UAB Biostatistics Pre-doctoral Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）： NHLBI最近的一份报告（http：//www.nhlbi.nih.gov/funding/training/train-rev.pdf）指出，“培训方案减少.可用于统计和生物统计程序比十年前.对受过数学或信息学训练的科学家的激励可能会吸引急需的人才进入心脏、肺、血液和睡眠障碍领域。应确认短期需要（10-20年）的领域，包括.信息学/生物统计.和临床试验者。[有一个]迫切需要这样明确的能力，如生物信息学，使用DMA阵列技术.在以数学为基础的生物信息学、生物统计学和计算机科学领域，从事生命科学的合格教师和学生的短缺正变得越来越严重。这种情况正在迅速接近临界点;除非更换合格的教师，否则具有培训下一代统计学家和计算机科学家所需专业知识的人员将越来越少。“位于伯明翰的亚拉巴马大学（UAB）的生物统计学系已做好准备，以帮助满足所确定的需求。我们的部门在过去的5年里经历了复兴，并在两个领域发展了显著的实力：统计遗传学和临床试验设计与分析。我们有一个大型，资金充足，高度活跃的部门，在方法和应用研究之间平均分配。我们的大学和部门都证明了通过分配大量的努力和财政资源来建立一个重要的教育计划，培养下一代生物统计学家的坚定承诺。一个结构化的培训计划提供博士前奖学金，以准备科学家的职业生涯在生物统计学专门针对心脏，肺和血液（HLB）的研究。该计划旨在发展独立的调查技能，在开发，评估和应用先进的统计方法。应用经验是通过UAB的完善的NHLBI资助的调查员共同辅导提供。(END（见摘要）

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A recent NHLBI report (http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/funding/training/train-rev.pdf) stated "Fewer training programs ...are available for statistics and biostatistics programs than ten years ago...incentives to scientists with mathematical or informatics training might attract much needed talent to the domain of heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorders....Areas of short-term need (10-20 years) should be recognized, including ...informatics/biostatistics...and clinical trialists.... [there is an] immediate need for such well-defined competencies as bioinformatics, use of DMA array technology... In the mathematically based areas of bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computer science, the shortage of qualified teachers and students going on to the life sciences is becoming acute. This situation is quickly approaching a critical point; unless qualified faculty are replaced there will be increasingly fewer individuals with the necessary expertise to train the next generation of statisticians and computer scientists." The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)'s Biostatistics Dept is well poised to help meet the need identified. Our dept has undergone a renaissance in the past 5 years and developed significant strength in two areas: Statistical Genetics and Clinical Trials Design & Analysis. We have a large, well-funded, highly active department that is evenly split between methodological and applied research. Both our university and department have evidenced strong commitments to training the next generation of biostatisticians through allocation of substantial effort and financial resources to building a vital educational program. A structured training program offers pre-doctoral fellowships to prepare scientists for careers in biostatistics specifically aimed at heart, lung and blood (HLB) research. The program aims to develop independent investigative skills in the development, evaluation, and application of advanced statistical methods. Applied experience is provided via co-mentorship by UAB's well established NHLBI-funded investigators. (END OF ABSTRACT)