Academic Requirements

The curriculum includes structured didactic techniques that are complemented with hands-on experience in clinical research methodology and mentored research support. The set of required courses has been carefully designed to provide some level of reinforcement without redundancy.

The certificate has the following four components:

  1. A set of core curriculum courses that provide students with standardized skills that are fundamental to clinical and translational research:
    2. Course number Course name Credits Term
    CLRES 3140
    DENT 3111
    HRS 3140
    NUR 3056
    PHARM 3140
    PUBHLT 3000    		 Introduction to Translational Research in the Health Sciences 2 Fall
    CLRES 2010 Clinical Research Methods 3 Summer (July-Aug) OR Spring (Jan-Apr)
    CLRES 2813
    BIOINF 2013*    		 Introduction to Patient Care and Clinical Environments 3 Fall
    CLRES 2020/Other graduate level statistics course** Biostatistics: Statistical Approaches in Clinical Research 2+ Summer (July-Aug) OR Spring (Jan-Apr)
  2. *Students with a clinical background or degree can request permission from the certificate program director to opt out of this course. Students will need to replace these 3 credits with other elective courses.
    **Students can substitute CLRES 2020 with another 2-credit or more graduate level statistics course.
  3. Completion of learning modules that are related to research involving human subjects and are part of the Responsible Conduct of Research Section of the Internet-Based Studies in Education and Research on the University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences eLearning Environment Portal.

Successful completion of the required curriculum leads to the granting of the certificate.