Week Three | June 23-27, 2008
Research Design & Grant Development
This four-day course, designed for health professionals and students with a working knowledge of epidemiology and study design, will cover how to plan, design, and develop a NIH-style research proposal, from the abstract to the research design and methods.
Dates: June 23-27
Time: 9:00 am - noon
Instructors: Thomas M. Becker, MD, PhD, and Kathleen Etz, PhD
Tuition: $300
Human Subjects Protection
The goal of this short course is to enable researchers to recognize and appropriately address legal, regulatory, and ethical issues in clinical, epidemiological and community based research, with special attention to research involving Native populations. This goal is accomplished by (1) teaching basic concepts in law, federal regulation, study design, and ethics; (2) reviewing common problems encountered in human subjects protocols and informed consent forms to demonstrate how to identify and remedy deficiencies; (3) reviewing the roles and responsibilities of institutional review boards, investigators, sponsors, study coordinators, and all others involved in the conduct of human subjects research; (4) reviewing the obligations of researchers in relation to initial and continuing reviews, reporting of adverse events, reporting changes in approved research, and
consenting and monitoring human subjects as required by federal regulations; (5) discussing the additional protections afforded selected populations of human subjects; (6) exploring historical and recent cases of human subjects abuses; and (7) focusing on the need to develop policies and procedure to best safeguard and protect all Native subjects and communities.
Dates: June 23-26
Time: 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Instructor: Gary Chiodo, DMD
Tuition: $150
Data Analysis with SAS
This course is designed for students who want to learn to conduct statistical analyses with SAS software. We will briefly introduce students to SAS programming concepts, and go over some of the more frequently used data analysis procedures. Health-related data sets will be provided for students to explore. The class will be taught in a computer lab in order to give the student hands-on experience using SAS to manage data, perform analyses and produce graphs. Some statistics background (at the introductory level) will be assumed. Knowledge of other statistical software packages (e.g. SPSS, EpiInfo/EpiData, etc.) may be helpful. Course enrollment limited.
Dates: June 23-26
Time: 9:00 am - noon
Instructor: Jodi Lapidus, PhD
Tuition: $300
Program Evaluation
This intensive, one-week course will introduce students to the fundamental principles of program evaluation and their theoretical bases. The course will include discussion of a variety of theory-based evaluation designs and methods. Evaluation focusing on processes, impact, and outcomes associated with cancer-related health promotion and health education programs will be emphasized. Specific attention will be concentrated on the practical application of theories. By the end of the course, each student will have developed a comprehensive plan for evaluating a program of their choosing and have presented the plan for critique by faculty and students.
Dates: June 23-26
Time: 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Instructor: Mark Dignan, PhD, MPH
Tuition: $300
