Master of Science Program in Clinical and Translational
Research
Approved Courses
The following is a list of approved courses for students in
the MS Program in Clinical and Translational Research. We are
open to discussing courses not on this list that the student
feels would be relevant. Final approval of courses not on the
following list will require approval from the Curriculum
Committee.
EPSY 5605: Quantitative Methods in Research I
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Instructor: Helen Rogers
Quantitative procedures and analysis of computer output
including descriptive and inferential statistics through one-way
analysis of variance. |
EPSY 5607: Quantitative Methods in Research II
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Instructor: Helen Rogers
Quantitative procedures and analysis of computer output
including factorial analysis of variance, analysis of
covariance, and multiple regression. |
EPSY 5610: Applied Regression Analysis for Education
Sciences
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Instructor: Hariharan Swaminathan
Multiple regression analysis and related techniques with
applications to research in education. Topics include
assumptions and inference; matrix representations; diagnostics
and remedial measures; polynomial regression and interaction
models; treatment of categorical independent variables,
autocorrelation of errors in time series data, problems of
missing values and selection bias, and logistic and ordinal
regression models. |
EPSY 5613: Multivariate Analysis in Education
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Instructor: Hariharan Swaminathan
An extension of EPSY 5607. Practical emphasis on multiple
regression, canonical correlation, multivariate analysis of
variance and covariance, discriminant function analysis, and
factor analysis. |
EPSY 6103: Grant Writing
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Instructor: George Sugai
The grant procurement process is covered from identifying
funding sources through initial grant management with a focus on
actually writing a grant proposal. |
EPSY 6611: Logistic and Hierarchical Linear Models
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Instructor: Dorothy McCoach
In-depth coverage of specialized topics in educational
statistics including logistic regression and
hierarchical linear models. |
MEDS 5365: Genetics
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Instructor: Stephen Clark
Introduction to the principles and practices of molecular
genetics of prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Topics include gene
structure and function; gene transfer and recombination; gene
regulation; molecular genetics of eukaryotic viruses, yeast,
Drosophila, somatic cells and humans. |
MEDS 3567: Introduction to Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
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Instructor: TBA
This course involves reading and discussing classic papers in
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry in order to introduce first
year students to the field and to develop critical skills.
Topics will vary from year to year, but may include nature of
the gene, basic principles of transcription, translation, DNA
replication, and membrane structure. |
MEDS 5309: Molecular Basis of Disease
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Instructor: Henry Furneaux
This is a seminar and discussion based course that reviews the
molecular understanding of human disease. |
MEDS 5329: Immunobiology I
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Instructor: Anthony
T. Vella
An overview of basic concepts in immunology including antibody
structure, function, and production, molecular genetics of the
immune system and cellular regulation of immunity. |
HDFS 5003: Research Methods in Human Development and Family
Studies
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Instructor: J. Goldman
Family and human development procedures, research experience
related to analyzing interpersonal interaction and developmental
processes. |
HDFS 5005: Qualitative Research Methods in Human Development
and Family Studies
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Instructor: A. Garey
Philosophical bases of qualitative research in the social
sciences; developing qualitative strategies; including;
existential-phenomenological intensive interviews, participant
observation, and textual analysis. |
MCB 5022: Human Diseases and Development of Therapeutic Agents
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Instructor: TBA
Molecular basis of human disease and strategies for developing
therapeutic treatments. Applications of genetic, cellular, and
biochemical information in treating different disease states.
