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This programme is designed to train research leaders of the future by developing transferable academic and research skills in children's health research. It is the only programme of its kind in the UK
Our course can be completed full–time (over 1 calendar year) or part-time and projects cover the breath of research at Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health. Our master's degree programme has 5 suggested pathways that you can follow:
Global and Public Health
This pathway is designed to support students interested in pursuing research projects in public and global health. Supporting modules include:
- Applied Statistics for Health Research I (CHLD0064) (15 credits)
- CHLD0058 Epidemiology for Child Health (15 credits)
- Concepts and Controversies in Global Health (GLBH0018) (15 credits)
- Evidence-based Child Health (CHLD0083)
- Research Project (CHLD0038) (120 credits)
Example projects: Catching up with COVID: planning future hospital services after the pandemic; Identifying neonatal sepsis in low-income and middle-income countries using routine clinical data from the NeoTree app.
Biomedical Science
This pathway is designed to support students interested in pursuing research projects in developmental or basic science, usually in a laboratory setting. Supporting modules include:
- Applied Statistics for Health Research I (CHLD0064) (15 credits)
- Leadership and Professional Development (CHLD0065) (15 credits)
- CHLD0007 Critical Thinking & Science Communication (15 credits)
- CHLD0037 Applied Statistics for Health Research II (15 credits)
- Research Project (CHLD0038) (120 credits)
Example projects: An investigation of ependymal cilia lining the lateral ventricle; Investigating mucosal immunity in healthcare workers recovered from COVID19.
Translational Medicine
This pathway is designed to support students interested in pursuing research projects that are closer to clinical translation I.e. the development of therapeutics, this can be in a laboratory or computational setting. Supporting modules include:
- Applied Statistics for Health Research I (CHLD0064) (15 credits)
- Novel Therapies: From Concept to Clinical Translation (CHLD0091 (15 credits)
- Personalised Medicine (CHLD0092) (15 credits)
- Applied Genomics (CHLD0033) (15 credits)
- Research Project (CHLD0038) (120 credits)
Example projects: An iPSC-derived neuronal model of early onset genetic epilepsy; Development of AAV gene therapy vector for an inherited metabolic disease, argininosuccinic aciduria.
Clinical Research
This pathway is designed to support students interested in pursuing research projects that are patient facing or analysing patient outcomes/clinical data, this can be in a clinical or computational setting. These projects could be focused on child mental health, or surgical outcomes for example. Supporting modules include:
- Applied Statistics for Health Research I (CHLD0064) (15 credits)
- Evidence-based Child Health (CHLD0083) (15 credits)
- Evidence-based Child Health (CHLD0083) (15 credits)
- Ethics and Law for Paediatrics and Child Health (CHLD0084) (15 credits)
- Research Project (CHLD0038) (120 credits)
Example projects: Brain MRI in posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus. Clinical outcomes following kidney transplantation in children with methylmalonic acidaemia in the UK.
Bespoke
We also offer you the ability to build your own course by selecting modules that best support your research interests. These will include:
- Applied Statistics for Health Research I (CHLD0064) (15 credits)
- 3 other taught Modules you select (45 credits)
- Research Project (CHLD0038) (120 credits)
You can explore the wide range of research projects on offer at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health. Our research and teaching departments are divided into five scientific themes:
- Developmental Biology and Cancer
- Developmental Neurosciences
- Genetics and Genomic Medicine
- Infection, Immunity, and Inflammation
- Population, Policy and Practice
We can help direct you to suitable supervisors following our discussions during the interview or please email mreschildhealth@ucl.ac.uk.
