Boston University Summer Institute for Research Training in Biostatistics

波士顿大学生物统计学研究培训夏季学院

• 批准号: 9075607
• 负责人: ANITA L DESTEFANO
• 金额: $ 24.71万
• 依托单位: BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-01-15 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9075607
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 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Boston University (BU) proposes an intensive six-week program entitled the `Boston University Summer Institute for Research Education in Biostatistics (BU SIREB) based on a comprehensive curriculum that includes biostatistical analysis, epidemiological analysis, design and analysis of clinical trials, statistical genetics/genomics, and statistical computing. The curriculum is rigorous and interspersed with current examples that highlight the relevance of biostatistics with particular emphasis on recent trends including biomedical big data and high performance computing, and it is designed to interest undergraduates, recent graduates and early graduate students from across the US in the many exciting opportunities in the field of biostatistics. Our faculty is enthusiastic and committed to the program, as are our panel of outside speakers who are practicing biostatisticians and epidemiologists from academia and industry, and physician researchers working on important highly-publicized studies such as the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's (NHLBI) Framingham Heart Study and Jackson Heart Study. Strong institutional support from BU provides an infrastructure to support all aspects of student life during the program. The typical daily schedule will include a morning lecture followed by hands-on instruction in the SAS and R programming language in a computer classroom. After lunch at the BU dining facilities participants will return to the computer classroom to either complete short assignments relevant to the lecture content or to work in small groups on a research project. The research project will span the entire program and will deeply engage students with a research mentor as the students choose of one several provided data sets, determine a research question, develop an analysis plan, conduct the analysis, and synthesize and present results. The daily schedule will also be interspersed with guest lectures (who typically eat lunch with the students to provide additional opportunity for informal communication) and site visits (e.g. to the Framingham Heart Study). BU has run a six-week intensive Summer Institute for training in Biostatistics (SIBS) funded by NHLBI since 2003 (T15 HL075881; T15 HL097791). As of the date of this proposal, 11 sessions have been completed during the months of June and July of 2004 through 2014 and the 12th session is scheduled for June 8-July 17, 2015. Our track record is very strong. We successfully maintain steady contact with over 90% of our prior BU SIBS (2004-2014) students and over 70% of our BU SIBS alumni have either entered into graduate programs in biostatistics or taken jobs in the field. Our experience in planning and implementing our successful BU SIBS programs will enable us to rapidly implement the new BU SIREB program, maintaining many proven aspects of our past program while introducing new elements such as the emphasis on biomedical big data and a more in depth research experience.

 描述(由申请者提供)：波士顿大学(BU)提出了一个为期六周的强化课程，名为`波士顿大学生物统计学研究教育暑期研究所(BU SIREB)，其基础是一门全面的课程，包括生物统计分析、流行病学分析、临床试验的设计和分析、统计遗传学/基因组学和统计计算。该课程严谨，并穿插着当前的例子，突出了生物统计学的相关性，特别强调了包括生物医学大数据和高性能计算在内的最新趋势，旨在吸引来自美国各地的本科生、新近毕业的学生和早期研究生对生物统计领域的许多令人兴奋的机会感兴趣。我们的教职员工热情高涨，致力于该计划，我们的外部演讲者小组也是如此，他们是来自学术界和工业界的执业生物统计学家和流行病学家，以及从事重要的广为人知的研究的内科研究人员，如国家心脏、肺和血液研究所(NHLBI)的Framingham心脏研究和杰克逊心脏研究。来自波士顿大学的强大机构支持为项目期间学生生活的方方面面提供了基础设施。典型的日程表将包括上午的讲座，然后是在计算机教室里的SAS和R编程语言的实践教学。在波士顿大学用餐设施吃完午饭后，学员将返回计算机教室，完成与授课内容相关的简短作业，或以小组形式进行研究项目。研究项目将跨越整个项目，并将与学生深入参与研究导师，因为学生从提供的几个数据集中选择一个，确定研究问题，制定分析计划，进行分析，并综合和展示结果。每天的日程安排还将穿插在客座讲座(通常与学生共进午餐，以提供更多的非正式交流机会)和现场参观(例如，对弗雷明翰心脏研究)。自2003年以来，波士顿大学一直在举办由NHLBI资助的为期六周的生物统计夏季强化培训(SIBS)(T15 HL075881；T15 HL097791)。截至本提案提出之日，2004年6月和7月至2014年已完成11届会议，第12届会议定于2015年6月8日至7月17日举行。我们的记录非常好。我们成功地与超过90%的北大SIBS(2004-2014)学生保持了稳定的联系，超过70%的北大SIBS校友已经进入生物统计学研究生课程或在该领域找到了工作。我们在规划和实施我们成功的BU SIBS计划方面的经验将使我们能够快速实施新的BU SIREB计划，保留我们过去计划的许多经过验证的方面，同时引入新的元素，如对生物医学大数据的重视和更深入的研究经验。