This workshop aims to equip graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in mathematics and related disciplines with the tools necessary to solve common problems encountered in the pharmaceutical industry. The focus will be on development of pharmacometric skills to approach questions centred on drug development and dose/therapy optimization using a variety of state-of-the-art quantitative systems pharmacology (QSP) methodologies. Participants will receive training in QSP approaches, including the principles of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics (PK/PD), from academic and industrial researchers, and will apply these techniques in groups to solve a set of problems brought by industry partners. At the end of the week, participants will be able to identify the main components of a pharmaceutical problem through a QSP lens, translate these elements mathematically, analyze/numerically implement and solve the resulting mathematical model, and deliver results (visually and textually) to non-mathematicians. Ultimately, participants will gain understanding into the factors that are key to mathematical modelling in the pharmaceutical industry and be trained in modern QSP approaches.

Due to Covid-19, this year we are holding a virtual seminar event on July 16 12.00-15.00 instead of one-week in-person workshop. Any plans for future one-week workshop in the summer of 2021 will be announced later in the year.

Workshop application

Please note this workshop is aimed for upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, and postdocs. However, due to the online nature of this year’s half a day virtual workshop, registration is open to anyone to whom this may be of interest. 

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Sponsors

Pfizer