Biostatistics Training in the Omics Era

描述(由申请者提供)：该项目将支持每年在生物统计学领域对6名博士前学生的培训，重点是应用于基因组科学的现代问题。该培训结合了严格的统计方法和理论课程，生物信息学和基因组科学的额外课程，以及广泛的实验室培训经验。对于后者，受训者将从匹配的基因组实验室的监督统计顾问开始，然后在一年的过程中发展为一个或多个实验室项目的积极合作者。大多数学生在研究生课程的前三年将得到资助。在科学训练的同时，还将进行 负责任地进行专门为满足这一领域的研究人员的需要而开发的研究。培训涉及生物统计学、基因组学和哲学教职员工之间的合作。我们描述了一项积极的招聘计划，以增强我们培训和研究生计划的多样性，包括一个夏季计划，将少数族裔服务机构的教职员工和本科生带到北卡罗来纳州，开始与培训教师的合作工作。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project will support the training of six predoctoral students each year in the area of biostatistics, with an emphasis on applications to modern problems in genomic science. The training combines rigorous coursework in statistical methods and theory, additional courses in bioinformatics and genomic science, and an extensive laboratory training experience. For the latter, trainees will begin as supervised statistical consultants for a matched genomics lab, then over the course of a year progress into active collaborators in one or more lab projects. Most students will be supported for the first three years of their graduate programs. The scientific training will be supplemented with training in the responsible conduct of research developed specifically to meet the needs of researchers in this area. The training involves collaboration among biostatistics, genomics, and philosophy faculty members. An active recruiting plan is described for enhancing the diversity of our training and graduate programs, including a summer program bringing faculty and undergraduate students from minority serving institutions to NC State during the summer to initiate collaborative work with training faculty.