A clinical scientist is trained to work in a clinical laboratory to perform data analysis and generation. A clinical scientist may have a varied workload. They may interpret test results and suggest treatments to doctors. They may research, develop and test new methods of genetic diagnosis and treatment. They may study genomic test results and analyse data to check for inherited diseases.
A student wishing to pursue a career as a clinical scientist might want to consider the following combination of modules:
GM1 - An introduction to human genetics and genomics
GM2 - Omics techniques and their application to genomic medicine
GM4 - Molecular pathology of cancer and application in cancer diagnosis, screening, and treatment
GM3 - Genomics of common and rare inherited diseases
GM5 - Application of genomics in infectious disease
GM6 - Pharmacogenetics and stratified healthcare
GM7 - Bioinformatics, interpretation and data quality assurance in genome analysis
GMO4 - Advanced bioinformatics - from genomes to systems
Research Project (computational focused)