PATHWAYS

FOUR ACADEMIC PATHWAYS are offered to allow students more flexibility in choosing coursework relevant to their academic interests. They include:

General Clinical Investigation Pathway:

Teaches students key principles necessary for the conduct of clinical studies, including the development of research questions and appropriate study designs, research protocols, consent statements, monitoring plans, and data collection plans. Students who choose the General Clinical Investigation pathway are those interested in a career focusing on clinical trials, or areas of investigation that do not fall within data science, disease-oriented studies, and health services research.

A General Clinical Investigation curriculum is provided for those who wish to follow an already curated curriculum, it includes THESE COURSES taken in addition to the Foundational GTPCI courses (explore these course offerings in the BSPH Course Directory, and for a complete list of pathway-specific recommended and required courses, please email BSPH.gtpci@jhu.edu).     

Disease-Oriented Studies Pathway:

For those interested in linking a basic pathophysiological mechanism, with a risk for disease, or the development of an intervention targeting that disease. Such research is sometimes referred to as “translational research.” 

A FEW EXAMPLES of courses taken in addition to the Foundational GTPCI courses: (explore these course offerings in the BSPH Course Directory, and for a complete list of pathway-specific recommended and required courses, please email BSPH.gtpci@jhu.edu).   

Data Science Pathway:

Combines medical domain expertise with math and statistics, specialized programming, advanced analytics, and in some cases, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning to uncover actionable insights in biomedicine. Students who choose this pathway will create a learning plan to achieve the required skills necessary to interrogate large databases and uncover insights from big data. 

A FEW EXAMPLES of courses taken in addition to the Foundational GTPCI courses: (explore these course offerings in the BSPH Course Directory, and for a complete list of pathway-specific recommended and required courses, please email BSPH.gtpci@jhu.edu).   

Health Services Research Pathway:

Is the field of scientific investigation that examines how social factors, organizational structures and processes, financing systems, technologies, and behaviors affect multiple facets of health and healthcare. The goals are to guide students in formulating an approach that is nested within economic or sociological theory, to answer research questions using a contemporary approach to causal inference, and to teach students skills in the analysis of cost, utilization, and value. 

A FEW EXAMPLES of courses taken in addition to the Foundational GTPCI courses: (explore these course offerings in the BSPH Course Directory, and for a complete list of pathway-specific recommended and required courses, please email BSPH.gtpci@jhu.edu).   

For curriculum details of all pathway-specific required courses and recommended electives, please email BSPH.gtpci@jhu.edu.

Applicants may designate a specific pathway in their GTPCI application. Or after acceptance into the GTPCI program, may consult members of the GTPCI Academic Committee for guidance in choosing an appropriate pathway that is congruent with their academic pursuits.