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Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute offers a number of formal degree and certificate granting programs for those interested in a career related to translational and clinical research.
NUCATS leadership is currently in the planning stages of several new certificate programs that will cover different aspects of clinical and translational research. Current certificate programs of potential interest are profiled below.
| Program | Primary School(s) | Description | Logistics | | Clinical Research and Regulatory Administration | NUCATS School of
Continuing
Studies | A four-course program that grounds professionals in the key concepts of the clinical research enterprise and allows them to focus in in one of two areas: regulatory affairs and administration or clinical trials design and conduct. | Part-time: 12 months, Chicago campus | | Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety | School of Medicine | This sister program to the Master’s in Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety educates clinicians and other healthcare professionals to become effective healthcare quality and patient safety thinkers, practitioners, and researchers. The program focuses on issues that shape health policy around quality and safety. | Part-time: 12 months, Chicago campus | | Quality Assurance and Regulatory Science | School of Continuing Studies College of Arts and Sciences | This sister program to the MQARS provides practicing scientists in the pharmaceutical, food, and biotechnology industries with the knowledge, expertise, and skills to create and implement efficient and effective quality systems as well as understand the regulatory and compliance environment. The certificate alternative is available for professionals seeking only specific course work. | Part-time: 12-18 months, Evanston campus |
In addition to traditional medical and doctoral degree programs, Northwestern University offers the following Master’s level programs: | Program | Primary School(s) | Description | Logistics | Biomedical Engineering | School of Engineering School of Medicine | Trains individuals to use engineering principles to solve biological and medical problems. Areas of excellence include biomechanics and transport rehabilitation engineering, neuroscience, medical devices, biotechnology, and biomaterials | Full Time: 2 years, primarily Evanston campus | | Biotechnology | School of Engineering | Offers a direct, focused, and integrated approach to training biologists, chemists, and engineers side by side. Places great emphasis on coursework in modern biology, biotechnology, and biochemical engineering as well as on a comprehensive and innovative research experience. | Full Time (part time option available): 15 months, Evanston campus | | Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (MCBB) | School of Engineering | Equips students with the requisite skills to conduct research at the interface of computer science, statistics, and biology. Students participate in a summer research internship program in addition to courses and research at Northwestern, gaining valuable, paid work experience in an industrial setting. | Full Time: 1-2 years, Evanston campus | | Epidemiology/Biostatistics (MSEB) | School of Medicine | Designed for students committed to studying the distribution of health and disease in populations and clinical settings. The program emphasizes interdisciplinary perspectives to provide students with the skills to apply epidemiological and biostatistical methodology to the design, conduct, and analysis of population and clinical studies. There are thesis and non-thesis tracks. | Full Time: 18-24 months, Chicago campus | | Health Care Quality and Patient Safety | School of Medicine | Educates clinicians and other healthcare professionals to become effective healthcare quality and patient safety thinkers, practitioners, and researchers. The program focuses on issues that shape health policy around quality and safety. | Part Time: 18 months, with 2 summer immersions, Chicago Campus | | Medical Informatics (MMI) | School of Continuing Studies School of Medicine | Designed for a diverse audience of students from health care professionals to IT professionals. Available in two delivery options—on-campus and online, the MMI program focuses on the principles of information management, design, integration, implementation, and evaluation, as well as their application to enterprise-wide health care information systems. | Part Time: 2-3 years, Chicago campus and online | | Public Health (MPH) | School of Medicine | Designed for students with a background in healthcare professions, the program provides an interdisciplinary public health knowledge base and broad perspective on the concepts of prevention, health promotion, health care organization and delivery, and population-based research and intervention. | Part Time: 2-4 years, Chicago campus | | Quality Assurance and Regulatory Science | School of Continuing Studies College of Arts and Sciences | This program is designed to provide practicing scientists in the pharmaceutical, food, and biotechnology industries with the knowledge, expertise, and skills to create and implement efficient and effective quality systems as well as understand the regulatory and compliance environment. Other essential skills include project management, risk assessment, and risk management. | Part Time: 2-3 years, Evanston campus |
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