SBRI19015U Clinical Translational Medicine
BRIDGE – Translational Excellence Programme
Understanding the mechanisms behind major health disorders – such as infectious diseases, heart, liver, and lung conditions, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and cancer – is crucial for developing new treatments. This process often involves translating research from the laboratory to the clinic and vice versa. However, bridging this gap can be challenging. The BRIDGE Clinical Translational Medicine course addresses these challenges by introducing key concepts and issues in clinical translational research, supported by real-world examples that illustrate how basic and clinical research can inform one another.
Upon completing the course, participants should be able to:
Knowledge
- Understand how comprehensive characterisation of individual patients or their samples –using molecular, immunological, genetic, and proteomic analyses – can guide personalised treatment strategies.
- Explain how findings from biological experiments (e.g., in vitro studies and animal models) can inform the design of clinical investigations.
- Discuss how biological research contributes to the drug development process.
- Understand the process of advancing a preclinical drug candidate to a Phase 1 clinical trial.
Skills
- Integrate knowledge obtained from other courses into translational clinical research.
- Critically evaluate preclinical data – from a clinical point of view.
- Generate novel ideas for clinical trials from preclinical observations.
- Implement research results in clinical practice.
- Solve unmet clinical needs/questions by designing the clinically relevant preclinical/ biological experiments.
- Practice how to be a moderator of a scientific discussion.
Competences
- Integrate basic biology into clinical knowledge.
- Assess ethical considerations of how to implement new molecular tools and conduct studies with patients.
- Understand the central aspects of clinical translational medicine and be able to discuss and communicate these to other scientists, clinicians, and the public.
The course literature will be listed on Absalon.
The course will end with an evaluation, where participants must reflect on the course learning outcomes and provide feedback for course development.
- Category
- Hours
- Lectures
- 24
- Class Instruction
- 1
- Preparation
- 4
- Exercises
- 1
- Total
- 30
The BRIDGE – Translational Excellence Programme offers a small number of selected PhD graduates a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in translational medicine. This course is only available to the fellows enrolled in the programme. Fellows are automatically enrolled upon admission.
For further information about the programme, please visit the website: www.bridge.ku.dk
- Credit
- 0 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Continuous assessmentRequirement to attend classes
- Type of assessment details
- Attendance and active participation are required, including moderating two lectures.
- Examination prerequisites
Participants are automatically registered for the examination upon admission to the BRIDGE – Translational Excellence Programme.
- Aid
- All aids allowed
- Marking scale
- passed/not passed
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
Criteria for exam assesment
Active contribution and course participation according to the BRIDGE Guidelines and Practicalities.
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- SBRI19015U
- Credit
- 0 ECTS
- Level
- Part Time MasterPh.D.
- Placement
- Spring
- Schedule
- See course dates and programme in Absalon.
*This course description applies to the course running in 2026 as part of the 2024-2026 BRIDGE Academic Curriculum. - Course capacity
- 15 participants
Study board
- Study Board for the Professionel Master´s Degree Programmes at The Faculty og Health and Medical Science
Contracting department
- Department of Clinical Medicine
Contracting faculty
- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Course Coordinators
- Julia Sidenius Johansen (23-707b726f6734796f6a6b746f7b793470756e6774796b7446786b6d6f75746e346a71)