Education
Education
CERSI Immersion Course in Drug Discovery, Drug Development, and Regulation
This online course is offered in the Fall of each year. Participants will gain a comprehensive and rigorous overview of regulatory and scientific considerations for medical product development, including drug discovery, drug development, and regulation. The course is taught primarily by industry subject matter experts. A Statement of Completion is offered to participants who successfully complete all coursework. This course is intended for professional development and is not accredited for CME or PMP credit.
FDA-CERSI Lecture Series
The FDA's CERSI Lecture Series are an annual series of talks presented by investigators from each of the four CERSI academic institutions. They highlight a variety of regulatory science research topics ranging from new technologies in precision medicine, to leveraging existing data to better inform regulatory decision making, to streamlining real world data capture and analysis in the era of COVID-19.
CERSI Postdoctoral Fellowship Programs
UCSF-Stanford CERSI hosts several postdoctoral fellowship programs to train the next generation of regulatory scientists. Learn about past and current UCSF-Stanford CERSI Fellows.
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UCSF/Genentech Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Pharmacology
An experiential program that will provide the most outstanding postdocs with unique immersion experiences in regulatory science research and drug development, with a particular emphasis on pharmacometrics and clinical pharmacology.
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UCSF-Stanford CERSI/Gilead Postdoctoral Fellowship in Regulatory Science
Provide the most outstanding postdocs an opportunity to conduct research at UCSF/Stanford, FDA and Gilead in fields such as biomarkers, diagnostics, molecular epidemiology, real-world evidence (RWE), clinical pharmacology, pharmacometrics, quantitative systems pharmacology, physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling, or machine learning.
CERSI Scholars Program
The UCSF-Stanford CERSI Scholars Program allows trainees at UCSF and Stanford University to explore regulatory science and build their professional network by participating in regulatory science activities. UCSF-Stanford CERSI Scholars are provided a $2,500 award for research and regulatory science-related education expenses. Learn about our current scholars.
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CERSI Bayesian Thinking in Clinical Research Course
Participants will immerse themselves in Bayesian concepts and statistical principles for how to assess the likelihood of a hypothesis being true or false, and gain a better understanding of how to read and understand the publication on Bayesian trials in medical literature. The course is taught by pharmaceutical industry experts with deep expertise and practical experience with the application of Bayesian approaches in drug development clinical trials. A Statement of Completion is offered to participants who successfully complete all coursework. This course is intended for professional development and is not accredited for CME or PMP credit.
CERSI-FDA Distinguished Speaker Series on Cybersecurity for Biomedical Engineering
This joint FDA and UCSF-Stanford Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation (CERSI) speaker series consists of one-hour virtual lectures on cybersecurity topics with application to medical device security and biomedical engineering. The key goal is to introduce key concepts of cybersecurity science and engineering via distinguished academic speakers to the biomedical engineering and manufacturing communities. Topics covered include human factors for cybersecurity, trustworthy medical device software, security engineering for machine learning, cybersecurity of computer vision, threat modeling, software bills of materials, software safety, cybersecurity regulations, and the science of cybersecurity. This speaker series is an educational opportunity, not intended to discuss FDA policy.
UCSF-Stanford CERSI YouTube Channels
UCSF-Stanford CERSI is committed to developing an open-access library of video lectures and seminars in regulatory science.
Regulatory Science eLearning
Learn from the collaborations between the center and the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and high-tech industries of the San Francisco Bay Area and the West Coast are especially important to the center’s aims.
Innovation and Excellence in Regulatory Science
Lectures from the UCSF-Stanford Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation, a joint undertaking among UCSF, Stanford and the FDA
Watch Innovation and Excellence in Regulatory Science lectures