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Biostatistics Training for Basic Biomedical Research (BTBBR)
The sequencing of the human genome has set the stage for the next major frontier in biology, the proteome, and has paved the way for the new "omics" era in biomedical reseach. The exploding cascade of data requires integration of bioinformatics tools for data representation and manipulation and sophisticated statistical and mathematical approaches for validating, analyzing, modeling and, finally, unifying and interpreting the myriad of "omic" data to infer biological function.
The Biostatistics for Basic Biomedical Research program trains a new generation of biostatisticians to assume key roles in the "omics" era of biomedical research. The program stresses the integration of biostatistical theory and methods, including nonlinear systems analysis and mathematical modeling, with tools from bioinformatics to address quantitative frontiers in modern multi-disciplinary biological research. This PhD program incorporates entry level, broad-based didactic and laboratory training in the biomedical sciences into an established biostatistics program. Students work jointly with biostatisticians, bioinformaticians and biomedical sciences faculty on the frontier of "omics" research.
The BTBBR program is supported by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (1T32GM074934-01). This training grant provides tuition, stipends and funds toward books and travel for eligible trainees.