Research I

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Throughout the fall semester, each student will work with a Faculty Research Mentor on an approved research project in basic science, clinical, educational or population health research areas. Research projects are submitted by the faculty and peer reviewed to ensure the project is appropriate for the available resources, time, and general level of knowledge and expertise of the students. The projects will be distributed to the incoming students and basic guidance will be provided as a part of the BMS 701 Research Methods course. Students are assigned to their projects via a match process. The match process helps ensure the students are assigned topics that are in general alignment with the program goals, fit and general research interests. Students are required to work on their research projects throughout the year and will be enrolled in research credits during the fall and spring semesters. Research activities will include literature review, project design, experimentation and/or data gathering, and data analysis. In the fall semester, the students are required to present a paper related to their project as a part of the seminar course BMS 712 and in the Spring, the students are required to present their project as a part of the seminar course BMS 713.