The workshop on the principles of scientific research design and the right research method selection in human studies_ the ISBM 18th side event.

The workshop on the principles of scientific research design and the right research method selection in human studies, designed for the audiences among graduate Ph.D. students in neurosciences, rehabilitation, psychology and psychiatry, medicine, biomechanics and bioengineering, and other enthusiasts was held at NBML with 25 participants on October 9, 2018.

The following topics were taught by Dr. Leila Ali Biglou, the post-doctoral in neurosciences at Northwestern University, on this workshop:

• Choosing and defining the main research issue
• How to form the research questions and aims properly?
• How to present reasonable and rational scientific hypothesis?
• The importance and limitations of a research
• The right research design selection
• How to select participants in a research
• How to choose the appropriate method for conducting a research
• Ethical concerns in a research