Interdisciplinary Training Program in Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Biostatistics

描述（由申请人提供）： 整个生物医学科学的进步越来越依赖于统计分析的原理和方法。实验室或诊所生成数据的能力往往超过其全面分析数据的能力;这可能会限制研究进展。作为一门涉及数据收集、分析和解释的科学，统计学将在解决生物医学科学家面临的信息瓶颈方面发挥关键作用。我们计划的研究使命是追求统计学和生物医学科学之间的接口最重要的问题-生物统计学的问题。我们的跨学科培训计划的目的是招募和提供心血管和肺生物统计学的博士前培训，以培养对生物医学科学事业感兴趣的优秀学生。对具有这种专业知识的科学家的需求很高。与传统的生物统计学培训相比，拟议的计划将强调并进一步支持生物统计学研究的跨学科要素。通过课程工作，博士前学员将学习统计学的理论，方法和实践基础，以及生物学，生物信息学，临床调查，基于人口的调查和负责任的研究行为的相关主题。在一个新的实验室轮换系统中，学员将熟悉围绕积极调查的生物医学背景。那些在该计划中取得成功的人将在学术界，政府或行业中取得进一步的成功。为该计划做出贡献的是领先的研究/培训部门，许多学科的高水平合作研究，以及通过暑期实习计划增加国内本科生供应的积极方法。我们知道，生物统计学在现代心血管和肺部医学科学中发挥着至关重要的作用，因此我们设计了一个跨学科的培训计划，以最有效地培养下一代生物统计学家。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Advances throughout the biomedical sciences rely to an increasing degree on the principles and methods of statistical analysis. The ability of a lab or clinic to generate data often outpaces its ability to fully analyze that data; and this can limit research progress. Being a science concerned with the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data itself, statistics will play a critical role in resolving the information bottleneck facing biomedical scientists. The research mission of our program is to pursue the most important problems at the interface between statistics and biomedical science - the problems of biostatistics. The aims of our interdisciplinary training program are to recruit and provide pre-doctoral training in cardiovascular and pulmonary biostatistics to talented students who are interested in careers in biomedical science. The demand is high for scientists with this expertise. In contrast with traditional biostatistics training, the proposed program will emphasize and further support the interdisciplinary elements of biostatistical research. Through course work, pre-doctoral trainees will learn theoretical, methodological, and practical underpinnings of statistics, and also relevant topics in biology, bioinformatics, clinical investigation, population-based investigation, and the responsible conduct of research. In a novel lab rotation system, trainees will become familiar with the biomedical context surrounding active investigations. Those who succeed in the program will be well positioned for further success in academia, government or industry. Contributing to the program are leading research/training departments, a high level of collaborative research across many disciplines, and a proactive approach to increasing the domestic supply of undergraduates through summer internship programs. We know that biostatistics has a critical role to play in modern cardiovascular and pulmonary medical science, and so we have designed an interdisciplinary training program to most effectively train the next generation of biostatisticians.