Proposal Preparation in Pharmacology

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Pre-requisites: Approved required credits for the master or doctoral degree (except thesis) of the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, also approved comprehensive exam of the Department. Minimum grade of B in core courses. This course offers essential information for the preparation of thesis proposals integrating basic concepts of Pharmacology, theories and research strategies. Topics to be discussed include the development of specific aims, evaluation of literature to deve lop a rationale for the proposal, analysis of preliminary results, and design of research methodology to evaluate the problems to be investigated. The central focus of the course will be to train students in writing of thesis proposals and federal predocto ral fellowships. In addition, potential pitfalls of the proposed research will be discussed. The material will be presented by the student as discussions of specific topics recently published in scientific journals and as review of literature related to the specific student proposal. Grading System: Passed (P), Not Passed (NP)