Admissions
Admissions Criteria
- Candidates who are U.S. Citizens, non-citizen nationals, or lawfully admitted permanent residents of the U.S., or individuals who already hold a J-1, H1-B, or F1 transfer visa.
- Candidates who possess a high level of interest and potential for the pursuit of innovative clinical and translational research as a major focus of career plan.
- Candidates with long-term goals of entering a clinical research career.
Along with the candidate’s individual qualifications, preference will be given to the following:
- Candidates with departments that provide the staff, research support, and facilities to create a high quality environment for the conduct of clinical research during and after the candidates complete their training.
- Candidates with distinguished personal qualifications of past academic and research efforts, publications, and references.
- Candidates with departments or program directors assuring that the candidates will be able to engage in 50-75% protected time for at least two years in order to participate in their program.
- Candidates with an advanced clinical degree (MD, DMD, PharmD, etc.)
Financial Assistance
All students are responsible for their own tuition
Degree Requirements
Required courses
Required courses include 13 credits of coursework, including:
CLRES 2005 - CMPTR METH FOR CLIN RSRCH
CLRES 2010 - CLINICAL RESEARCH METHODS
CLRES 2020 - BIOSTATISTICS
CLRES 2040 - MEASURMNT IN CLINCAL RESEARCH
CLRES 2071 and CLRES 2072 - ADVANCED GRANT WRITING PART 2 , and
CLRES 2080 - MASTERS THESIS RESEARCH .
Students must also complete the requirements for a specialty track.
Specialty Track Requirements:
Trainess in the Master of Science in Clinical Research must complete the requirements of one of the four specialty tracks listed below:
- Clinical Trials Research Track
- Comparative Effectiveness Research Track
- Health Services Research Track
- Translational Research Track
Thesis or Substantive Research Project:
Individuals pursuing the Master of Science in Clinical Research are required to complete a formal thesis or substantive research project. The project will count for up to 3 credits and must satisfy the following requirements: (1) be primarily independent work by the trainee, (2) receive preliminary approval from both the trainee’s advisor and the ICRE Leadership, and (3) form the basis for a comprehensive review of competence by a formal review committee. The three standard mechanisms for the substantive project are:
- A grant proposal for an R01, K-award, or equivalent grant application
- Peer review publications
- A standard University thesis
Students must successfully defend their research project to a review committee as required by the University’s Committee on Graduate Studies. Final certification of the completion of the master’s degree requires submission of the hard copy of the master’s research project to the program coordinator.
