Course Descriptions

Core Course

College of Public Health – Epidemiology

• PUBHEPI 6412: Basic Principles in Clinical and Translational Science
  Identification of clinical and translational research issues, assessment of the literature, ethically responsible research, cross-disciplinary training and mentoring (2 credits).

Other Courses to Select From:

College of Arts and Sciences

• EEOB 5510: Interdisciplinary Team Science
  
  Funding agencies worldwide are placing greater emphasis on interdisciplinary research. For example, the NSF has identified “Growing Convergence Research” as one of its 10 Big Ideas. True convergence research requires the development of interdisciplinary scientific teams (groups of 2 or more working collaboratively to solve a problem). However, graduate students are often siloed within programs and not necessarily trained to engage with others outside their field. This course aims to teach students the necessary skills to lead or participate in scientific or interdisciplinary teams (3 credits).

Graduate School

• Graduate School 8000: Responsible Conduct of Research (Course ID 37106)
  
  This course was specifically designed to meet NIH requirements in RCR training. The course provides a practical overview of the rules, regulations and professional practices that define the responsible conduct of research. Covers all the topics required by the National Institutes of Health. The course features weekly facilitated discussions from experts across campus (1 Credit). Offered Spring term. Registration through BuckeyeLink.
   

College of Medicine

School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
 

• HTHRHSC 7300: Management and Leadership in Health Sciences
  
  Application of management and leadership principles for the development of administration of allied health departments in the health care system (3 credits).
   
• HTHRHSC 7350: Issues and Policy in Health Sciences
  
  Allied health professionals must increasingly face many complex issues that affect healthcare. It is crucial that graduate students be able to critically examine a broad range of issues and understand various positions and their implications (3 credits).
   
• HTHRHSC 7883: Responsible Conduct of Research
  
  An exploration of the complications in conducting scientific research. Topics include authorship, human and animal subjects training, data acquisition and ownership and conflicts of interest (3 credits).
   
• HTHRHSC 7574: Mixed Methods Approaches for Policy-Related Research
  
  Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of various mixed method research designs and how to identify a design that is appropriate for your research question. The course will compare different paradigms, sample/case selection logics and types of evaluation associated with qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods research. Cross-listed in PubAfrs 7574 (3 credits).

Biomedical Science Graduate Program
 

• BSGP 7070: Fundamentals of Grant Writing I
  
  Introduce students to the basic principles of grant writing (4 credits).
   
• BSGP 7080: Fundamentals of Grant Writing II
  
  Introduce students to principles of grant writing. Students will also write their own grants in the style of NIH submissions. Students will also learn about the grant review process (2 credits).
   
• BSGP 8050: Research Techniques and Resources
  
  Survey of research techniques used to solve problems in modern cell and molecular biology, immunology, biochemistry, microbiology, microscopy, laboratory safety and related available resources 
  (4 credits).

Biomedical Informatics
 

• BMI 5710: Introduction to Biomedical Informatics
  
  A survey of biomedical informatics theories and methods employed in the design, implementation and management of information systems supporting basic science, clinical and translational research, clinical care and public health. Recommended course work in computer science, statistics, anatomy, physiology and medical terminology. Distance Learning (3 credits).
   
• BMI 5750: Methods in Biomedical Informatics
  
  An intensive, application-oriented survey of methods used during the course of the design, implementation and evaluation of BMI platforms, including clinical info systems, decision support systems, databases, electronic data capture instruments, data visualization tools and other analytical "pipelines". These methods span a broad spectrum from information needs assessments to systems evaluation. Prereq: Basic knowledge of the following areas - basic computer science principles (logic, procedural and/or object oriented programming, data structures and algorithms), statistical methods and medical terminology. Distance Learning (3 credits).
   
• BMI 8150: Rigorous and Reproducible Design and Data Analysis
  
  Students will learn to: computationally analyze datasets using best practices in experimental design and analysis; use the R language to analyze datasets from transcriptome, genome and clinical studies; use examples from experimental design literature that are rigorous and with built-in flaws; identify sources of bias and the impact these have on results/conclusions. This course is graded S/U (3 credits). Can be used for credit in Research Methods track or Analysis, Statistics and Informatics track, but not both.

