MSc by Research in Translational and Clinical Research

The Translation and Clinical Research theme focuses on delivery of an oraldental translational research pipeline spanning: Systematic reviews to identify clinical knowledge gaps, Early proof of concept, feasibility, pilot studies, Phase 3 efficacy and effectiveness trials, often incorporating mechanistic evaluation to advance understanding of how the interventions work, Electronic health record data analytics. Our clinical research is focused to improve oral health and bring new innovations into NHS care. We support a broad portfolio spanning caries and dental erosion, dental trauma, paediatrics, pain management, prosthodontics, and links between periodontology and systemic health. We have established a strong bi-directional knowledge-transfer collaborations between medicine and dental research. These collaborations have extended our portfolio to include: Major diseases with known or emerging links to oral disease; notably, cardiovascular research (VINDICATE MRC), rheumatoid arthritis (CADERA, NIHR-EME £1.13m) and multiple sclerosis (MS-SMART NIHR-EME £2.9m; MS-STAT2 NIHR-HTA £3.84M; MS-OCTOPUS MSS £12.99M; CHARIOT-MS NIHR-EME £2.04M); Antimicrobial stewardship to limit antimicrobial resistance (ALABAMA NIHR-PGfAR £2.5m and APTiTUDE NIHR-DRF); Pain management (Trigeminal neuralgia associated with MS).

You must have achieved a bachelor degree with a 2:1 (Hons) or equivalent, or a good performance in a Masters level course. We also recognise relevant industrial and academic experience.A higher level of English of IELTS Band Score 6.5 (with not less than 6.0 in any skill area)Internet based TOEFL 92 (with not less than 21 in listening, 21 in reading, 23 in speaking and 22 in writing)