WHY US
The mission of the Division of Translational Medicine at the Graduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics is to speed the translation of laboratory-based medical research to effective and efficient treatments and services for clinical settings. Research topics at our Division now include cancer precision medicine, cardiovascular disease, aging and neurodegeneration, reproductive medicine, and regeneration medicine.
COURSES INTRODUCTION
To make rapid advances in cutting-edge medical technologies possible, we provide students with multi-disciplinary curriculum and comprehensive research resources, and we pride ourselves in our dual-mentorship system, where students work closely with expert faculty from both Translational Medicine and Biomedical Informatics departments.
CURRICULA
These 6 courses are required:
| ◆ Seminar | 4 credits |
| ◆ Special topics in processing & translational research of medical science & technology | 2 credits |
| ◆ Fundamental of translational medicine | 2 credits |
| ◆ Molecular medicine for human diseases | 2 credits |
| ◆ Research ethics | 0 credit |
| ◆ Thesis | 6 credits |
Suggested Electives:
| Fundamental biomedical knowledge | 2 credits |
| Fundamental programming design | 2 credits |
| Precision genomics & proteomics in medical application | 2 credits |
| Machine learning | 2 credits |
| Medical decision support | 2 credits |
| Artificial intelligence in medicine | 1 credit |
| Applied biostatistics | 2 credits |
| Bioinformatics in precision medicine | 2 credits |
| Customized patent mapping program | 2 credits |
| Advanced topics in microbiology | 2 credits |
| Epigenetics | 2 credits |
| Practice in laboratory teaching | 1 credit |
Click here for a sample schedule, by semester
Semester 1
Required courses:
| ◆ Seminar | 1 credit |
| ◆ Fundamental of translational medicine | 2 credits |
One of these:
| ◆ Fundamental biomedical knowledge | 2 credits |
| ◆ Fundamental programming design | 2 credits |
Elective courses:
| ◆ Customized patent mapping program | 2 credits |
| ◆ Advanced topics in microbiology | 2 credits |
| ◆ Experimental design & research methods | 2 credits |
| ◆ Animal models of disease research | 2 credits |
| ◆ Epigenetics | 2 credits |
| ◆ Medical decision support | 2 credits |
| ◆ Bioinformatics in precision medicine | 2 credits |
| ◆ Stem cell translational research & therapeutics | 2 credits |
Semester 2
Required courses:
| ◆ Seminar | 1 credit |
| ◆ Molecular medicine for human diseases | 2 credits |
Elective courses:
| Applied biostatistics | 2 credits |
| Precision genomics & proteomics in medical application | 2 credits |
| Machine learning | 2 credits |
| Anticancer drugs & pharmacological actions | 2 credits |
| Artificial intelligence in medicine | 1 credit |
| Practice in laboratory teaching | 1 credit |
Semester 3
Required course:
| ◆ Seminar | 1 credit |
| ◆ Special topics in processing & translational research of medical science & technology | 2 credits |
Semester 4
Required courses:
| ◆ Seminar | 1 credit |
| ◆ Thesis | 6 credits |
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
- The Translational Medicine master’s degree is a two-year (four-semester) program requiring completion of 36 credits, including 16 credits of required courses.
- Thesis defense
FUTURE CAREER PATH
With all courses taught in English, graduates of the Division of Translational Medicine leave with the knowledge, skills, and ability to innovate that is necessary to perform translational research on an internationally competitive level in academia and industry. After graduation, you can take your career in many directions:
- Continue to doctoral studies
- Research associate
- Industrial manager
- Product specialist
- Personalized health care manager
