Medicine Ireland - Annual Report 2010 - Page 19