Optional Curriculum

The advisory committee and mentor for each Interdisciplinary Women's Health Research (IWHR) Scholar may recommend that the scholar take other courses offered by the medical or graduate school if the courses will provide new skills or knowledge base to enhance the scholar's research experience. This may be particularly important for scholars who are less experienced in one or more aspects of women's health.

Several courses will be available to IWHR Scholars to supplement their background in basic science and research topics.  We will collaborate with the Mentored Clinical Research Training Program (MCRTP) so that IWHR Scholars will be able to enroll in the courses that they offer including:

• Biostatistics for Preclinical and Translational Research
•  Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials
• Advanced Concepts in Epidemiologic Study Design
• Challenges and Opportunities in Clinical
• Introduction to Clinical Epidemiology and Study
• Introduction to Clinical Research
•  Introduction to Medical Statistics
•  Strategies for Grant Writing
•  Responsible Conduct of Clinical Research
•  Methods in Clinical Research

Additionally, the MCRTP offers a series of integrated workshops which will be available:

• Team Science Research
• Project Management/Conflict Management/Team Building
• Strategic Clinical Research Career Development
• Biomedical Ethics
• Qualitative Research Methods
• Clinical Research Aspects of Bioengineering
• Medical Pharmacogenomics and Developmental Therapeutics
• Nutritional and Metabolic Analysis
• Advanced Medical Informatics and Database Management
• Technology Transfer and Academic-Industry
• Technology Transfer and Academic-Industry Partnerships
• Working with the Media/Public Relations
• Clinical Research at Community Partners
• Drug Discovery:  Preclinical Phase I, II, III, IV