Interdisciplinary Training for Biostatisticans

描述（由申请人提供）：生物统计学在医学、生物医学和公共卫生研究中起着基础作用。仅医疗技术的进步就大大增加了对训练有素的生物统计学家的需求，以展示基本的科学知识、有效性和可行性。越来越需要对生物统计学家进行广泛领域的培训，包括生物科学、定量科学和临床应用。医学和生命科学领域的研究人员对应用生物统计学家的需求日益增长，他们受过生物学背景的培训，具有较强的沟通能力和定量分析能力。大多数应用生物统计学家在需要跨学科知识和强大沟通技巧的协作环境中工作，但大多数人没有接受过生物学和生物信息学方面的培训。生物统计学家不仅需要接受如何应用生物医学研究中所需的广泛定量方法的培训，而且还需要了解疾病的生物学基础和生物医学研究中收集的生物学测量。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Biostatistics plays a fundamental role in medical, biomedical and public health research. Advances in medical technology alone have substantially increased the demand for trained biostatisticians to demonstrate basic scientific knowledge, effectiveness and feasibility. There is a growing need for biostatisticians to be trained in a broad range of fields, including the biological sciences, quantitative sciences and clinical applications. Researchers in the medical and life sciences are expressing a growing need for applied biostatisticians who are trained with a background in biology and strong communication skills as well as quantitative skills. Most applied biostatisticians function in collaborative environments that require interdisciplinary knowledge and strong communication skills, but most do not receive training in biology and bioinformatics. Not only do biostatisticians need to be trained how to apply the wide range of quantitative methods that are needed in biomedical research, but they also need an understanding of the biological basis for disease and the biological measures that are collected in biomedical research. The goal of this training grant proposal is to develop and implement a training program for post-bachelors, pre-doctoral students in biostatistics that will provide a strong background in quantitative skills, biology, applied research and exposure to the proper conduct of ethical research. We propose a three year program that will include course work primarily in the first two years along with rotations in bioinformatics, genetics laboratories, Institutional Review Board, and clinical trials. In the third year the students will work as a research assistant in on an applied research project gaining important experience in an environment that will provide excellent experience in interdisciplinary research and a basis for the development of their thesis topics. This program will produce students not only with classroom exposure to quantitative skills, but also practical experience as a functioning biostatistician.