223.820.01
Thesis Research Disease Control

Location
East Baltimore
Term
1st Term
Department
International Health
Credit(s)
Variable Credit
Academic Year
2024 - 2025
Instruction Method
Independent Study
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Pass/Fail
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Description
Students actively conduct research on topics of global health importance, including developing a research question, designing a study to answer the question, conducting the research and writing up the results in a scientific format.
Learning Objectives
This course will prepare you to be able to do the following:
  1. Identify research questions of importance to health in underserved populations in low resource settings internationally and in the US.
  2. Design a study or studies to answer the questions.
  3. Develop an application to an Institutional Review Board to address human subjects research issues
  4. Write up the results of research for the scientific literature
Instructor Consent
No consent required