Biostatistics Training in the Omics Era

项目描述（申请人提供）：本项目每年将资助培养6名生物统计学领域的博士生，重点是应用于基因组科学的现代问题。培训结合了严格的统计方法和理论课程，生物信息学和基因组科学的附加课程，以及广泛的实验室培训经验。对于后者，受训者将开始作为一个匹配的基因组学实验室的受监督的统计顾问，然后在一年的过程中成为一个或多个实验室项目的积极合作者。大多数学生将在研究生课程的前三年获得资助。在科学训练的基础上，辅以科学训练

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project will support the training of six predoctoral students each year in the area of biostatistics, with an emphasis on applications to modern problems in genomic science. The training combines rigorous coursework in statistical methods and theory, additional courses in bioinformatics and genomic science, and an extensive laboratory training experience. For the latter, trainees will begin as supervised statistical consultants for a matched genomics lab, then over the course of a year progress into active collaborators in one or more lab projects. Most students will be supported for the first three years of their graduate programs. The scientific training will be supplemented with training in the responsible conduct of research developed specifically to meet the needs of researchers in this area. The training involves collaboration among biostatistics, genomics, and philosophy faculty members. An active recruiting plan is described for enhancing the diversity of our training and graduate programs, including a summer program bringing faculty and undergraduate students from minority serving institutions to NC State during the summer to initiate collaborative work with training faculty.