Providing a comprehensive experience in a broad range of medical activities, the fellowship program emphasizes inter-professional integrated training in clinical oncology and medical affairs through enriched, hands-on experiences. The fellowship flawlessly blends two types of expertise into one experience, which is essential for the fellow’s foundational knowledge, growth, and ultimate career success.
This 2-year fellowship prepares the fellow to:
- Actively participate in specific areas of medical affairs, clinical practice, and academia through intensive training and mentorship
- Gain experience in various areas of Medical Affairs, including Medical Communications, Medical Information, Medical Strategy, and other in-demand areas of industry
- Promote the value of a clinically-trained pharmacist in Medical Affairs within the pharmaceutical industry
- Become a highly competent candidate to be recruited by the pharmaceutical industry because of their expertise in hematology-oncology disease areas and medical affairs
The first 6 months will be comprised of clinical training and inter-professional experiences, which will be delivered through clinical rotations in two oncology practices to understand real-time patient care and prepare the fellow for medical affairs rotations. The fellow will engage in clinical topic discussions at the University and participate in the CUSP Teaching Certificate Program. Additionally, training of this nature will develop the fellow in areas such as presentation organization and delivery, communication, biostatistics, pharmacoeconomics, pharmacogenomics, among other highly-sought out expertise.
The fellow will spend the remainder year and a half at Amgen in Thousand Oaks, California, actively participating in specific areas of medical affairs, including medical information and medical communication, through intensive, interactive practices with different teams. The fellow is offered a unique opportunity to blend their clinical understanding of Hematology-Oncology and Medical Affairs, and use cutting-edge scientific instruments to study the subtlest biological mechanisms in search of therapies that will improve the lives of those who suffer from serious diseases.
This fellowship is a partnership between Chapman University and Amgen Inc., the program is co-directed by Dr. Sun “Coco” Yang, BsPharm, M. Sci., PhD, BCPPS, APH, who is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice, and Dr. Laila Khoury-Chamoun, PharmD, who serves as the Executive Director of Oncology Global Medical Communications with Amgen Inc..
A general overview of the fellowship is available for download here.
