Graduate Certificate in Clinical and Translational Research

• Improve readiness to launch clinical and translational research studies
• Improve grantsmanship necessary to attract research funding
• Improve ability to analyze research data
• Improve formal presentation and publication success rate
• Improve patient care and health outcomes

Three Core Courses:

HLTH 8120 Clinical and Translational Science (2)
Introduction to concepts and theories of clinical and translational science. Topics include bench science discoveries; modeling and simulation; clinical trials and community-based research; adoption into clinical practice. Major emphasis is placed on research idea generation and transforming ideas into working research proposals.

HLTH 8210 Health Research I: Design and Measurement (3)
Addresses issues in research design, measurement, project planning, data collection, and data management for health research. Topics include experimental and quasi-experimental design, measurement theory applied to key concepts, survey methodology, observational research, and research ethics.

HLTH 8090 Epidemiological Research (3)
Basic concepts of epidemiology with emphasis on applied aspects rather than theoretical. Examples are drawn from clinical practice.

Two Elective Courses* selected from:

• HLTH 8140 Health Systems Quality Improvement
• HLTH 8130 Population Health and Research
• MATH 8050 Data Analysis
• MATH 8070 Applied Multivariate Analysis

All courses must earn a letter grade of “B” to apply as certificate credit

^{*HLTH prefixed courses are offered one evening a week at the UCG; MATH courses may be offered online or on the main campus and are subject to MATH department scheduling.}

Prisma Health employees accepted into the Certificate Program should indicate which plan they desire upon admission. Year 1 courses are traditionally offered on Tuesday evenings while Year 2 courses are offered on Thursdays.

For more information please contact the program coordinator at: phsgrad@clemson.edu