Clinical & Population Health Research Program
Program Director: Dr. Kate Lapane
Program Highlights
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Careful mentor matching, individualized career development planning, and rigorous academic training necessary to ensure success as an independent and collaborative investigator
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Designed for students with an advanced degree and/or relevant clinical research experience, the program provides opportunities for students to be directly involved in research from the first day.
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Competency-based, transdisciplinary research training program focused on translating research into effective clinical practice and policy
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Rigorous training in theory, ethics, epidemiologic methods, biostatistics, health services research, outcome measurement, and behavioral science
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Train with the innovators in clinical and health services research
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Supportive educational environment
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Excellent track record of placing our graduates in competitive post-doctoral fellowships, faculty positions, and public and private research careers
Program Objectives
The overarching objectives of our doctoral training program are:
- To deliver a transdisciplinary research training program focused on epidemiology, biostatistics, and health services research geared toward translating research into effective disease prevention programs, clinical practice and policy
- To recruit pre-doctoral trainees resulting in a diverse trainee pool with respect to socio-demographic characteristics, clinical background, and disciplinary perspective
- To provide trainees with individual mentoring, academic training, and technical skills necessary to ensure their success as independent investigators as well as contributors to team science
- To provide “hands on” research experience that builds on the strengths of the current environment of linkages between UMMS Departments, Centers, and Institutes