The MS program in Clinical and Biomedical Investigations is designed to train students for future independent research careers in an academic, government or private sector setting. The objective of the MS program is to produce a clinical researcher with either an in-depth knowledge in laboratory methodologies or statistical and analytic skills in population-based, clinical studies or outcomes research. The program gives students a solid background in the methodological aspects of research, and in statistical thinking as applied to molecular epidemiology, as well as a solid grounding in biostatistical, epidemiology methods.