Design and implement your own health care clinical studies to improve patient care.
Loyola University Chicago's Master of Science (MS) in Clinical Research Methods and Epidemiology (CRME) degree is a 2.5 year part-time program for clinicians and other health care professionals, based in the Chicago-land area, wanting to pursue clinical and patient-orientated research. With the guidance of a research mentor, you will create your own research proposal and project. The flexible learning environment in this clinical research master's program combines in-person classroom instruction with one-on-one mentoring to give you the skills to design and implement clinical studies and obtain independent funding.
Curriculum
A total of 30 credit hours are required to complete the degree. Students must complete six core courses (18 credit hours) and three elective courses (9 credit hours). All students must also complete a research project (3 credit hours) as part of their degree. Courses are offered both on campus and online.
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
| MPBH 403 | Introduction to Epidemiology (classroom and online) | 3 |
| MPBH 404 | Biostatistics for Health and Biological Science | 3 |
| MPBH 421 | Biostatistics II (classroom) | 3 |
| MPBH 423 | Intermediate Epidemiology (classroom) | 3 |
| MPBH 431 | Grant Writing (classroom) | 3 |
| BEHL 405 | Research Ethics (online) | 3 |
| 9 |
| Determinants of Population Health | |
| Environmental Health (online) | |
| Public Health Practice and Management | |
| The Epidemiology of Obesity: An Energy Balance Perspective (online) | |
| Introduction to Global Health | |
| Health Services Research Methods (online) | |
| Public Health Law: Theories and Cases | |
| Population Health Planning & Management | |
| Health Economics and Healthcare Financing | |
| Policy Analysis | |
| Health Impact Assessment | |
| Clinical Trials (classroom) | |
| Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (classroom) | |
| Special Topics (upon approval) | |
| Foundations of Health Informatics | |
| Clinical Data Science | |
| Security and Privacy in Healthcare | |
| Ontologies in Healthcare | |
| 3 |
| Total Hours | 30 |
Research Project
All students must demonstrate integration of knowledge gained through the program by presenting a research project (either a completed research project or research proposal) to the Master of Science in Clinical Research Methods Program Curriculum Committee. This research project or proposal will incorporate the skills and concepts obtained from the coursework. Students will have up to three years after enrolling in the program to complete the research project and obtain the degree.
Graduate & Professional Standards and Regulations
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