Research Curriculum Topic Modules

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UNIV 150 Research Career Exploration Topics

  • Success – Academic and Career

  • Identity and Career

  • Individual Development Plans

  • Informational Interviewing

  • Focusing Career Choices

  • Experience Opportunities

  • Financial Literacy

  • Post-baccalaureate Education

  • Career-Life Balance

  • Portfolios

  • Resume/CV

  • Education Planning

RSCH 207 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Health Disparities

  • Definitions of diversity, health disparities, and health equity and the value of diversity in science

  • Prevalence of Health Disparities among U.S. Ethnic Groups and vulnerable populations

  • Systems-level risk and protective factors that influence diseases/conditions to cause disparities among diverse groups

  • Biological/genetic risk and protective factors that influence diseases/conditions to cause disparities among diverse groups (i.e., ethnic groups and vulnerable groups)

  • Socio-cultural risk and protective factors and systems-level risk and protective factors that influence diseases/conditions to cause disparities among diverse groups

  • Stigma and Structural Contributors to Inequities

  • Global risk and protective factors that influence diseases/conditions to cause disparities among diverse groups

  • Disparities in health care access, utilization, and quality among diverse groups

  • Approaches to Understanding Health Disparities

  • Approaches to Understanding Health Disparities: II

  • Interdisciplinary/collaborative assessment to facilitate disparities research among diverse groups and Interdisciplinary/collaborative approaches focused on treatment interventions for diverse groups

RSCH 296A Introduction to Biomedical Research Methods

  • The Research Team

  • Keeping a laboratory notebook and data records

Topics Modules Overlapping Across the Courses

  • Responsible conduct of research (IRM, SRC, ARM)

  • Time management skills and (RCE, IRM)

  • Types of biomedical research (RCE, IRM, SRC)

  • Introduction to the Scientific Method (IRM, ARM)

  • Data and its Analysis (All)

  • Searching the Research Literature (IRM, SRC, ARM)

  • Reading a Research Paper (IRM, SRC, ARM)

  • Peer Review (IRM, SRC, ARM)

  • Writing Reader Focused Text (SRC, ARM)

  • Writing Fundamentals (IRM, SRC, ARM

  • Routine communication (IRM, SRC)

  • Infographics (IRM, SRC, ARM)

  • The Research Report (IRM, SRC)

  • Research Poster Presentations (SCR, ARM)

  • Oral Research Presentations (SRC, ARM)

  • Proposal Writing (SRC, ARM)