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The Master of Science Program in Clinical Research (MS-CR)1 in the Department of Public Health Sciences is an interdisciplinary graduate degree designed to meet the changing needs of the current health care field, particularly the increasing need for trained professionals with well-developed quantitative and analytic skills. The MS-CR program provides training to health and medical professionals who desire and need quantitative and analytic skills in patient-oriented and translational research, as well as more traditional clinical investigation. Using an interdisciplinary blend of biostatistics, epidemiology, clinical trial design, medical informatics, and health services research, the MS-CR program equips clinical researchers with the statistical and data management tools needed to conduct translational clinical and comparative effectiveness studies in medical care. Students complete a minimum 31-credit curriculum that includes core courses, specialized coursework, and a final supervised research project, co-mentored by a PHS faculty member and the student's research advisor. Since its inception in 1997, the MS-CR program has graduated over 150 students, most of whom were physicians in training. The experience is one of intensive study aimed toward giving students the analytical skills needed in all areas of clinical research.
1 The MS-CR program was formally named MS-HES (Master of Science in Health Evaluation Sciences). The MS-CR designation came in 2007 after the Department of Health Evaluation Sciences changed its name ot the Department of Public Health Sciences.
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