College of Nursing

• NURSING 6110: Health Literacy
  
  Examination and analysis of issues of low health literacy, including populations at risk, research, measurement tools, writing in plain language; health communication techniques; and organizational approaches (2 credits).
   
• MCR 7404: Project Management for Healthcare and Clinical Research
  
  Principles of project management, strategic planning and leadership in healthcare, clinical research and regulatory settings. Distance Learning (3 credits) Summer. 
   
• Nursing 7781: Responsible Conduct of Research
  
  Concepts and policies for the responsible conduct of research (RCOR), Institutional Review Boards and dissemination of findings. Distance Learning, face-to-face as needed (3 credits) Autumn/Spring.
   
• MCR 7782: Clinical Research Design and Methods
  
  Study of research design and methods used in clinical and preclinical research. Measurement issues, bias and confounding, statistical considerations, evaluation of published clinical and preclinical research designs and protocol and proposal development. Autumn/Spring. Distance Learning (3 credits).

College of Pharmacy
 

• PHR 5560: Success and Leadership in Pharmacy
  
  Explore the meaning of success and leadership, attributes of successful leaders and what can be done to be a successful leader (1.5 credits).
   
• PHR 8520: Research Ethics
  
  Basic concepts of integrity in the process of research. The course fulfills NIH requirement for research ethics (1 credit).

College of Public Health – Biostatistics

• PUBHBIO 5280: Introduction to Genomic Data Analysis
  
  Provides an in-depth analysis of a specific question to which genomic methods are applied. Intersperses experimental methods and statistical analysis of biological data. Some experience with programming is recommended (3 credits).
   
• PUBHBIO 6210: Applied Biostatistics I
  
  Theory and application of basic statistical concepts for design of studies in health sciences, integrated with statistical software applications. Distance Learning (3 credits).
   
• PUBHBIO 6211: Applied Biostatistics II
  
  A second course in applied biostatistical methods with an emphasis on regression methods commonly used in the health sciences. The focus is on linear regression and ANOVA. Integrated with the use of computer statistical packages. Distance Learning (3 credits).
   
• PUBHBIO 7215: Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials
  
  Design, monitoring and analysis of clinical trials; includes protocol development, randomization schemes, sample size methods and ethical issues. Distance Learning (2 credits).

College of Public Health – Epidemiology

• PUBHEPI 6412: Basic Principles in Clinical and Translational Science
  
  Identification of clinical and translational research issues, assessment of the literature, ethically responsible research, cross-disciplinary training and mentoring (2 credits).
   
• PUBHEPI 6413: Conducting and Communicating Research in Clinical and Translational Science
  
  Design and writing of protocol, study methods and implementation, community engagement, informatics, translational teamwork. Scientific communication skills and dissemination of clinical and translational science (2 credits).
   
• PUBHEPI 7412: Principles and Procedures for Human Clinical Trials
  
  Principles and procedures for clinical professionals in the design, conduct and analysis of human clinical trials (3 credits).

College of Public Health – Health Behavior and Health Promotion

• PUBHHBP 6535: Community Engagement and Collaborative Community Problem-Solving
  
  This class provides the opportunity to review a number of concepts critical to collaborative community problem-solving. A broad range of literature will be reviewed and students will have the opportunity to experience several simulated processes unique to the collaborative problem-solving process. Distance Learning (3 credits).
   
• PUBHHBP 7520: Community Health Assessment
  
  Models of community health assessment; skills in identifying, analyzing and integrating information concerning community resources and needs (2 credits).
   
• PUBHHBP 7522: Program Planning and Implementation
  
  Planning and implementation of programs to address public health issues in defined populations; development of a health promotion program for a specific community partner (3 credits).
   
• PUBHHBP 7534: Research Methods in Health Behavior and Health Promotion
  
  Social science research methods emphasizing methods used to assess the dimensions of health-relevant behaviors and community-based prevention research (3 credits).
   
