Introduction to Clinical Research Summer Course 2024

The Introduction to Clinical Research Summer Course provides an intensive introduction to clinical research methods, emphasizing epidemiological and biostatistical methods. This online course can be taken for non-credit or credit. Instructors are Daniel Ford, MD, MPH, Director, Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Karen Bandeen-Roche, PhD, MS, the Hurley Dorrier Professor in Biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Upon completion, students will:

• Describe the steps involved in conducting clinical research.
• Review and evaluate the main study designs used in clinical research: case-control, cohort, clinical trials, cross-sectional and meta-analyses.
• Prepare and review a research project.

Students must submit an abstract for a research project prior to the beginning of the course. Please visit our website for the full course description.

For questions, please contact Noelia Cantu, MBA, academic program manager at [email protected].