Interdisciplinary Training for Biostatisticans

描述(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发挥着重要作用。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，以证明基本的科学知识、有效性和可行性。越来越需要在包括生物科学、定量科学和临床应用在内的广泛领域对生物统计学家进行培训。医学和生命科学的研究人员表示，越来越需要受过生物学背景培训、具有很强的沟通能力和量化能力的应用生物统计学家。大多数应用生物统计员在需要跨学科知识和强大沟通技能的协作环境中工作，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培训如何应用生物医学研究中所需的各种定量方法，而且他们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措施。 这一培训资助提案的目标是为生物统计学的学士后、博士前学生制定和实施一项培训计划，该计划将提供在量化技能、生物学、应用研究和接触适当的伦理研究方面的强大背景。我们提出了一个为期三年的计划，主要包括头两年的课程工作，以及生物信息学、遗传学实验室、机构审查委员会和临床试验的轮换。在第三年，学生将在一个应用研究项目中担任研究助理，在一个将提供出色的跨学科研究经验的环境中获得重要经验，并为他们的论文主题的发展奠定基础。该项目不仅将培养学生在课堂上接触量化技能，还将培养学生作为一名实用的生物统计学家的实践经验。

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.