BIOMETRY/EPIDEMIOLOGY TRAINING GRANT IN BIOSTATISTICS

描述（申请人描述）：培训资助的主要目标是培养有前途的博士后和博士生成为癌症领域的生物统计科学家。招收博士预科生10人，博士后2人。生物统计学是指利用统计学、概率论、计算机科学和数学的方法来增加我们对生物医学现象的认识和理解。博士预科学生的课程包括概率、统计和计算。所有的学生都必须选修与癌症有关的课程。我们和丹娜法伯癌症研究所关系密切很多学生都住在那里。在项目的第一个和第二个夏季期间，博士生将参与一个特殊的项目，使他们能够参与丹娜-法伯癌症研究所的研究活动。在第一个夏天之后，许多学生住在丹娜-法伯癌症研究所，继续他们的项目。该计划的目标之一是使博士生能够对新的统计方法进行论文研究。几乎所有的论文研究都是关于癌症研究的方法。博士后可以是已获得统计学或生物统计学博士学位，正在进行癌症相关活动的博士后研究的学生，也可以是其他领域的博士生，一般第一年上课，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，并在达纳-法伯癌症研究所居住。培训的一个重要部分是每两周举行一次关于癌症研究中定量问题的工作研讨会。研讨会是讨论癌症研究中当前问题的论坛。

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.