Courses

• GMS CI 670: Biostatistics with Computer
  Prereq: consent of instructor. This course is designed for students with no prior experience with statistics who want to utilize computer software in performing statistical analysis. Topics include the collection, classification, and presentation of descriptive data; the rationale of hypothesis testing; t-tests and chi-square tests; correlation and regression analysis; sample size calculations, and analysis of contingency tables. Computer Laboratory course. Travison. 4 cr, Fall sem.
• GMS CI 671: Intermediate Statistical Analysis and Computing for Clinical Research
  This course covers analytic and computational methods for modeling and regression analysis in the biomedical sciences. Emphasis is on fitting exploratory and inferential models to data in epidemiology and clinical trials. Topics include tabular and graphical summary; the linear, logistic and Poisson regression models; the Kaplan-Meier method and Cox proportional hazards analysis; power calculation; estimation of effect size. Analyses are presented and completed using R and SAS software packages. Lecture and laboratory exercises are structured around worked examples from the recent biomedical literature. Acquired competency in statistical programming is a major focus of this course. Travison. 3 cr, Spring sem.
• GMS CI 675: Designing Clinical Research Studies
  Prereq: consent of instructor. This course covers important scientific and epidemiologic principles necessary for designing clinical research studies. Topics include bias, confounding, developing the research question, defining an appropriate study population, choosing outcome measures, clinical research ethics and regulation, sample size determination, and statistical analysis issues. Students will design and present a clinical research study during the course. Fish, McNair. 4 cr, Fall sem.
• GMS CI 680: Legal and Ethical Issues in Clinical Research
  This course examines evolving ethical and legal issues in the biosciences. Students will study the legal and ethical issues pertaining to work with human subjects both existing and historical. They will go through the historical background that set the standard for today's existing regulations and how those regulations are still in flux. Each student will do a presentation on a topic that relates to his or her own interest or existing research. Legal cases that have come from clinical research will also be covered. The course will involve class discussions, student presentations, case analyses and in-class lectures. Roth, Baedorf-Kassis. 2 cr, Summer II sem.
• GMS CI 691: Directed Studies in Clinical Investigation
  Directed study provides the opportunity for students to explore a special topic of interest identified by the student under the direction of a MACI faculty member. Students may register after the MACI faculty member has agreed to work with the student on a specific project. 2-4cr, all sem.
• GMS CI 692: Directed Studies in Clinical Investigation
  Directed study provides the opportunity for students to explore a special topic of interest identified by the student under the direction of a MACI faculty member. Students may register after the MACI faculty member has agreed to work with the student on a specific project. 2-4cr, all sem.
• GMS CI 789: Critical Evaluation of the Medical Literature
  Prereq: GMS CI 675 Designing Clinical Research Studies. The goal of this course is to provide students experience in reading and evaluating current literature that may be pertinent to the origination, design, implementation and evaluation of clinical research. The course is conducted in a seminar-type format. Each week, students read and critically analyze assigned readings of recent literature which may be relevant to clinical research about human diseases. Students present their reviews of the assigned article and then lead the discussion during which the entire class participates. This format provides an opportunity to learn to critically evaluate the scientific literature and to develop presentation skills. Students will also be required to write three article critiques. Pairs of articles will be available for critique, each pair consisting of an article from the biomedical literature and a corresponding article from the newspaper or internet. Students will learn that nothing is as it always appears to be, especially in clinical research. Hess-Pino. 4 cr, Spring sem.
• GMS CI 790: Seminar in Clinical Investigation
  Prereq: CI 675. The goal of this course will be to provide students experience in the reading and evaluation of recent basic science literature that may be pertinent to the origination and design of clinical research. The course will be a seminar format. It will consist of the evaluation of assigned readings of recent literature which may be relevant to the treatment of human diseases and which might be expected to lead to further animal experiments and to culminate in human trials. This format will provide an opportunity to learn to critically evaluate basic science literature and to develop oral presentation skills essential to function as a manager of clinical trials. Fish, Hess Pino. 2 cr, Spring sem.
• GMS CI 791: Clinical Investigation Practicum
  The goal of the practicum experience is to provide the student hands-on exposure to clinical research. The student will work with a research mentor and will be actively involved in the development, execution, and evaluation of a clinical research project or project(s). During the practicum, it is expected that the student will be exposed to: clinical research planning, protocol preparation, interaction with Institutional Review Boards, regulatory requirements, selection of subjects/consent process, data collection, study monitoring, and data analysis. These various activities will most likely require involvement in more than one research project. Hess Pino. Var cr, all sems.
