Bristol Myers Squibb Clinical Pharmacology Fellowship
This fellowship is sponsored in collaboration with BMS and is part of the DPET fellowship program.
- Length: Two years
This postdoctoral fellowship program enables fellows to gain research expertise in drug development, quantitative pharmacology, and translational research while preparing them for careers as clinical pharmacologist or clinical pharmacokineticist and simulation in an industrial, academic, or regulatory setting.
The ideal candidate should have a minimum of a Pharm.D., Ph.D., or M.D. with knowledge of PK/PD analyses. Excellent communication skills and ability to work independently as well as a member of an interdisciplinary team are essential.
Program Description
The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and BMS offers a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in clinical pharmacology. The fellowship emphasizes coursework and hands-on experience focused on the application of mechanism-based, population and physiologically-based PK/PD modeling and simulation techniques to guide drug development. Fellows spend their first year at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the second year at BMS.
At the completion of the Fellowship, the post-doctoral fellow will be able to:
- Describe the importance of clinical research in drug development;
- Describe the nature and relevance of clinical data evaluations relative to drug development;
- Design and implement studies to examine drug absorption, drug disposition, pharmacodynamic endpoints and drug interactions in healthy human volunteers or diseased patient populations;
- Understand foundational concepts of PK and PD, mechanism-based, population and physiologically-based PK modeling and simulation techniques;
- Understand important considerations in clinical trial design and the conduct of clinical investigations in specific patient populations;
- Perform PK/PD and statistical data analysis and PBPK modeling using relevant software packages;
- Prepare a manuscript, seminar and other scholarly vehicles for communication of scientific results.
About BMS
Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) is a global biopharmaceutical company committed to a single mission: to discover, develop and deliver innovative medicines that help patients prevail over serious diseases. Around the world, our medicines help millions of people in their fight against neoplastic, cardiovascular, and immunological diseases.
UNC Preceptors
BMS Preceptor
Daniel Tatosian, PhD
Daniel.tatosian@bms.com
To Apply
Visit http://pharmacydpetfellowships.web.unc.edu/ for instructions on submitting an application.
Application Opens: October 1, 2024
Early Application Deadline: October 31, 2024
Final Application Deadline: November 22, 2024
Contact for Program Information:
Bob Dupuis, Pharm.D., BCPS
Clinical Professor of Pharmacy and Director of Fellowship Programs
3213 Kerr Hall, CB# 7569
(919) 966-6194
fellowships@unc.edu