27 August 2024
The University of Copenhagen and the University of Southern Denmark are leading the new Center for Pharmaceutical Data Science Education, that the LEO Foundation, Novo Nordisk Foundation and the Lundbeck Foundation have funded together.
The University of Copenhagen and the University of Southern Denmark are lading a new center that will boost the pharmaceutical sciences education by integrating data science at all levels of education, from bachelor’s master’s and PhD level to continuing education.
Center for Pharmaceutical Data Science Education is funded by the LEO Foundation, the Novo Nordisk Foundation and the Lundbeck Foundation with a total of DKK 123 million over a six-year period.
The new center merges two fields of study – the pharmaceutical sciences and data science – and will ensure the students’ qualifications in data science by upgrading relevant compulsory bachelor’s and master’s courses. Artificial intelligence, machine learning and the use of big data open a huge area of knowledge, new data sources and methods, which should be integrated in the best possible way in the pharmaceutical sciences education.
“Data science is revolutionizing all aspects of research and knowledge and has the potential to change our society. However, applying it requires deep insight into the methods behind it,” says Anne-Marie Engel, Chief Scientific Officer at the LEO Foundation and continues:
“Therefore, it is absolutely crucial for us that the LEO Foundation’s grant helps to better prepare the future Danish pharmacists, so that they can contribute positively to the digital transformation and create better health solutions in Denmark and internationally.”