Training Courses

Master's Degree in Reproductive Health

The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, is to begin an annual Master of Science course in reproductive health as from October 1998. The course, which will be based in the university's Centre for Reproductive Biology, aims to provide students with the knowledge and skills required to design and carry out research in reproductive health and to assess the findings.

Students will be expected to gain detailed knowledge of reproductive health and disease. They will be taught the basics of clinical reproductive health care with an emphasis on prevention and discussion of the practicalities of service delivery. Throughout the course, the emphasis will be on acquiring and developing practical research skills–—including protocol design, grant application, and presentation of research findings.

Applicants need not be medically qualified but should hold a good university degree and be able to cope with a demanding postgraduate course taught in English. There will be both continuous assessment and written examination.

Applicants from developing countries or countries in transition may wish to seek funding from the Wellcome Trust in the United Kingdom. The trust offers assistance for research training in reproductive health to persons employed in an institution involved with reproductive health or with research in this field. The employer should recognize the value of the research training and should agree to keep his/her post open during the training period. When the student returns to the trainee's institution, he/she will be expected to undertake a period of supervised research in reproductive health.

Persons interested in the MSc course (with or without funding from the Wellcome Trust) should contact: 

Dr Anna Glasier
University of Edinburgh, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
37 Chalmers Street
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Fax: 44 131 229 2408.

Graduate Scholarship in Reproductive Health Law

The Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto is pleased to announce the creation of a Graduate Scholarship in Reproductive Health Law, leading to the degrees of Master of Laws (LL.M.) or Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.). The scholarship, developed by women's health and international human rights scholar, Rebecca J. Cook, J.D., M.P.A., J.S.D., and medical law scholar, Bernard M. Dickens, LL.B., Ph.D., LL.D., is designed to permit law graduates from outside Canada who have an interest in human rights and women's health in their own countries to undertake advanced research and study in this emerging field of law. It will allow students to explore the legal and ethical issues in reproductive and sexual health, such as the multiple causes of maternal mortality; barriers to availability of and access to reproductive health services; the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, including AIDS; and abusive sexual relationships.

Academic requirements

Applicants to the LL.M. degree must hold a Bachelor of Law (LL.B.) degree from a recognized university, or possess equivalent qualifications, and must normally have achieved a B+ or comparable standing. Applicants to the S.J.D. must either hold an LL.M. from a recognized university or possess equivalent qualifications (e.g. strong publication record), and must normally have achieved a B+ or comparable standing.

It is essential that applicants to either programme have a sufficient command of the English language.  

For inquiries and application forms please contact:

Graduate Admissions Office
Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
78 Queen's Park
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5S 2C5
Phone: 1-416-978-0213
Fax: 1-416-978-2648
E-mail: law.graduate@utoronto.ca

or

Rebecca J. Cook, M.P.A., J.D., J.S.D. Professor, Faculty of Law
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5S 2C5
Tel:1-416-978-4446/
Fax: 1-416-978-7899
Email: rebecca.cook@utoronto.ca
Website: www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/diana

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