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Current Courses

Spring 2023

IMED 655: Writing Your K- or R-type Grant Proposal
Spring Term, Wednesdays, 1:00 - 3:00 PM
In this term-long course, students will gain intensive, practical experience in evaluating and preparing grant proposals, including discussion of NIH study section format. The course gives new clinical investigators the essential tools to design and to initiate their own proposals for obtaining grants to do research and to develop their own careers. The course is intended for students who plan to submit grant proposals (for either a K-type career development award or an R-type investigator-initiated award). The course can be taken as a writer (strict deadlines for homework--a section of the proposal is due for review approximately every 2 weeks culminating with mock study section for full proposal, or as a non-writer (no homework due). Enrollment of writers is limited; approval of course director required.
Course Director: Eugene Shapiro, M.D.

IMED 670: Writing Your K- or R-type Grant Proposal
Spring Term, Wednesdays, 3:00 - 5:00 PM
In this term-long course, students will gain intensive, practical experience in evaluating and preparing grant proposals, including discussion of NIH study section format. The course gives new clinical investigators the essential tools to design and to initiate their own proposals for obtaining grants to do research and to develop their own careers. The course is intended for students who plan to submit grant proposals (for either a K-type career development award or an R-type investigator-initiated award). The course can be taken as a writer (strict deadlines for homework--a section of the proposal is due for review approximately every 2 weeks culminating with mock study section for full proposal, or as a non-writer (no homework due). Enrollment of writers is limited; approval of course director required.
Course Director: Eugene Shapiro, M.D.

IMED 680: Topics in Human Investigation
Spring 2023, January 19 - May 4
Location: TAC N223
Thursday, 3:00 - 4:30 PM
Course Fee: $550

Summer 2023

IMED 645: Introduction to Biostatistics in Clinical Investigation
July 10 – July 21, 2023
Monday – Friday
Lecture: 8:30AM–10:20AM
Lab: 10:30 AM–11:30AM
Course Fee: TBD

IMED 625: Principles of Clinical Research
July 24 – August 4, 2023
Monday – Friday
2:00 - 4:00 PM
Course Fee: TBD

Fall 2023

IMED 630: Ethical Issues in Biomedical Research
September 5 – December 5 , 2023
Location: Giarman Room, SHM B-201, Sterling Hall of Medicine, 333 Cedar St, New Haven, CT 06519
Tuesdays, 3:30 - 5:00 PM
Course Fee: $550
Registration Deadline: Friday, September 1, 2023
Withdrawal Date: Prior to start of the third class on September 19, 2023 for no fee.

IMED 665: Writing Your K- or R-type Grant Proposal
Fall Term, Wednesdays, 1:00 - 3:00 PM
In this term-long course, students will gain intensive, practical experience in evaluating and preparing grant proposals, including discussion of NIH study section format. The course gives new clinical investigators the essential tools to design and to initiate their own proposals for obtaining grants to do research and to develop their own careers. The course is intended for students who plan to submit grant proposals (for either a K-type career development award or an R-type investigator-initiated award). The course can be taken as a writer (strict deadlines for homework--a section of the proposal is due for review approximately every 2 weeks culminating with mock study section for full proposal, or as a non-writer (no homework due). Enrollment of writers is limited; approval of course director required.
Course Director: Eugene Shapiro, M.D.M