Public Health PhD: Biostatistics

The Biostatistics doctoral program is designed to train students in the development of techniques, methods and tools to conduct public health research using rigorous statistical, bioinformatics and general quantitative methods. Biostatistics PhD coursework includes topics and material such as interpretation of personalized and evidence-based medicine in the context of public health; basic understanding of genetics and epigenetics; and general omic approaches and concepts. The biostatistics PhD builds on the classic public health biostatistics skills and knowledge base and takes advantage of the special knowledge of its faculty in the areas of genetics, bioinformatics and big data science. Students have the opportunity to learn and apply statistical genetics in the context of complex disease study, high-throughput computing used in big data science and applications in evidence-based, patient-centered outcome studies.