PhD in Epidemiology and Biostatistics with concentration in Biostatistics

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The PhD program in Epidemiology and Biostatistics with concentration in Biostatistics offers a cutting-edge, advanced training to prepare individuals for academic and research careers. It is designed to be completed in three years for students with a master's degree in Biostatistics or a related field. Requirements include the equivalent of two years of full-time coursework, written and oral comprehensive examinations, and the completion an oral defense of an independent, original dissertation in the concentration area. There are competitive graduate assistantships available with full tuition waiver and annual stipend. PhD degree can be earned in-person and full-time or part-time.

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Taking LOCAL Impact to GLOBAL Change

The PhD program with concentration in Biostatistics offers cutting-edge, advanced training in biostatistical methods, teaching experience and cutting-edge dissertation research in genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of cancer and allergic diseases, Bayesian methods, genomics, metabolomics and bioinformatics.

The PhD degree in Epidemiology and Biostatistics is the highest academic degree for individuals planning to pursue scholarly careers under the discipline of biostatistics.

Students can enhance their skills through graduate certificates in one of the following areas, or create their own plan in consultation with an academic advisor:

Health Analytics
Population Health Informatics
Health Systems Leadership
Population Health

Students will learn to analyze large, complex datasets, applying advanced statistical and machine learning techniques and gain hands-on experience in programming tools to uncover patterns and insights that inform public health strategies. Graduates of the program are prepared to conduct innovative, interdisciplinary, and translational research in community and scientific settings, and develop and utilize advanced and novel biostatistical methods to strengthen public health studies.

This concentration is designed to prepare students to teach and conduct innovative and high impact research through collaborating with researchers in public health areas. Graduates from this concentration have job placement in academic units, government, research institutes, and industry such as pharmaceutical companies.

Credit Hours: 36

CORE COURSES - 12 CREDIT HOURS

PUBH 8152 | Biostatistical Methods II
PUBH 8172 | Epidemiology in Public Health II
PUBH 8310 | Mixed Model Regression Analysis
PUBH 8311 | Applied Categorical Data Analysis

BIOSTATISTICS CORE COURSES - 12 CREDIT HOURS

MATH 7643 | LEAST SQUARE AND REGRESSION ANALYSIS*
MATH 7654 | INFERENCE THEORY*
PUBH 8455 | CLINICAL TRIALS II*
PUBH 8460 | ADVANCED SURVIVAL ANALYSIS*

DOCTORAL SEMINAR CORE - 6 CREDIT HOURS

PUBH 8901 | Doctoral Professional Development Seminar
PUBH 8720 | Grant Writing in Health Sciences

ELECTIVE COURSES - 12 CREDIT HOURS

In consultation with faculty and/or academic advisors

DISSERTATION - 12 CREDIT HOURS

PUBH 9000 | Dissertation

COMPREHENSIVE EXAM

PhD candidates are required to pass a comprehensive exam covering Core and Biostatistics Core courses.

* Prerequisites

In Numbers

8:1 Student to Advisor

17:1 Student to Instructor

90% Courses taught by faculty

100% On-Campus

8 Centers and Labs

36 Credit hours

How to apply

Requirements:

Completed SOPHAS application
Undergraduate degree with minimum GPA of 3.0 and have completed Calculus I and Calculus II with a grade of B or higher
Curriculum Vitae/Resume
Statement of Purpose (400-500 words)
Two (2) letters of recommendation
Credentials evaluation for foreign transcripts
Language proficiency test if language of instruction was not English

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Meredith Ray, PhD
Associate Professor and Program Coordinator, Biostatistics

Briana McNeil, MBA, MEd
Recruitment and Admissions Coordinator

Shirl Sharpe, MS
Manager, Academic Services