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Clinical Research Design and Statistical Analysis (M.S.)

Year Started: 1985
Offered by the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
(Cohorts start in October of odd numbered years)

The On Job/On Campus Master's in Clinical Research Design and Statistical Analysis Program was developed to provide a means for physicians, dentists, pharmacists, pharmacologists and others who are involved in clinical research to develop expertise in research design and statistical analysis appropriate to such research while remaining in their existing employment. Providing this educational program for clinical researchers addresses two problems:

1. a shortage of persons with clinical expertise who are trained in research methods
2. inadequacies in the design of clinical research.

These problems reflect the increasing complexity of research, the pressure on faculty to do research and the limited education at most medical, dental and pharmacy schools about research design and statistical analysis. Since schools educating clinicians cannot be expected to include research design and statistics in the curriculum when only a small number of their students will become faculty and researchers, education designed specifically for clinical researchers is needed.

ADMISSION INFORMATION

PROGRAM BROCHURE (Web Page)

PROGRAM BROCHURE (pdf)*

*You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to view the program brochure. If you do not have Acrobat Reader, you may download it (free of charge) from Adobe's web site.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Contact Information:
(734) 615-9812
(734) 763-2215 (fax)
sph.bio.inquiries@umich.edu

Use the online information request form to request an infomation packet and application form. (Form will open in a new window.)

Approximate Tuition per Year (2007-2008):
Year 1
MI Resident - $17,829
Non-MI Resident - $30,057
Year 2
MI Resident - $11,896
Non-MI Resident - $20,038

How Students are Financed: Employer and self-financed

Credit Hours: 35

Length of Program: 18-19 months

Tracked with Other Programs: No

No. of Weekend Sessions: 18

Days in Weekend: 4 days (Thursday - Sunday)

Typical Cohort Enrollment: 40

Who Participates:
Faculty and researchers employed by medical, dental, pharmaceutical, and nursing schools, teaching hospitals, research organizations, etc, who wish to develop experience in research design and statistical analysis.

Why Initiated:
To provide a means for clinicians involved in clinical research to develop expertise in research design and statistical analyses appropriate to such research while remaining in their existing employment.