• GMS CI 792: Clinical Investigation Practicum
  The goal of the practicum experience is to provide the student hands-on exposure to clinical research. The student will work with a research mentor and will be actively involved in the development, execution, and evaluation of a clinical research project or project(s). During the practicum, it is expected that the student will be exposed to: clinical research planning, protocol preparation, interaction with Institutional Review Boards, regulatory requirements, selection of subjects/consent process, data collection, study monitoring, and data analysis. These various activities will most likely require involvement in more than one research project. Hess Pino. Var cr, Spring sem.
• GMS CM 761: Critical Thinking in Cell and Molecular Biology
  The purpose of this course is to train students in the art of reasoning and critical thinking in the pursuit of answers to biological questions. The goal of 761 is to examine a field of science and evaluate/understand how it developed at critical branch points. Brecher 2 cr. Fall sem.
• GMS CM 762: Critical Thinking in Cell and Molecular Biology
  The purpose of this course is to train students in the art of reasoning and critical thinking in the pursuit of answers to biological questions. The goal of 762 is to use the framework of the scientific literature to develop Critical Thinking Skills to generate novel hypotheses in any area of Cell and Molecular Biology. Critical Thinking skills will be used to examine research findings and theories to uncover inconsistencies, bias, or faulty logic. The student will be expected to build on their careful evaluation and analysis of the papers to create a new hypothesis for each manuscript read. Sessions are highly interactive. Layne. 2 cr, Spring sem.
• GMS CM 764: Cell and Molecular Biology Professional Presentation Skills
  The course is designed for first year graduate students. The goal of this course is to teach students how to present their research in written and oral form. Students will give multiple short oral presentations and be critiqued. They will also give one longer presentation. Students will learn to give presentations with and without slides. Students will also begin to acquire written skills in preparation for the Proposal writing course in the second year. The course will meet weekly. Trinkaus-Randall. 2 cr. Fall sem.
• GMS CM 766: Mini-Courses in Cell and Molecular Biology
  Prereq: consent of instructor. Two six-week courses are presented. I. Imaging of Biological Systems: The goal is to discuss and demonstrate principles of fluorescence microscopy. There is both a classroom and hands on component. A small independent project will be conducted by students to enhance familiarity with instrumentation. II. Proposal Writing: The goal is for students to learn how to write the components of a proposal. Sessions include evaluation of writing. The culminating project is a proposal on their work. In the past members of the NRSA study sections have been invited to lead sessions. Trinkaus-Randall. 2 cr, Spring sem.
• GMS CM 951: Research in Cell & Molecular Biology
  Var cr
• GMS CM 952: Research in Cell & Molecular Biology
  Var cr
• GMS FA 700: Professional Skills and Thesis Research Development for Forensic Anthropology
  This course is designed to provide students with knowledge and experience in professional skills, including writing skills, professional communication, requesting letter of recommendation, applying to PhD programs, interview skills, and reading and interpreting journal articles. In addition, considerable class time will be spent on developing a research topic and hypothesis, preparing a thesis proposal and in introduction to data collection, statistical analysis and the use of several instruments and tools commonly used by forensic anthropologists. Moore. 3 cr, Fall sem.
• GMS FA 703: Zooarchaeology and Comparative Vertebrate Osteology
  Prereq: consent of instructor. This course will provide students with an advanced basis for vertebrate zooarchaeological analysis including terminology, data gathering, data analysis, and practical identification skills for both whole and fragmentary vertebrate remains. These skills will be of direct use in archaeology, paleontology, and forensic anthropology. Pokines. 4 cr, Fall and Spring sem.
• GMS FA 704: Bioarchaeology
  Prereq: consent of instructor. This course examines how bioarchaeologists utilize skeletal data to reconstruct patterns of human behavior from diverse geographical and temporal contexts. This course will survey topics such as age and sex estimation, paleodemography, pathology, and trauma, levels of physical activity and evidence for habitual behavior, paleodietary analyses, identity, and ethics. The goal of this seminar is to ask what bioarchaeology is, understand how t has developed historically, and recognize how it contributes to our understanding of the past. Bethard. 2 cr, Spring.
• GMS FA 705: Forensic Anthropology Techniques
  Prereq: consent of instructor. This course will provide students with a detailed history of forensic anthropology, including pioneers in the field, bone growth and development, and an extensive knowledge of protocols, methods, and procedures used by forensic anthropologists, to include distinguishing osseous from non-osseous material, distinguishing human from non-human remains, and estimating the biological profile. Students will be provided hands on experience in casework and will prepare several forensic anthropology case. Bethard. 3 cr, Fall sem.

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