Careers for Health Data Science for Applied Precision Medicine MSc

Precision medicine is a multidisciplinary subject and therefore this course is designed to be flexible for a wide range of backgrounds. Many organisations including pharmaceutical and medical device manufactures, healthcare organisations and academic institutions are actively recruiting individuals with skills and knowledge and experience in healthcare data science and its application in Precision Medicine.

Whatever your background, you’ll develop a comprehensive understanding of data science. You will enhance your capabilities in disseminating research work as well as develop transferable skills in critical thinking, and applying knowledge to problems and systems that are relevant to your current or future place of work. You will understand the process for successful application of precision medicine in a healthcare system.

Roles in the field include lab-based biomedicine and computational scientists, geneticists, bioinformaticians, data analysts, and clinicians. There are also opportunities for commercial development roles.