The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill offers a master's degree in clinical research through its Gillings School of Public Health, located on the Chapel Hill campus. The clinical research program started in 2009. Students learn to work as part of clinical research teams comprised of scientists from various research fields. The program aims to train students as the principal researcher on these teams, spearheading clinical research that crosses over previous research science barriers. To help round out students' knowledge, professors teach students in fields of study such as natural history and epidemiology.
UNC Gillings School of Public Health
125 Rosenau Hall
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
919-966-8317
sph.unc.edu
Located in Philadelphia, Drexel University offers students a technologically-geared education at a private university. Drexel University also offers classes to students both domestically and internationally through its online university. Students can take online courses to earn a Master of Science degree in clinical research organization and management. Applicants come from various backgrounds, including junior doctors and employees of clinical research facilities.
Drexel University also offers a Master of Science degree in clinical research for health professionals. Students of the program must be working in the health care field and take on a hands-on research project in the workplace.
Drexel University
3001 Market Street Suite 300
Philadelphia, PA 19104
877-215-0009
drexel.com
The University of California San Francisco offers a master's degree in clinical research. Applicants are typically post-doctoral fellows, members of the school's faculty or sometimes are pre-doctoral. Students study advanced concepts such as epidemiologic and biostatistical methods and molecular methods, with a clinical research emphasis placed on them. The program expects students to participate heavily in the field of clinical research, presenting research at national science meetings and publishing research results. Each student works with a faculty mentor to achieve the goals of the program.
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA 94143
415-476-9000
ucsf.edu