Modality: 100% online, no visits to campus required.
Tuition: $1,380 per credit hour.
Total Credits: 36
Program Completion: 24 months

Program Highlights

  • 36 credits to complete; up to 9 credit hours are offered as electives
  • Collaborate with researchers, patients, and clinicians to provide cutting-edge health care solutions
  • As of June 2019, Salary.com reports an average yearly salary of $103,480 for Clinical Research Managers1

The George Washington University's (GW) online MSHS in Clinical and Translational Research program is designed to develop the clinical and translational research capabilities of research professionals, junior faculty, and scientists. This program responds to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) vision for new approaches to developing and preparing researchers who can meet the needs of a more “translational” approach to research.

Learning Outcomes

  • Develop a broad foundation and understanding of the philosophies and practices of clinical and translational research in human health.
  • Lead and collaborate with other scientists, clinicians, investigators on translational research teams.
  • Develop strategies for health care improvement initiatives.
  • Evaluate clinical research processes and standards for protecting human subjects.
  • Develop translational research proposals in collaboration with professionals from other disciplines.

1Salary.com Salary Wizard- Do you know what you’re worth? (2017). Retrieved June 6, 2019, from Salary.com website: https://swz.salary.com/SalaryWizard/Clinical-Research-Manager-Salary-Details.aspx?&edu=EDLEV5https://swz.salary.com/SalaryWizard/Clinical-Research-Manager-Salary-Details.aspx?&edu=EDLEV5

Modality: 100% online, no visits to campus required.
Tuition: $1,380 per credit hour.
Total Credits: 21
Program Completion: 24 months

Program Highlights

  • Prepare for the role of a primary investigator in clinical research on multi-site projects
  • All credits are transferable into the MSHS in Clinical and Translational Research master’s program
  • This program is ideal if you are looking to broaden your skills and serve as a principal investigator in clinical trials

This program will strengthen your career prospects while developing management skills for clinical research administration. Graduates of the certificate program have the opportunity to transfer all 21 credits to GW's MSHS in Clinical and Translational Research program.

Learning Outcomes

  • Compose competitive grant proposals to fund clinical research
  • Apply basic, clinical, community health and health services research concepts to improve patient outcomes
  • Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams in diverse research settings

Modality: 100% online, no visits to campus required.
Tuition: $1,380 per credit hour.
Total Credits: 18
Program Completion: 12 months

Program Highlights

  • All credits are transferable into the MSHS in Clinical and Translational Research master’s program
  • Complete the program in as little as one year
  • Graduates can work in a variety of settings as an investigator or co-investigator across a wide range of health care and research organizations

The program capitalizes on the foundational courses of clinical research, health informatics, epidemiology, and biostatistics to prepare the graduate with the knowledge and skills to conduct clinical research in collaboration with sponsored research programs. Graduates of the certificate program have the opportunity to transfer all 18 credits to GW's MSHS in Clinical and Translational Research program.

Learning Outcomes

  • Oversee clinical research at the study site level 
  • Ensure compliance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) 
  • Use biostats and epidemiology to inform clinical practice in a research study site 
  • Improve the practice's potential for serving as a clinical study site

Program Highlights:

  • 100% online, no campus visits are required
  • Both degrees are conferred sequentially
  • Transfer up to 60 total credits from a regionally accredited institution into the undergraduate portion of the program
  • Nine credits of the MSHS in Clinical and Translational Research are completed in the undergraduate portion of the program and charged at the undergraduate per credit cost

In this dual degree program, you'll learn to address ethical and cultural health care considerations through coursework in clinical research processes, clinical practices, health equity, issues in bioethics, clinical and translational research, the management of clinical trials, and more. Due to its rigor, this dual degree program is ideal for motivated, high-performing, and experienced students.

Students complete 60 credits for the BSHS program and 9 of the 60 credits will apply to the MSHS program as electives. These 9 credits are charged at undergraduate tuition rate and allow students to complete approximately 25% of the MSHS program while earning the BSHS.

What you will learn:

  • Integrate scientific, medical, regulatory, and commercial requirements to create clinical development plan (CDP) sections that provide for benefit and risk assessments in the development of a new investigational product.
  • Analyze strategies to address ethical and cultural considerations for effective and compliant clinical trial conduct in national and international settings.
  • Compare clinical, regulatory, and business requirements in the planning and conduct of a clinical trial, including data integrity and documentation.
  • Communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders, individually and in group settings, using verbal, written, and electronic modes of communication.
  • Explain structural determinants adversely impacting the health of socially disadvantaged groups from diverse perspectives.
  • Integrate evidence-based practice into clinical and translational research.
  • Develop translational research proposals in collaboration with professionals from other disciplines.
  • Conduct clinical and translational research with a team of scientists, clinicians, and investigators.

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