Health Services Research Graduate Program
Four year fellows will begin training by enrolling as a graduate student in The Master of Science Degree in Health Services Research program. The Master of Science Degree in Health Services Research is administered through the Department of Public Health Sciences of Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Faculty members provide expertise and conduct research in the areas of cardiovascular and genetic epidemiology, clinical trials methodology, biostatistics and grant writing. Under the Clinical/Molecular Epidemiology Track of Health Services Research, the course of study will include core requirements supplemented by courses on Molecular Biology, Genetic Epidemiology and Advanced Genetics.
The major objectives of this Masters Degree program are to provide training in conceptual/theoretical frameworks, research methodologies, and statistical methods essential to the design and conduct of clinical and epidemiologic research; to provide training in the fundamentals of molecular biology, genetics/genomics and genetic epidemiology; and lastly to provide training in the basic skills of grant and manuscript preparation.
Students will be required to design a thesis project of publishable quality that is closely aligned with their interests and career objectives. Students will work closely with a pair of Program Faculty Mentors to design an individualized program of study suited to their needs.
For information about the WFU Graduate School:
http://www.wfu.edu/graduate
For information about the Department of Public Health Sciences:
http://www.phs.wfubmc.edu