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Title: Welcome to the Master Class Masters Thesis Proposal Course

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Welcome to the Master Class(Masters Thesis
Proposal Course)

P9419
Judith S. Jacobson, DrPH, MBA
Nicole Schupf, PhD, DrPH
Randomly selected Mondays,
530-630 p.m.

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Judith S. Jacobson, DrPH, MBA

Jacobson JS, Mellins RB, Goldstein IF, Rundle AG,
Williams CL, Canfield SM, Perzanowski M, Hazi Y,
Milton DG, Northridge ME, Ashby-Thompson M.
Factors associated with asthma in New York City
Head Start programs. Am J Resp Crit Care Med
2004 169 (suppl) A487.
Grann VR, Jacobson JS, Hershman D, Li H, Troxel
AB, Neugut AI. Breast biopsy and race/ethnicity
among women without breast cancer. Submitted for
publication.
Mantel B, Meyers A, Tran Q, Rogers S, Jacobson
JS. The use of nutritional supplements and
complementary/ alternative medicine among
individuals with Tourette syndrome. J Adolescent
Child Psychopharmacol. In press.

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Nicole Schupf, PhD, DrPH

N. Schupf, B. Patel, W. Silverman, W. Zigman, N.
Zhong, B. Tycko, P. Mehta, R. Mayeux. Elevated
Plasma Amyloid ?-peptide 1-42 and onset of
dementia in Down syndrome. Neuroscience Letters
2001 301199-203.
Schupf N, Pang D, Patel BN, Silverman W, Schubert
R, Lai F, Kline JK, Stern Y, Ferin M, Tycko B,
Mayeux R. Onset of dementia is associated with
age at menopause in women with Down’s syndrome.
Ann Neurol. 2003 Oct54(4)433-8.
Patel BN, Pang D, Stern Y, Silverman W, Kline JK,
Mayeux R, Schupf N. Obesity enhances verbal
memory in postmenopausal women with Down
syndrome. Neurobiol Aging. 2004 Feb25(2)159-66.

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Why are we here?

Because other courses dont fully prepare you to
develop your masters thesis proposal or to
complete the thesis
Because being in a class together can help you
help one another
Because we want to get you out the door with a
masters degree in epi
Because the masters degree in epi should mean
that the bearer has had the experience of
analyzing epidemiologic data and writing it up in
the form of a scientific paper

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This course is for students who

Intend to graduate in 2005
Do not yet have an approved masters thesis
proposal
Have completed 50 of course requirements for
MPH, MS, etc.

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The syllabus is on CourseWorks

9/27 Abstract structure, especially
Research question
Hypotheses
10/1118 Background, lit review, EndNote
10/25 Epi methods and your dataset
11/18 Substantive area discussion groups
11/1522 Data management (with SAS)
12/6 Finalizing the abstract and moving on
In HHSC media center, 2nd floor

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31 students submitted surveys

Practicum
10 have completed
2 have waived
17 have identified
Have you submitted your practicum form?
12-1/2 have found a thesis dataset
5 have 2 readers
2 have 1 reader
1 who has no dataset has 1 reader
Talk to us.

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13/31 have used EndNote

Eliminate one of two classes on EndNote?
Eliminate the second session or
Move up schedule, spend more class time on
abstract

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Human subjects/Patient protection

10 have GCP certification
12 have HIPAA certification

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What does it take to do a masters thesis in epi?

1-3 hypotheses about exposure and health-related
outcome, preferably in an area of interest to you
Dataset in which you can test hypotheses
2 readers
one to supervise your work
the other to help supervise or just to read and
comment on almost final drafts
One must be epi faculty readers who are not epi
faculty must submit their CV for approval

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What else does it take?

Familiarity with the relevant literature
Competence in data analysis
Familiarity with the format of a scientific paper
Creativity and good judgment in the
interpretation of findings

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Writing a masters thesis in epi is more than an
academic exercise.

Studies are undertaken to address a public health
problem.
Data are collected from human subjects at great
trouble and expense.
We as epidemiologists have obligations
to our funders, subjects, and community
to analyze, interpret, and publish the results of
our studies.

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Welcome to the epi research community!

Benefits
Credentials, career advancement
Publications, 15 minutes of fame
Responsibilities
Ethical (i.e. careful) data management
Honest reporting of results
Protection of research subjects

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Guest lecturerJoyce Pressley, PhD

Practicum coordinator
Contact information
Mailman 17-12, but please email or call for an
appointment.
212-342-0421voice
212-342-0519 fax
jp376_at_columbia.edu

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