Student evaluation is based on a take-home essay exam. This course is taught by the Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research. This course presents issues in the responsible conduct of research including research ethics, academic ethics, data management, data ownership, guidelines of professional conduct, research fraud, and conflict of interest, and explains federal and institutional guidelines related to research using human and animal subjects. This course is required for all PhD and ScD and for academic MHS candidates. This course is offered first and second terms.
Student evaluation is based on class participation and a take-home exam.
It also provides examples of common public health methodology drawn from the quantitative, biologic, social, and behavioral sciences. The course highlights principles of high-quality research, including the value of a population perspective, interdisciplinary cooperation, the importance of new measurement techniques, and the interface between theory and practice. In lieu of having an Associate Dean for Students, the Student Assembly and the Dean's Office has formulated a Deans for Students Network. The DFSN also has four to five student representatives from Student Assembly. This group meets periodically to review problems which have come to it from the student body.