Research Elective

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Students will select a mentor of their choice and will develop a novel research study using either their mentor's data or publicly available data to answer their question. Mentors will be expected to guide students and to serve as a content expert to effectively provide feedback and ensure adequate scientific rigor is achieved for their projects. Course deliverables by the last day of this course are comprised of a two-page literature review, a one-page abstract of their research project progress thus far, along with a scientific poster as it currently stands. Both the abstract and poster will also be submitted at the medical school SAMS poster day during the Fall term. Students will meet with their research mentor on a predetermined regular basis over the course of 9 weeks during the summer. 20299 Master’s Thesis. 3 credits. A total of 6 master's thesis credits is required for program completion. All students will complete a master’s thesis describing a translational or clinical research project in which he or she participated in both the design and execution. The Committee will be comprised of a thesis mentor and two additional faculty members (one of whom is a biostatistician). The Committee will approve the project in advance, will provide guidance and supervision of the project, and will critique and, if appropriate, approve the thesis.