- Ethics and Challenges of Personalised Medicine Debate -
Date: Monday 1st July 2019
Times: 2.15 to 3.00pm
Location: Medical Lecture Theatre: Level 7, Worsley Building, University of Leeds
The ethics surrounding personalised medicine, and the challenges faced by the NHS in particular, are important issues for our researchers of the future to be aware of. The debate, chaired by Dr Messenger, will discuss ethical considerations including patient genome sequencing, the challenges of keeping our personal data safe and whether our health service is prepared for the making personalised medicine accessible to all.
- Careers Beyond Academia Panel (DiMEN) -
Date: Monday 1st July 2019
Time: 4.00 to 5.30pm
Location: Medical Lecture Theatre: Level 7, Worsley Building, University of Leeds
This event brings together an expert panel to discuss careers in clinical research, medical writing and consultancy following PhD. It is a chance to find out what opportunities are available to PhD students and why your skills are in such high demand outside academia!
- Do you believe the data you obtained from animals? -
Date: 21st June 2019
Times: Arrive at 10am to register for a prompt 10.30am start. Finishes at 3pm
Location: SR 1.08, Parkinson Building, University of Leeds LS2 9JT
This workshop will provide you with the knowledge and tools to ensure that the data you obtain from your experiments involving research animals is reproducible and reliable. Topics to be covered include the impact of research animals and their welfare on data; how and when to assess animal welfare; experimental design and sources of bias; the application of the 3Rs in practice; humane endpoints and how to select them; publishing animal experiments and much more!
