Biostatistics in Genetics Immunology and Neuroimaging

描述(由申请者提供)：我们正在提议一个遗传学、免疫学和神经成像(BGIN)方面的生物统计学博士前培训计划。在本课程中，学生将学习在以下三个集中领域之一开发统计和计算创新：1.遗传学/基因组学，2.免疫学/疫苗学/传染病，或3.神经成像。埃默里大学这个项目的基本原理是在这些领域已经有了强大的跨学科研究项目。埃默里还有一个强大的多学科生物和生物医学研究生部，拥有八个综合博士项目。这一BGIN计划将利用现有的强大的生物统计学学位课程和相关的生物科学学位课程。BGIN计划由三个核心组成(1)生物统计学，(2)科学集中，和(3)(可选)计算机科学/数据库管理。学生们将选修科学专攻领域的选修课，以及生物统计学的附加选修课。该项目的领导力由生物统计学、遗传学和神经成像的代表组成。这22名项目教员来自埃默里大学生物和生物医学研究生部的生物统计学和其他四个博士项目。该项目每年将招收两名新学生 加上为期三年的津贴支助，在五年中总共有24个职位。 第1年2 3 4 5 学生人数2 4 6 6 6 培训机构将包括生物统计部、埃默里疫苗研究中心、埃默里神经成像设施、人类遗传学部门、佐治亚理工学院国家疾病控制和预防中心的基因组学和疾病预防中心等。该计划的目标是培养在其生物科学应用领域拥有丰富知识并有能力用新的统计方法促进科学和洞察力的生物统计学家。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We are proposing a predoctoral training program in Biostatistics in Genetics, Immunology, and Neuroimaging (BGIN). In this program, students will learn to develop statistical and computational innovations applied in one of three areas of concentration: 1. genetics /genomics, 2. immunology/ vaccinology/infectious diseases, or 3. neuroimaging. The rationale for this program at Emory is the strong interdisciplinary research programs already in place in these areas. Emory also has a stong multidisciplinary Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences with eight integrated PhD programs. This BGIN program will take advantage of the already existing strong degree program in Biostatistics and the related degree programs in the biological sciences. The BGIN program consists of three cores (1) biostatistics, (2) scientific concentration, and (3) (optional) computer science/database management. The students will take electives in their area of scientific concentration as well as additional electives in biostatistics. The program leadership consists of representatives from biostatistics, genetics, and neuroimaging. The 22 program faculty are from Biostatistics and four other PhD programs in the Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences at Emory. The program will recruit two new students each year with stipend support for three years, for a total of 24 slots over the five years. Year 1 2 3 4 5 Number of students 2 4 6 6 6 The training facilities will include the Department of Biostatistics, the Emory Vaccine Research Center, the Emory neuroimaging facilities, the Department of Human Genetics, the Center for Genomics and Disease Prevention of the National Center for Diseases Control and Prevention, Georgia Tech, among others. The goal of the program is to produce biostatisticians who are knowledgeable in their applied field of bioscience with the ability to further the science and insight with new statistical methods.