Schedule

Fall 2025

Week	Date	Module	Session
1	Aug 26	-	1.1 Welcome
1	Aug 28	1. Get started	1.2 Global health research
2	Sept 2	1. Get started	1.3 Build collaborations / Develop research ideas and questions
2	Sept 4	1. Get started	1.4 Search the literature / Read scientific articles
3	Sept 9	1. Get started	1.5 Review/Assess
3	Sept 11	2. Consider threats to validity	2.1 Statistical inference and statistical conclusion validity
4	Sept 16	2. Consider threats to validity	2.2 Statistical inference and statistical conclusion validity
4	Sept 18	2. Consider threats to validity	2.3 Causal inference and internal validity
5	Sept 23	2. Consider threats to validity	2.4 Causal inference and internal validity
5	Sept 25	2. Consider threats to validity	2.5 Measurement and construct validity
6	Sept 30	2. Consider threats to validity	2.6 Generalizability and external validity
6	Oct 2	2. Consider threats to validity	2.8 Review/Assess
7	Oct 7	Global Mental Health Conference at Duke register
7	Oct 9	3. Select a research design	3.1 Experimental
8	Oct 16	3. Select a research design	3.2 Experimental
9	Oct 21	3. Select a research design	3.3 Quasi-experimental
9	Oct 23	3. Select a research design	3.4 Quasi-experimental
10	Oct 28	3. Select a research design	3.5 Confounder-control
10	Oct 30	3. Select a research design	3.6 Descriptive
11	Nov 4	3. Select a research design	3.7 Review/Assess
11	Nov 6	4. Specify the methods	4.1 Sampling / 4.2 Sample size
12	Nov 11	4. Specify the methods	4.3 Data collection
12	Nov 13	4. Specify the methods	4.4 Review/Assess
13	Nov 18	5. Practice good science	5.1 All the things
13	Nov 20	5. Practice good science	5.2 Writing workshop (371/309) / Peer review session (702)
	Nov 25	No class
14	Dec 2	5. Practice good science	5.3 Peer review session (371/309)
14	Dec 4	5. Practice good science	5.4 Writing workshop (371/309)