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The Biostatistics and Bioinformatics department engages in methodological and collaborative research and directs four educational degree programs: the Clinical Research Training Program (CRTP), the Master of Biostatistics Program, the PhD Program in Biostatistics, and the Master of Management in Clinical Informatics (MMCi). Whether developing computational methods algorithms or modeling molecular, clinical, epidemiological dynamics, or engineering new biomedical applications, all faculty members share a focus on transforming biomedical science and healthcare delivery. Faculty members are expected to contribute substantively to our educational programs through teaching and/or mentorship

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    Education

    The department directs four degree programs: the Master of Biostatistics Program, the PhD Program in Biostatistics, the Clinical Research Training Program, and the Master of Management in Clinical Informatics. Faculty members teach courses and supervise student research in the areas of biostatistics, computational biology, statistical genetics, epidemiology, health economics, health services research and computational medicine.

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    • Clinical Research Training Program (CRTP)
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    Faculty and staff within the department engage in methodological and collaborative research with a wide range of investigators across Duke University.

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    Research

    The department encompasses a diverse community of faculty and research staff who focus on both methodological and collaborative research. Departmental investigators engage in a range of quantitative topics including biostatistics, clinical trials, genetics and genomics, biomedical informatics, biomedical quantitative science and health data science research. Learn more about the research interests of our faculty and staff here.

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    The department includes over 50 primary faculty, 15 secondary or adjunct appointed faculty and over 25 research staff.

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    All applicants to the Master of Biostatistics Program must complete and submit an online ApplyYourself application.

     

     

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    Ph.D. in Biostatistics

    All applicants to the PhD Program in Biostatistics must complete and submit an online ApplyYourself application through the Duke University Graduate School.

     

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    Master of Biostatistics Class of 2022 Celebrate Commencement

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    May 19

    Duke PhD in Biostatistics Celebrates 2022 Hood Ceremony

    The Duke Biostatistics Doctoral Program had four PhD Students participate in the Graduate School’s...

    Apr 14

    Celebrating 2022 Faculty Award Recipients: Xingyuan Fang, PhD and Chuan Hong, PhD

    Congratulations to Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics faculty, Dr. Xingyuan Fang and Dr...

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    Tianhui Zhou May 31

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    May 13

    Improving the Data Analytic Toolbox for Digital Monitoring and Intervention Studies

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    Apr 28

    7th Annual Duke Multidisciplinary Benign Urology Research Symposium

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    Apr. 14, 2022

    Celebrating 2022 Faculty Award Recipient: John Pearson, MD

    John Pearson, MD, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics and Assistant Research Professor of Neurobiology is recognized as a 2022 School of Medicine faculty award recipient. Dr. Pearson received the Early Career Mentoring Award in Basic - Translational Science. The Research Mentoring Awards recognize faculty members in the School of...

    Dec. 27, 2021

    PhD Student Siyun Yang wins ENAR 2022 Distinguished Student Paper Award Competition

    Siyun Yang

    PhD student, Siyun Yang was selected to receive one of the Distinguished Student Paper Awards, presented by the Eastern North American Region (ENAR) of the International Biometric Society. The award recognizes her paper “ Power analysis for cluster randomized trials with multiple continuous co-primary endpoints .” Siyun is currently a...

    Nov. 11, 2021

    Faculty Frank Rockhold, ScM, PhD elected Chair of the Board of Directors of the Frontier Research and Technology Foundation

    Frank Rockhold, PhD

    Faculty Frank Rockhold was recently elected chairman of the board of directors of Frontier Research and Technology Foundation. He has served on the board of directors for the past six years. “ I am honored to be selected as only the third board chair in the 46-year history of Frontier...

    Jan. 21, 2022

    Faculty Lisa Wruck chosen for Leadership Development Program

    Lisa Wruck, PhD

    The School of Medicine Office for Faculty Development recently announced the 2022 participants in its ALICE program, a yearlong leadership development program for mid-career women faculty in leadership roles. Lisa Wruck, PhD is the second faculty member from the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics to be chosen for this program...

    Nov. 27, 2021

    Faculty Warren Kibbe and UNC Collaborator Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD publish on crucial need for better data on marginalized communities in Covid-19 research

    Warren Kibbe, PhD

    An important article in StatNews compares the legendary 1854 cholera study by John Snow to Covid-19, pointing out that those most affected by both health crises are and have been marginalized communities. We must engage those communities to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. Mapping the locations of cases allowed Snow to...

    Biostatistics & Bioinformatics

    The Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics (B&B) at the Duke University School of Medicine engages in methodological and collaborative research, and directs four educational degree programs: the Clinical Research Training Program (CRTP), the Master of Biostatistics Program, the PhD Program in Biostatistics, and the Master of Management in Clinical Informatics (MMCi).

    Instructors in these programs, as well as other faculty members in the department, either teach courses or supervise student research in the areas of biostatistics, computational biology, statistical genetics, epidemiology, health economics, health services research and computational medicine.

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