This multi-disciplinary major is housed in the School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology. The major draws faculty from the University's schools of public health, medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, and veterinary medicine.
Faculty members are national leaders in many areas of research, including clinical research.
Each school offers excellent support services for student research and training activities. A wide variety of clinical trials are ongoing at the Academic Health Center, including trials in osteoporosis prevention, heart disease prevention, the role of inflammatory dental disease in the genesis of atherosclerosis, and interventional research into AIDS, cancer, congestive heart failure, arterial stiffness and hypertension. The Clinical Research MS degree program requires the satisfactory completion of 38 semester credits, which includes 2 elective credits and 10 thesis credits. Coursework in biostatistics, epidemiology, clinical trials, data collection, grant writing and ethics are required. Elective courses are chosen in consultation with an adviser.