• PUBHHBP 6558: Policy as a Prevention Strategy
  
  This course will prepare graduate students on the key elements of how policy can be used as an intervention to promote primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. Course activities will build skills for the evaluation of when policy is an appropriate strategy and how to prepare a policy brief on a formal policy issue that impacts population health (2 credits).

College of Public Health – Health Services Management and Policy
 

• PUBHHMP 7617: Health Services Leadership and Organizational Change
  
  Overview of leadership and organizational change theories, as well as the application of those theories to case studies in health sector organizations (3 credits).
   
• PUBHHMP 8671: Health Care Outcomes Measurement
  
  Evaluation of specific techniques for measuring outcomes in clinical and health services research studies
  (2 credits).

John Glenn School of Public Affairs
 

• PUBAFRS 6000: Public Policy Formulation and Implementation
  
  Overview of the public policy process and the historical and contemporary context in which policy making and implementation are carried out in the United States at the federal, state and local levels. Distance Learning (4 credits).
   
• PUBAFRS 7572: Policy Simulation and Modeling
  
  Introduction to the development of conceptual and data models for public policy analysis including hands-on experience with using simulations tools for agent-based and system dynamics modeling (3 credits).

Psychology

• PSYCH 6810: Statistical Methods in Psychology I
  
  Basic concepts of descriptive and inferential statistics; includes estimation, hypothesis testing, non-parametric techniques and analysis of variance (4 credits).
   
• PSYCH 6811: Statistical Methods in Psychology II
  
  Simple linear regression and correlation, multiple linear regression, interactions; introduction to other related methods such as nonlinear regression and random effects models (4 credits).

College of Social Work

• SOCWORK 8406: Mixed Methods Research in Social and Health Sciences
  
  Course provides an overview of mixed methods approaches, with an emphasis on application to social and health sciences research. Discusses the history and philosophy underlying mixed methods research with a focus on the epistemological underpinnings of mixed methods designs and their components. Research traditions incorporated under the umbrellas of quantitative/qualitative methods are considered (3 credits).

Statistics

• STAT 5301: Intermediate Data Analysis I
  
  The first course in a two-semester non-calculus sequence in data analysis covering descriptive statistics, design of experiments, probability, statistical inference, one-sample t, goodness of fit, two sample problem and one-way ANOVA (4 credits).
   
• STAT 8783: Intermediate Data Analysis II
  
  The second course in a two-semester sequence in data analysis covering simple linear regression (inference, model diagnostics), multiple regression models, variable selection, model selection, two-way ANOVA, mixed effects model (3 credits).

College of Veterinary Medicine

• VETCLIN 8781: Research Methods and Grantsmanship
  
  Introduction to grantsmanship, including the development of a research question, use of appropriate statistical methods and the preparation of a research proposal that will be reviewed by the class (1 credit).
   
• VETCLIN 8783: Experimental Design and Data Analysis in Veterinary and Comparative Medicine I
  
  Principles and practice of study designs and data analyses commonly used in veterinary and comparative medical research (1 credit).
   
• VETCLIN 8784: Experimental Design and Data Analysis in Veterinary and Comparative Medicine II
  
  Introduction to the principles and practice of study designs and data analyses commonly used in veterinary and comparative medical research (1 credit).

Vision Science

• VISSCI 7960: Ethics in Biomedical Research
  
  Provides a general understanding of the issues surrounding the ethical conduct of science including issues related to research involving human subjects, scientific misconduct and authorship of scientific papers. Real-life case studies will be used (2 credits).
   
• VISSCI 7970: Grantsmanship
  
  The structure of the National Institutes of Health, the principles of good grantsmanship and description of the grant review process. Emphasis focused on Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award (K23) and Research Project Grant (R01) (2 credits).
   
• VISSCI 7940: Oral Presentation of Scientific Research
  
  Student gives a talk based on his/her research or scholarship and improves his/her speaking skills
  (1-3 credits).