Residency credit for dissertation research after the qualifying examination. Students may register for this course in the semester of the qualifying examination. A minimum of two semesters are required as well as continuous enrollment (Fall and Spring) until the dissertation is completed and defended.
May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours.
May be repeated indefinitely.
Review of current literature in the field of biomedical engineering, general discussion and presentation of papers on research in biomedical engineering. Lecture, one hour per week. Required for all graduate students in biomedical engineering.
Scientists and engineers present current research in biomedical engineering. Students are required to prepare for and deliver a seminar on their own research. May be repeated to a maximum of 4 credits.
Graduate research in any area of biomedical engineering, subject to approval of the Director of Graduate Studies. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 hours.
The study of human behavior relating to health and disease and the organization of health care as a social system. Selected concepts from the psychological and social sciences are presented in a biobehavioral frame of reference and applied to the consideration of specific problems.
This course will introduce students to the processes involved in the development and implementation of interdisciplinary research. Students will be introduced to key aspects of the leadership, communication and teamwork involved in interdisciplinary research. Students will also be introduced to the structure and functioning of the NIH and the NIH grant application and review process.
This seminar course is designed to orient students to clinical and translational research community and activities at the University of Kentucky and to incorporate a multidisciplinary cooperative approach to clinical and translational research. Students are expected to apply their knowledge of effective scientific communication, responsible conduct of research, and methods and technologies of clinical and translational science to ongoing discussions. The course will consist of 7 evening seminars focusing on different topics of clinical and translational research.
This is a doctoral level seminar that provides an overview of behavioral decisional theories (e.g. rational choice, multiattribute utilities models, naturalistic decision making, ethnographic decision models, Janis and Mann's conflict theory, information processing theory, heuristic models, process tracing models, etc.) and examines research applications of those theories to the health of older adults. Research focuses on decision made by physicans, older adults, caregivers and policy makers.
