Training

One of the Centre for Drug Research and Development's primary goals is to provide training and educational opportunities to build and strengthen a pool of highly qualified drug-development personnel in British Columbia. Our comprehensive approach to training facilitates opportunities for scientists, technicians, and business professionals to learn from experts about all aspects of drug development. CDRD provides flexible, individual programs that can include:

  • Multidisciplinary training in drug development
  • Participation in collaborative project teams
  • Professional skills training

Co-op and post-doctoral training opportunities

Direct involvement through internship, co-op, and post-doc placements will allow scientists and business people to learn best practices from industry veterans in each discipline. To obtain direct, project-related learning experiences providing exposure to specialized equipment and environments, trainees may change divisions and/or work on more than one project or on the same project in a different division. Project rotations enable our trainees to develop and apply professional skills such as collaboration, teamwork, project management, and leadership.

Workshops and seminars

CDRD is planning to hold workshops throughout the year on a broad selection of topics, including:

  • Ethics in drug development
  • The drug-development process
  • Project management
  • Intellectual property
  • Quality assurance and GMP
  • Grant writing
  • Presentation skills
  • Career planning

Short seminars on current topics in drug discovery and development aim at increasing attendees' understanding of contemporary topics, including the social and political issues that influence drug development.

Annual conference

CDRD hosts an annual conference that brings together the top minds in drug development from BC and the rest of North America to present and discuss the issues most salient to industry and academic research. “Charting the Course to Commercialization” is the premier event in the Pacific Northwest focused on drug development.