Doctor's degrees in Biostatistics: A program that focuses on the application of descriptive and inferential statistics to biomedical research and clinical, public health, and industrial issues related to human populations. Includes instruction in mathematical statistics, modeling, clinical trials methodology, disease and survival analysis, longitudinal analysis, missing data analysis, spatial analysis, computer tomography, biostatistics consulting, and applications to such topics as genetics, oncology, pharmacokinetics, physiology, neurobiology, and biophysics.
The PhD program in Biostatistics is intended primarily for the graduate student who seeks a career as a professional, academic, or industrial researcher in the biomedical and epidemiologic sciences. The program meets the needs of (1) the health professional who wishes to continue with public health training and achieve a higher and more specialized degree; and (2) the statistician who wishes to specialize in statistical methods for biomedical and...
The PhD in Biostatistics prepares candidates for leadership roles in the development and application of statistical methods to biomedical research for the advancement of public health. The PhD is awarded by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) as governed by the Doctoral Program Subcommittee on Biostatistics of the Graduate Faculty comprised of faculty from both the Department of Biostatistics and Columbia's Morningside Campus. The program...
The Ph.D. program in Biostatistics prepares students for research careers by offering a blend of theoretical and methodological courses. Our teaching curriculum is based on the principle that almost every biostatistician will have to spend at least some of his/her time on statistical analysis of real-life data. Therefore, we prepare our students to be familiar with a variety of statistical methods and approaches by exposing them to real‑life...
A central philosophy behind our program is the importance of combining solid training in statistical theory and methods with exposure to important applications in public health, the biological sciences, and medicine. We try to institute this philosophy in all of our courses as well as in the research topics selected for doctoral dissertations.
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