Course Schedule

The following is a sample schedule and is subject to change.

  • Lectures are 40 minutes
  • Protocol Writing Groups are 2 hours
  • Small Group Cohorts

DAY 1: Sunday

6 PM EST: Welcome with virtual dinner together

 DAY 2: Monday

10:00 AM EST: Behavioral theories and models 

10:40 AM EST: Development of Psychosocial Interventions 

11:20 AM EST: Clinical Trials 

12:30 PM-2:30 PM EST

PG1: Protocol Writing Groups- Specific Aims and Study Design

DAY 3: Tuesday

10:00 AM EST: Approaches to Data Analysis 

10:40 AM EST: Qualitative Methods

11:20 AM EST: Stakeholder Engagement

12:30 PM-2:30 PM EST

PG2: Protocol Writing Groups- Data Collection

3:00-4:00 PM EST

Optional Afternoon Session with Alumni Co-Leaders

DAY 4: Wednesday

10:00 AM EST: Implementation Science 

10:40 AM EST: Communcations Research

11:20 AM EST: Technology-Based Research 

12:30 AM-2:30 PM EST

PG3: Protocol Writing Groups-Samples, Recruitment, and Analytic Plans

3:00-4:00 PM EST

Optional Afternoon Session with Alumni Co-Leaders

DAY 5: Thursday

10:00 AM EST: Decision Making Research

10:40 AM EST: Faculty Panel on Early Career

11:20 AM EST: Small break out lectures: 

  • Health Equity Research 

  • Symptom Management Mechanisms

12:30 PM-2:30 PM EST

PG4: Protocol Writing Group - Study Procedures and Human Subjects

3:00-4:00 PM EST

Optional Afternoon Session with Alumni Co-Leaders

Day 6: Friday

11:00 AM EST

Wrap Up

Noon EST

Closing virtual social activity

6 PM EST

Protocols/Proposals Due