Brief

InMedicine created the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Boring led the epidemiology division as part of the MPH program. After Rollins was established as a school in 1990, Boring chaired the Department of Epidemiology. Under his guidance, the curriculum evolved, the doctoral co-directed the Master of Science in Clinical Research (MSCR) program, which he helped establish in 1998 for physicians who wanted to merge science and clinical practice.

To date, the MSCR program has graduated 120 students who enter with MD or PhD credentials. The program is based in the Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute, led by David Stephens, Emory vice president for health sciences research and author of the NIH proposal that launched the program.