Graduate Training in Biostatistics

生物统计学研究生培训

• 批准号: 7646380
• 负责人: Brent Andrew Coull
• 金额: $ 43.29万
• 依托单位: HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1983
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1983-07-01 至 2013-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7646380
• 关键词: Biometry; Training

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) This is a request for an extension of the training program in Environmental Health Statistics at the Harvard School of Public Health. The program prepares pre-doctoral and postdoctoral fellows for research in the application of biostatistics to environmental health. The program will be administered through the Department of Biostatistics, with active participation by faculty members from the Department of Environmental Health and Department of Epidemiology, also located at the Harvard School of Public Health. Trainees will receive high-quality instruction in basic biostatistical theory and methods, such as probability, statistical inference, computing and data analysis. The program will also provide training in specialized topics of particular relevance for environmental applications, such as longitudinal analysis, missing data techniques, statistical genetics and high-dimensional data analysis, and statistical methods relevant to environmental exposure assessment such as measurement error models and spatial statistics. Training will also be provided through applied course work in environmental health and a regular seminar series called "Environmental Statistics Seminar Series", where faculty, students, and fellows present their own environmental health-related research. An important focus of training will be the opportunity to collaborate with faculty members on biostatistical research as it applies to environmental health. All trainees will participate in Harvard's program on scientific integrity in the conduct of research as well as professional development workshops focusing on strategies for success in academic settings. Since its inception in 1982, this training program has emphasized strong links to the environmental sciences. In recent years, program trainers have placed particular importance on the recruitment of students from underrepresented minority groups. The focus on interdisciplinary training at the Harvard School of Public Health, as well as its talented and diverse student body and faculty, makes it ideally' suited for a training program in Environmental Statistics. BACKGROUND This is a competing continuation application for a Training Program in Environmental Statistics at the Harvard School of Public Health. The program was started in 1982 and has been continuously supported. The emphasis of program is to train biostatisticians and other quantitative scientists in the theory and practice of statistical science with application to environmental health research. The application is justified based on the increasing need to analyze complex data in environmental health that resulted from the recent advances in data collection technology, and significant interaction of the training program with other funded research projects in environmental health. New over the past five-year funding cycle are two features. In 2003, the Department of Biostatistics entered into an arrangement with the Statistics Department and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) at Harvard to offer the Ph.D. instead of the S.D. offered by the School of Public Health. This impacts the Training Program by making available the recruiting efforts from the GSAS for qualified Ph.D. candidates; students now qualify for additional scholarships available only to Harvard Ph.D. students (important for under-represented minorities); and this change improves the availability of research mentoring from GSAS faculty in Statistics. Additionally, in 2003 when Dr. Ryan was on sabbatical, Dr. Coull took over as Director of the program. Since her return, Dr. Ryan has been named the co-Director. In 2005, two new faculty members were hired with research interests in environmental statistics. The Training Program is currently administered using an "Executive Committee approach" (Dr. Coull as Director, Drs. Ryan and Lin serve as co-Directors, with Dr. Paciorek "involved in all administrative decisions").

描述（由申请人提供） 这是哈佛公共卫生学院的环境健康统计培训计划的延长要求。 该计划准备了博士前和博士后研究员，以研究生物统计学在环境健康中的应用。 该计划将通过生物统计学系进行管理，并由环境卫生部和流行病学系的教职员工积​​极参与，该学院也位于哈佛公共卫生学院。 学员将获得基本生物统计学理论和方法的高质量指导，例如概率，统计推断，计算和数据分析。 该计划还将提供有关环境应用特定相关性的专业主题的培训，例如纵向分析，数据技术缺失，统计遗传学和高维数据分析以及与环境暴露评估有关的统计方法，例如测量误差模型和空间统计。 还将通过环境健康的应用课程工作和定期的研讨会系列“环境统计研讨会系列”提供培训，教职员工，学生和研究员介绍自己与环境健康相关的研究。培训的一个重要重点是有机会与教职员工进行生物统计研究，以适用于环境健康。 所有学员将参加哈佛大学的科学完整性计划，以及专业发展研讨会，重点是在学术环境中取得成功的策略。 自1982年成立以来，该培训计划强调了与环境科学的密切联系。 近年来，计划培训师对来自代表性不足的少数群体的招募学生特别重要。 对哈佛大学公共卫生学院的跨学科培训的重点及其才华横溢，多元化的学生团体和教师，使其理想地“适合环境统计学的培训计划”。 背景 这是哈佛公共卫生学院环境统计培训计划的竞争连续申请。 该计划始于1982年，并得到了不断的支持。 计划的重点是在统计科学的理论和实践中培训生物统计学家和其他定量科学家，并应用于环境健康研究。 该应用程序是基于越来越多的需求来分析数据收集技术的最新进展以及培训计划与其他资助的环境健康研究项目的显着互动所产生的复杂数据。 在过去的五年资金周期中，新的新功能是两个功能。 2003年，生物统计学系与统计局和哈佛大学的艺术与科学研究生院（GSAS）签订了一项安排，以提供博士学位。而不是S.D.由公共卫生学院提供。 这通过提供合格博士学位的GSA的招聘工作来影响培训计划。候选人；现在，学生有资格获得哈佛大学博士学位的其他奖学金。学生（对于代表性不足的少数群体很重要）；这一变化提高了GSAS教师在统计中的研究指导的可用性。 此外，2003年，瑞安（Ryan）博士在休假时，库尔（Coull）博士接任该计划的董事。 自从她返回以来，瑞安博士被任命为联合导演。 2005年，雇用了两名新教师在环境统计中具有研究兴趣。 该培训计划目前是使用“执行委员会方法”（Coull博士担任瑞安（Ryan）博士和林（Lin）担任联合主任的董事，而Paciorek博士则“参与所有行政决策”）。