Course work for the M.S. requires authorship of an original manuscript of publishable quality for one of the following:

• Peer-reviewed journal or authorship of a grant proposal for a National Institutes of Health (NIS) career award (e.g., K23, K08, K01, R01, R03, R21)
• Veterans Administration Career Award
  • R03 proposals completed for EPID:6110 Grant Writing for Clinical Investigators do not count toward this requirement. 

Original research manuscript requirements:

• Minimum of 2,500 words
• Must include a structured abstract with the following elements:
  • Introduction that frames the research question
  • Description of methodology for study design
  • Sampling
  • Data collection strategies and sources
  • Description of data elements and data analysis
  • Description of study results
  • A discussion section that describes the relationship of current findings to prior relevant research, the clinical and policy implications of the findings, and methodological limitations.

Curriculum

The M.S. in Translational Biomedicine requires the following course work.

Course list

Code	Title	Hours
TBM:5000	Translational Biomedical Research	9
TBM:5001	Introduction to Translational Biomedicine	3
TBM:5002	Critical Thinking and Communication: Study Design and Commercialization	1
TBM:5003	Critical Thinking and Communication: Scientific Writing and Presentation Strategies	1
TBM:5004	Critical Thinking and Communication: Career Development and the Funding Process	1
TBM:5005	TBM Critical Thinking and Communication: Leadership, Team Science, and Mentoring	1
BIOS:4120	Introduction to Biostatistics	3
BIOS:5120  or EPID:5241	Regression Modeling and ANOVA in the Health Sciences  OR Statistical Methods in Epidemiology	3-4
EPID:4400	Epidemiology I: Principles	3
EPID:6950	Clinical Research Ethics	2
Electives		6
Total Hours		33-34

 

Help the Institute for Clinical and Translational Science at the University of Iowa continue making new strides in medical research by citing the NIH CTSA program grant UM1TR004403.