Summer Course: Introduction to Clinical and Translational Research at UMB & Baltimore VA

Next year’s course has been tentatively scheduled for the week of August 4-8, 2025. Please mark your calendar. This webpage will be updated in May 2025.

2024 course information is posted below:

DATES: August 5-9, 2024 Download Agenda 2024 (draft)

TIMES: 9:00 – 3:00pm (Monday – Friday)*
*ending times vary

LOCATION: HSF2 Auditorium, 1st floor of the HSF2 Building located at 20 Penn Street, Baltimore MD 21201 (corner of Penn and Lombard Streets)

The Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at UMSOM is pleased to sponsor the 24th annual “Introduction to Clinical and Translational Research at UMB & Baltimore VA” course.

This course is open to all UMB and Baltimore VA faculty, fellows, residents, students and staff with an interest in clinical and translational research. This course is designed for anyone interested in improving skills in study design for clinical research, scientific communication, and grant writing.

The course is free of charge and open to those affiliated with the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) and Baltimore VA, and investigators at the Baltimore VA Medical Center.

CREDITS: To receive academic/graduate school credit, students already enrolled in a UMB graduate school program should register for PREV 616 in the 2025 fall semester. To register for PREV 616 in the fall, contact your graduate program office. Anyone who is interested in registering for PREV616 in the fall, MUST contact Dr. Kristen Stafford to discuss eligibility prior to registering. Dr. Stafford’s email is kstafford@ihv.umaryland.edu.

CME credits and other continuing medical education credits will not be offered for this course.

COURSE AGENDA: Agenda 2024 (draft)

COURSE DIRECTORS:

Jennifer Albrecht, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UMSOM
John Sorkin, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Medicine, Chief, Biostatistics and Informatics, UMSOM

This course is jointly sponsored by:

University of Maryland Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center (UM-OAIC)
Baltimore VA Medical Center, Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Centers (GRECC)
Center for Advanced Research Training & Innovation, UMSOM (CARTI)

QUESTIONS: Contact Stacie Mendoza at smendoza@som.umaryland.edu

Registration is requested online: