Biostatistics in Medical & Health Research via Clinical Trials and Epidemiology

描述（由申请人提供）： 我们建议在南佛罗里达大学设立一个生物统计学暑期培训学院。该研究所将接触全国范围内的本科生，他们至少完成了4个学期的课程，最近三年或更短时间的大学毕业生，或在他们培训的第一年内的研究生。我们将选择25-30名学生在佛罗里达的坦帕接受为期六周的生物统计学暑期培训。参加者必须是美国公民或永久居民，并对生物统计学和健康研究感兴趣。将采取特别措施将妇女和少数民族包括在内。课程将包括每日课堂讨论，实验室会议，以及每周实地考察当地卫生研究机构。这些活动将由临床和生物医学研究以及生物统计学方面的专家领导。培训将采取个案研究的方法，侧重于临床试验和流行病学研究产生的真实的应用。通过对真实的案例的详细分析，学生将学习生物统计学的概念和方法，了解统计推理的基本原理和科学调查的原则。学生还将通过使用计算机和计算机软件分析真实的世界问题的数据集来获得实践经验。学生将接触到生物统计学应用的新领域，如医学遗传学，对推进医学和健康有很大的希望。学生的学习经验将在一个与临床试验相关的小组项目中达到高潮。通过与生物统计学家，临床和学术研究人员的互动，学生将直接观察生物统计学在生物科学，生物医学和公共卫生中的不可或缺的作用，并欣赏生物统计学作为职业的挑战和回报。生物统计学和生物统计学家是生物医学和健康进步的一个组成部分。然而，全国缺乏训练有素的生物统计学家。拟议的研究所探索创新的方法来培养下一代生物统计学家，是国家努力改善卫生研究资源，以加强医学和卫生转化研究的一部分。(End摘要）

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose a Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics at the University of South Florida. The institute will reach out to a nationwide population of undergradaute students who have completed at least 4 semsters course work, recent college graduates of three years or less, or graduate students within the first year of their training. We will select 25-30 students to receive a six-week summer training in biostatistics in Tampa, Florida. Enrollees will be US citizen or permenant resident and have demonstrated interests in biostatistics and health research. Special measures will be taken to include women and minorites. The curriculum will include daily classroom discussion, lab session, and weeklyfieldvisits to local health research institutions. These activities will be led by faculty members who are experts in clinical and biomedical research, and biostatistics. The training will take a case-study approach, focusing on real applications arising from clinical trials and epidemiological studies. Through detailed analyses of real cases, students will learn the concepts and methods of biostatistics, understand the rationale of statistical reasoning and the principles of scientific investigations. Students will also gain hands-on experience by analyzing datasets of real world problems using computer and computer software. Students will be exposed to new fields of biostatistics applications such as medical genetics that hold great hope for advancing medicine and health. Students' learning experience will culminate in a group project related to clinical trial. Through interaction vi^ith biostatisticians, clincal and academic researchers, students will observe first-hand the integral role of biostatistics in biosciences, biomedicine, and public health, and appreciate the challege and reward in Biostatistics as a career. RELEVANCE Biostatistics and biostatisticians are an integral component in the advances of biomedicine and health. However, there is a national shortage of well-trained biostatisticians. The proposed institute explores innovative ways to train the next generation of biostatisticians and is a part of the national efforts to improve health research resources for the enhancement of translational research in medicine and health. (End of Abstract)