BIOMETRY/EPIDEMIOLOGY TRAINING GRANT IN BIOSTATISTICS

描述(申请人描述)：培训补助金的主要目标是培养有前途的博士后和博士后成为癌症生物统计学科学家。需要10名博士后和2名博士后实习生。生物统计科学是指运用统计学、概率论、计算机科学和数学等方法来增加我们对生物医学现象的认识和理解。博士前课程包括概率论、统计学和计算机。所有学生都被要求集中学习与癌症相关的课程。与达纳-法伯癌症研究所关系密切，许多学生都住在那里。在该项目的第一个和第二个暑期期间，博士前学生将参与一个特殊的项目，该项目允许他们参与Dana-Farber癌症研究所的研究活动。第一个夏天过后，许多学生住进了达纳-法伯癌症研究所，并继续他们的项目。该项目的目标之一是使博士生能够开展新的统计方法论的论文研究。几乎所有的论文研究都是关于癌症研究的方法。博士后可以是获得统计学或生物统计学博士学位，正在开展癌症相关活动的博士后研究，也可以是其他领域的博士后获得者，他们通常第一年参加课程，第二年开始博士后研究。这些博士后学生密切参与癌症生物统计学的实践，目前居住在达纳-法伯癌症研究所。培训的一个重要部分是关于癌症研究中量化问题的每两周一次的工作研讨会。该研讨会是一个讨论当前癌症研究问题的论坛。

DESCRIPTION (Applicant's Description): The principal objectives of the training grant are to educate promising pre- and postdoctoral students to be biostatistical scientists in cancer. Ten predoctoral and two postdoctoral trainees are requested. The term biostatistical science refers to the use of the methods of statistics, probability, computer science and mathematics to increase our knowledge and understanding of biomedical phenomenon. The course of study for predoctoral students includes probability, statistics, and computing. All students are required to take a concentration in courses related to cancer. There is a close relationship with the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute where many of the students are in residence. During the first and second summer periods in the program, predoctoral students are involved in a special program which allows them to participate in the research activities of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. After the first summer, many of the students take up residence at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and continue their projects. One of the goals of the program is to enable the pre-doctoral students to carry out dissertation research on new statistical methodology. Nearly all of the dissertation research is on methods related to cancer research. The postdoctoral students may be those who have completed a doctorate in statistics or biostatistics who are carrying out postdoctoral research on cancer related activities or doctoral recipients from another field who generally attend courses the first year and start their postdoctoral research the second year. The postdoctoral students are closely involved with the practice of biostatistics in cancer and are in residence at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. An important part of the training is a bi-weekly working seminar on quantitative issues in cancer research. The seminar serves as a forum to discuss current issues in cancer research.