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223.820.01
Thesis Research Disease Control

Location
East Baltimore
Term
Summer Term
Department
International Health
Credit(s)
Variable Credit
Academic Year
2024 - 2025
Instruction Method
Independent Study
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Pass/Fail
Contact Name
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
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  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