Biostatistics in Genetics Immunology and Neuroimaging

描述（由申请人提供）：我们提出了在遗传学，免疫学和神经影像学（BGIN）生物统计学博士前培训计划。在这个计划中，学生将学习开发应用于三个集中领域之一的统计和计算创新：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。埃默里大学还拥有强大的生物和生物医学科学多学科研究生部，拥有八个综合博士课程。该BGIN计划将利用生物统计学现有的强大学位课程和生物科学的相关学位课程。BGIN计划由三个核心组成：（1）生物统计学，（2）科学浓度和（3）（可选）计算机科学/数据库管理。学生将在他们的科学集中领域选修课程，以及生物统计学的其他选修课程。该计划的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个项目的教师来自生物统计学和埃默里大学生物和生物医学科学研究生部的其他四个博士课程。该计划每年将招收两名新学生 在三年内提供助学金支持，五年内总共有24个名额。 年 1 2 3 4 5 学生人数 2 4 6 6 6 培训机构将包括生物统计学系、埃默里疫苗研究中心、埃默里神经成像设施、人类遗传学系、国家疾病控制和预防中心基因组学和疾病预防中心、格鲁吉亚理工学院等。该计划的目标是培养生物统计学家，他们在生物科学的应用领域有知识，有能力用新的统计方法进一步提高科学和洞察力。

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.