Especially appropriate for students interested in biomedical
research and the health professions. |
NUSC 5100: Concepts of Nutrition
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Instructor: H. Freake
An introduction to the broad field of nutrition. Intended for
entering graduate students, the course provides a conceptual
framework for research and study in the nutritional sciences. |
NUSC 6317: Nutritional Epidemiology
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Instructor: R. Perez-Escamilla
Principles and applications of nutritional epidemiology with
emphasis on research design. |
PHAR 5215: Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
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Instructor: TBA
A survey of medicinal chemistry and pharmaceutics of
pharmaceutical products derived from modern methods of molecular
biology. This course will consider products in use or in
clinical trials to emphasize the conceptual basis, design, and
synthesis of biotech products in the context of current
practical applications. |
PUBH 5400: Introduction to Public Health
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Instructor: TBA
Provides an introduction to the discipline, its scientific
foundations, and its relationship to other fields including
clinical medicine. The basic concepts and skills necessary for a
practitioner of public health are explained. Students gain a
better appreciation of epidemiology to guide public health
interventions and the development of public health policy. |
PUBH 5401: Principles of Epidemiology
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Instructor: Janet Tate
Introduction to epidemiological concepts and methods as applied
to public health research, community diagnosis, prevention,
health planning and evaluation studies. Intensive use of
exercises in descriptive and analytic epidemiology based on
current investigations. |
PUBH 5404: Environmental Health
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Instructor: Paul Schur
Explores the policy, political and public health implications of
such issues as air pollution, drinking water, exposure to
hazardous chemicals, indoor air pollution, food protection, lead
poisoning, housing, international issues, etc. Provides the
student with some basic technical information and familiarity
with terms for a better understanding of policy and political
decisions and health effects of environmental exposures. |
PUBH 5431: Public Health Research
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Instructor: J. Ungemack and S. Schensul
Introduction to conceptualization, methods, and analysis in
public health research including: formulation of research
questions and hypotheses, development of research and analytic
models, use of qualitative (interviewing and observation) and
quantitative (secondary and survey data) data collection
methods, and qualitative and quantitative data analysis leading
to the formulation of research projects. |
EKIN 5500: Research Techniques and Experimental Designs in
Exercise Science
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Instructor: W. Kraemer
This course will give the student an understanding of research
designs and methods in exercise science when examining different
research topics related to human, animal and cell culture
models. |
NURS 6130: Qualitative Methodology in Nursing Inquiry
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Instructor: C. Beck
The study of the relationship among philosophy, theory, and
qualitative methodology within the human science of nursing.
Techniques related to sampling, research design, data
collection, and data analysis will be explored through a
combination of lecture, class discussion and course assignments. |
NURS 6140: Quantitative Methodology Applied to Nursing
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Instructor: R. Cusson
Student and application of theories of sampling and probability
testing to nursing research. Different approaches to research
design, variable specification, data collection and analysis are
explored within quantitative methods of scientific inquiry. |
NURS 6150: Instrument Development in Nursing
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Instructor: R. Gable
A study of the theories and methods of instrument development as
applied to nursing. The basic psychometric properties to be
assessed and built into a useful measure for clinical or
research applications are explored. |
ANTH 5321: Ethnographic Methods I
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Instructor: A. Handwerker
Theoretical foundations and basic tools used to conduct
professional field studies in anthropology. Research design;
moral and ethical dimensions of field work; designing and
conducting informal, semi-structured and structured interviews
(one-on-one and in groups); managing field notes,
questionnaires, and data; computer data management; summary
statistics and graphics; identifying and interpreting random
variation; modeling and testing explanations. |
PSYC 5284: Human Behavior Genetics
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Instructor: TBA
Concepts and methods in human behavioral genetic analyses with
emphasis on normal variations, psychopathologies, and ethical
issues. |
PSYC 5332: Research Design and Test Construction
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Instructor: TBA
Theoretical issues and practical problems in developing valid
measures of personality variables and in designing experimental
and quasi experimental research. |
PSYC 5770: Current Topics in Social Psychology (Meta-analysis:
Theory and Practice)
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Instructor: B Johnson
Topics vary by semester. Recent topics have included Social
Cognition, Small Groups, Health Psychology, Emotion, Problems in
Personality, and Ecological Social Psychology. |
PSYC 5702: Field Research Methods
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Instructor: R. Kenny
An examination of various methods of field research, focusing on
design, analysis, theory, and practical issues. |
PSYC 5670: Current Topics in Industrial/Organizational
Psychology (Multivariate Approaches to Survey Data)
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Instructor: Magley
Selected topics in industrial/organizational psychology are
studied with particular attention to current research and
theoretical trends. Topics vary by semester. |
PSYC 6130: Measurement and Scaling
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Instructor: Green
History and theories of psychological measurement and scaling.
Application of unidimensional scaling models (e.g., Thurstone,
Guttman, and Likert scaling, hierarchical cluster analysis,
multidimensional scaling, and factor analysis) to psychological
research problems. |
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