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This program is targeted to health care professionals with advanced degrees including MD, PhD or PharmD degrees. Students with other advanced degrees including nursing degrees and experience in clinical trials may also apply. The majority of students in the program are physicians in fellowship programs at Rush. Students seeking admission to the MS, major in Clinical Research, program must complete an application, provide formal transcripts from college and professional degrees, and submit for an interview. The deadline for application is generally May 15th, although exceptions can be made. Applicants must enter the program in the summer quarter, which starts the first Tuesday after the July 4th holiday. The majority of students applying to this program are current health professionals, and if an advanced health professional degree is documented, no entrance examination is required. If a professional degree is not held, the GRE must be taken or evidence of performance in the 50th percentile in national examinations can be substituted for the GRE (e.g., MCAT scores). In addition, only students who have an identified access to clinical data (as defined by requiring IRB approval) will be admitted to the program. This usually also includes an identified mentor for the research phase of the program. The program will not assist the student in identifying a clinical data source or mentor.
Applications will be reviewed by the Program Director and students will be notified by June 15th when they are accepted. Although these are the deadline dates, students are encouraged to submit applications prior to May 15th. Before matriculating into the program, the individual responsible for the student's time (e.g. fellowship training director) must submit, in writing, that the student will be available for classroom work and IRB attendance to ensure that no conflict exists between class time and clinical responsibilies.
Tuition for Rush University Medical Center employees and its affiliates is $3,500/year for the 2007 through 2009 academic years. Individuals who are not employees of Rush University Medical Center or its affiliates will pay tuition at the published Graduate College hourly rate.
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