Lead Research, Don't Just Contribute to It
For practicing physicians and fellows. Built around your schedule — fully asynchronous coursework, no wasted time on biology you already know, and a real computational co-investigator relationship by the time you start your pilot project.
Fully async
coursework, no live classes
2 formats
summer or year-long
6 areas
to lead research in
Choose Your Pace
Both paths end the same way — a pilot project one-pager, preliminary results, and a formalized co-investigator relationship. They differ in how the preparation is paced.
10–12 Weeks, Part-Time
Best if you can carve out a focused few months and want to move quickly
A compressed, mostly-asynchronous version of the core coursework plus one required intensive module, followed by a mentored pilot project with a computational co-investigator — all within a single season.
5–8 hrs
Async + 1 live intensive
- Core coursework compressed into weeks 1–8
- Pilot project with co-investigator in weeks 9–12
- Fastest path to a fundable pilot concept
2 Semesters + Summer
Best if you need the lowest sustainable weekly load
The same asynchronous coursework spread across a full academic year at a lighter, more realistic weekly load for a full-time clinical schedule. You'll identify and formalize a computational co-investigator relationship before summer begins.
3–4 hrs
Fully async
- Co-investigator relationship formalized before summer
- Lightest weekly load of either format
- Live, online pilot project once summer begins
Not sure which fits? Clinicians who can protect a focused stretch of months tend to pick Summer Intensive. Clinicians balancing a full year-round practice tend to pick Year-Long.
How the Year Flows
One shared foundation course, then a research-area course, then a live online pilot project.
Quantitative Foundations
Biostat · no-code + code
Your Research Area
One of six pathways
Live Pilot Project
With co-investigator
What You'll Take
CL-F: Quantitative Foundations for Clinical Investigators
Applied biostatistics refresher, programming essentials, and no-code tools like Cytoscape for those who won't code daily.
CL-S: Network Medicine & Team Science for Clinical Research
Your chosen research area, grant writing and team science, and finding your computational co-investigator.
Questions about which format fits your schedule? Talk to a program advisor.