Biostatistics in Genetics Immunology and Neuroimaging

描述（由申请人提供）：我们正在申请一个生物统计学在遗传学，免疫学和神经影像学（BGIN）的博士前培训项目。在本课程中，学生将学习开发应用于以下三个集中领域之一的统计和计算创新：1。2.遗传学/基因组学；免疫学/疫苗学/传染病，或3。神经影像。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。埃默里大学还拥有强大的多学科生物和生物医学科学研究生部，拥有8个综合博士课程。这个BGIN项目将利用已经存在的强大的生物统计学学位课程和生物科学相关学位课程。BGIN项目由三个核心组成(1)生物统计学，(2)科学集中，(3)（可选）计算机科学/数据库管理。学生们将选修他们科学领域的选修课以及生物统计学的额外选修课。项目领导由来自生物统计学、遗传学和神经影像学的代表组成。22名项目教师来自埃默里大学生物统计学和生物医学科学研究生部的其他四个博士项目。该项目每年将招收两名新生

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.