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。该学院将向全国范围内至少完成4个学期课程的本科生、最近三年或更短时间的大学毕业生或培训第一年内的研究生提供服务。我们将挑选25-30名学生在佛罗里达州坦帕市接受为期六周的生物统计学暑期培训。申请者将是美国公民或永久居民，并对生物统计学和健康研究表现出兴趣。将采取特别措施，将妇女和少数民族包括在内。课程将包括每天的课堂讨论、实验室会议和每周对当地卫生研究机构的实地考察。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。培训将采取案例研究方法，重点放在临床试验和流行病学研究产生的实际应用上。通过对真实案例的详细分析，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现实世界问题的数据集来获得实践经验。学生们将接触到生物统计学应用的新领域，如医学遗传学，这些领域对促进医学和健康有着巨大的希望。学生的学习经验将在与临床试验相关的小组项目中达到顶峰。通过与生物统计学家、临床和学术研究人员的互动，学生将第一手观察生物统计学在生物科学、生物医学和公共卫生中的整体作用，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中不可或缺的组成部分。然而，全国范围内缺乏训练有素的生物统计学家。拟议的研究所探索了培训下一代生物统计学家的创新方法，是国家努力改善卫生研究资源以加强医学和卫生领域转化研究的一部分。(摘要结束)

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)