The HEIDS program continues to work with medical school deans, course directors, and course faculty to offer innovative educational opportunities in research methodology, including responsible conduct of research (RCR).
Division of Biology and Medicine
Center for Global Health Equity
Research Training and Support
The Research Rx curriculum was developed in response to strong input from both students and faculty that this type of research training would be highly valuable to medical students not enrolled in the PC-PM program, as well as undergraduate PLME students. The primary objectives of this summer research intensive training, led by co-I Dr. Garbern and biostatistician Dr. Joshua Ray Tanzer, are to:
Increase the value of HEIDS program for students and mentors in providing dedicated and tailored research education and capacity building support;
Ensure students in the HEIDS program are knowledgeable and thoughtful consumers of research related to infectious disease; and
Increase productivity of HEIDS students through publications, abstracts, and posters.
The structure of the summer training includes a pre-course self-assessment, six asynchronous online modules completed prior to workshops, and bi-weekly live virtual workshops. Content is tailored to support the needs of different types of learners with varying levels of research experience. Individual mentorship as well as peer/group mentorship is also provided to address common challenges and increase exposure to a variety of projects. Course topics include: mentor-mentee relationships, research question formulation, data visualizations, hypothesis testing, data (drawing conclusions, alignment between research question and analysis, bias in data, results interpretation), research design, statistical analysis, and research dissemination.
HEIDS Scholars and Fellows are required to complete 8-hours of in-person Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Training. There are multiple ways to complete this requirement. In past years, HEIDS has partnered with the Basic and Translational Research program (BTR) to conduct two in-person RCR sessions in early June. We highly encourage in-person attendance, but zoom and recorded options are also available.
Beginning in June 2025, the HEIDS program is offering 4 hours per week of biostatistics support for HEIDS scholars. The office hours will be staffed by a PhD candidate in biostatistics and Dr. Tanzer, co-lead of the Research Rx curriculum.