MSc (NFQ Level 9) in Artificial Intelligence for Medicine and Medical Research

University College Dublin

This Masters programme consolidates core disciplines to address a rapidly increasing skill gap in the healthcare and biomedical research sector. AI is already revolutionising medical imaging, digital pathology, pharmaceutical research, and remote sensing and connected health. In the era of genomic medicine AI will transform the way we diagnose and treat diseases reducing the impact of the healthcare crisis in industrialised countries caused by cancer, obesity and diabetes. It combines teaching in data analytics, machine learningAI, systems biology, precision medicine, health informatics and connected health.The programme is divided into i introductory modules eight mandatory modules and seven optional modules leading to a graduate diploma 60 ECTS and ii three advanced modules leading to a Master of Science, Medicine degree 90 ECTS.The introductory modules aim to familiarise students with the basic concepts of biology and medicine through examples and the analysis of relevant data sets. The advanced modules will focus on AI applications and include project work.Modules on offer cover the following major themes of data analysis in biomedicine including:State-of-the-art methods in AIMachine Learning and their applications to biological and medical dataProgramming and tools for AITools and methods for large scale data analyticsData visualisationNature and structure of biological and medical data including those produced by omics and imaging methodsDesign of biological and medical research projectsEthical and privacy issues associated with the use of medical and biological data and analysis results