36 monthsProgramme duration
Jan-2000Starting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Biological Sciences
Study Level
PHD
The PhD in Clinical Translational Science program at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) will train and graduate clinical-translational scientists to meet the need for a transformed clinical and translational enterprise. Students will be rigorously trained in the theory and practice of clinical translational science in order to make significant clinical discoveries and to move these discoveries across the translational continuum (discovery to implementation). Essential elements of the curriculum are: (1) coursework providing students with the theory and practice of clinical and translational research; and (2) continued, longitudinal immersion in research through laboratory rotations (MSTP-CTSTP students), research practicum, and a research dissertation. The program will focus on enhancing skills to design and conduct research that is patient-oriented (conducted with humans or materials of human origin, for whom an investigator interacts with subjects, and which includes mechanisms of disease, therapeutic interventions, clinical trials, and the development of new technologies) and translational (applying discoveries generated through laboratory and preclinical studies to the development of trials and studies in humans, and conversely, applying novel observations in clinical settings about disease processes to new laboratory or basic investigations). The program faculty, representing diverse scientific and professional fields, is located at CWRU and several collaborating local medical centers: Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Metro Health Medical Center, and Louis Stokes Veterans Administration Medical Center.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Biological Sciences
Study Level
PHD
The PhD in Clinical Translational Science program at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) will train and graduate clinical-translational scientists to meet the need for a transformed clinical and translational enterprise. Students will be rigorously trained in the theory and practice of clinical translational science in order to make significant clinical discoveries and to move these discoveries across the translational continuum (discovery to implementation). Essential elements of the curriculum are: (1) coursework providing students with the theory and practice of clinical and translational research; and (2) continued, longitudinal immersion in research through laboratory rotations (MSTP-CTSTP students), research practicum, and a research dissertation. The program will focus on enhancing skills to design and conduct research that is patient-oriented (conducted with humans or materials of human origin, for whom an investigator interacts with subjects, and which includes mechanisms of disease, therapeutic interventions, clinical trials, and the development of new technologies) and translational (applying discoveries generated through laboratory and preclinical studies to the development of trials and studies in humans, and conversely, applying novel observations in clinical settings about disease processes to new laboratory or basic investigations). The program faculty, representing diverse scientific and professional fields, is located at CWRU and several collaborating local medical centers: Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Metro Health Medical Center, and Louis Stokes Veterans Administration Medical Center.
Admission Requirements
7+
Applicants must have a good academic record, e.g., a B-average or rank in the upper third of his or her graduating class at an institution whose status and programs are readily assessed.
3 Years
Jan-2000
Tuition fees
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0 USD
International
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