Graduate Training in Biostatistics

描述（由申请人提供）：此提案描述了我们在明尼苏达大学生物统计学部门的博士前研究生培训计划。我们的目标是为博士和硕士学生在生物统计学方面的研究生涯做好准备，特别强调与艾滋病毒和艾滋病临床试验和观察性研究相关的研究。拟议方案的受训者将直接参与正在进行的艾滋病毒/艾滋病临床试验的设计、监测和数据分析，该司是这些试验的统计分析和协调中心。我们的项目还提供生物统计学、统计学、计算机学、流行病学和生物医学伦理学方面的综合课程，以及生物统计学、艾滋病毒/艾滋病和公共卫生方面的一系列研讨会和工作组。我们的特殊优势是：(1)在HIV/AIDS、心血管和呼吸系统疾病、癌症和其他疾病的大规模临床试验的设计、实施和分析方面拥有广泛而深厚的专业知识和经验；(2)在纵向数据分析、生存分析、贝叶斯方法、统计遗传学和生物信息学等领域的研究非常活跃；(3)高速计算机网络，配备齐全的最新统计和数据管理软件。作为研究生研究助理，受训者将有机会利用已完成临床试验的大量、高质量和记录良好的数据集开发新的有用的分析方法。此外，他们将有充分的接触和互动与临床研究人员谁经常治疗艾滋病毒/艾滋病患者。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal describes our plans for a pre-doctoral graduate training program in the Division of Biostatistics at the University of Minnesota. Our goal is to prepare PhD and MS students for research careers in biostatistics, with special emphasis on research related to clinical trials and observational studies in HIV and AIDS. Trainees in the proposed program will benefit from direct involvement in the design, monitoring, and data analysis for ongoing clinical trials in HIV/AIDS for which the Division serves as the statistical analysis and coordinating center. Our program also offers a strong comprehensive curriculum in Biostatistics, Statistics, Computing, Epidemiology, and Biomedical Ethics, and a spectrum of seminars and working groups in biostatistics, HIV/AIDS, and public health. Our particular strengths are (1) broad and deep expertise and experience in the design, conduct, and analysis of large-scale clinical trials in HIV/AIDS, cardiovascular and respiratory disease, cancer, and other conditions; (2) a faculty very active in research in the following areas: analysis of longitudinal data, survival analysis, Bayesian methods, statistical genetics, and bioinformatics; and (3) a network of high-speed computers with a full array of up-to-date statistical and data management software. Trainees, as graduate research assistants, will have the opportunity to develop new and useful analytic methods using large, high-quality and well documented datasets from completed clinical trials. In addition, they will have ample exposure to and interaction with clinical researchers who regularly treat HIV/AIDS patients. With the assistance of a strong minority recruiting office in the School of Public Health, we will make special efforts to identify, recruit, and retain trainees from minority populations and will ensure that women are well-represented in the trainee population.