Esther Davis Méndez - MRes Clinical Research (Translational Medicine)
I chose to study the MRes in Clinical Research at Imperial because I had only experience in academic research and wanted to deepen my knowledge in clinical trials and potentially start guiding my career towards the pharma industry. In particular, this master’s degree gave me the opportunity to perform academic research and at the same time learn how clinical trials were designed, monitored and carried out. During my year at Imperial, I carried out a pre-clinical research project that focused on the treatment of cancer through self-complementary targeted vectors used for transgene delivery. In my opinion, this programme really prepares you for the pharma industry by giving you expertise on how clinical trials work, how they are regulated and the many aspects of them. Additionally, studying in an institution such as Imperial College London it’s a huge benefit for future steps. My advice to people considering studying this master’s degree would be to not think too much about it, it is a very well designed master's in which you will definitely learn a lot about clinical trials as well as actually designing one. I would also advise just following the lessons and participating as much as possible in the proposed projects as they perfectly mimic what is done in clinical trials. After completing my master’s, I applied to several job positions regarding clinical trial coordination and monitoring and now I am currently a happy Project Coordinator in the Department of Independent Safety Monitoring at Medpace at London. I would say this course has positively impacted my future career increasing my expertise in the clinical trial field and therefore, increasing the job opportunities I could apply to. Finally, I would like to note that the best part about studying this degree at Imperial was the autonomy they give you in the research project.
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