Cardiovascular Biostatistics Training

描述(由申请人提供)： 华盛顿大学生物统计系与流行病学、职业和环境健康科学系以及医学遗传学、肺和重症护理医学以及普通内科的教职员工合作，提议培训生物统计学家，以便在心血管研究方面开展合作。这将是一项非常成功的培训补助金的第五次续期，将支持7名博士前学员。博士课程包括统计理论、生物统计学方法论和数据分析的课程，以及统计咨询实践。没有生物学科研究生资格的学生必须完成生物科学的课程作业，并参加心血管生物学或医学专题的口试。在满足这些要求后，学生将继续完成博士论文。学生之前接受过数学、统计学或生物科学方面的培训。计划的先决条件包括线性代数、概率和两年的微积分；有前途的生物专业的学生如果没有满足所有的数学先决条件，可以被临时录取。所有受训人员还需担任助教，向非统计人员提供交流统计概念的经验。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Washington Department of Biostatistics, with the collaboration of faculty from the Departments of Epidemiology and Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, and the Divisions of Medical Genetics, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, and General Internal Medicine, proposes to train biostatisticians for collaborative work in cardiovascular research. This would be the fifth renewal of a very successful training grant, and would support seven predoctoral trainees. The PhD program includes coursework in statistical theory, biostatistical methodology, and data analysis, and a statistical consulting practicum. Coursework in the biological sciences and an oral examination on a topic in cardiovascular biology or medicine are required for students who do not have graduate qualifications in a biological discipline. After satisfying these requirements the student proceeds to complete a doctoral dissertation. Students are enrolled with prior training in mathematics, statistics, or the biological sciences. Program prerequisites include linear algebra, probability, and two years of calculus; promising students with biology majors may be admitted provisionally if they have not satisfied all the mathematical prerequisites. All trainees are additionally required to act as teaching assistants, to provide experience in communicating statistical concepts to non-statisticians.