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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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    Research

    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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      • Sequencing and Genomic Technologies
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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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    Masters of Biostatistics

    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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    Registration Open for Online Duke Industry Statistics Symposium to be held April 21-23

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    Susan Halabi, PhD
    Jan 12

    Faculty Susan Halabi Recipient of 2020 Janssen-PCF Challenge Award

    The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) recently announced the 2020 Class of PCF Team Challenge Awards...

    Books
    Jan 8

    Faculty, ZHICHENG JI and Pixu Shi chosen for Whitehead Scholar Program

    Congratulations to some of Department of B&B newest faculty members, Dr. Zhichen Ji and Dr...

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    Roland Matsouaka, PhD Feb 12

    Robust statistical inference for the matched net benefit and the matched win ratio.

    Abstract: As alternatives to the time-to-first-...

    Anru Zhang, PhD Jan 29

    Statistical Learning for High-dimensional Tensor Data

    Abstract: The analysis of tensor data has become...

    Kathryn Roeder, PhD Jan 22

    Analysis of brain cells using RNA-seq provides insights into autism

    Abstract: Recently the largest exome sequencing...

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    Research Groups

    Duke Clinical Research Institute

    Duke Cancer Institute

    Center for Statistical Genetics and Genomics

    Duke Center for Health Informatics

     

    Nov. 19, 2020

    Faculty Michael Pencina Again named to Most Highly Cited List of Researchers

    Michael Pencina, PhD

    Thirty-seven Duke faculty were named to the list this year, based on the number of highly cited papers they produced over an 11-year period from January 2009 to December 2019. Citation rates, which include the number of times an author’s work appears in the citations of other papers is a...

    Oct. 30, 2020

    Faculty Ed Hammond named a Distinguished Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics

    Ed Hammond, PhD

    The American College of Medical Informatics recently named Ed Hammond, PhD, as one of six inaugural Distinguished Fellows. This new program recognizes senior Fellows who have made significant and sustained contributions to ACMI in areas such as policy formulation, the practice of informatics, and applied research. Dr. Hammond reacted to...

    Oct. 16, 2020

    Eric Laber, PhD to join Department in January, 2021

    Eric Laber, PhD

    The Department has grown significantly during the Covid pandemic. B&B's newest faculty member, Eric Laber, PhD was recently highlighted in the "Meet Duke's New Faculty" Series in Duke Today. Read the full story .

    Nov. 18, 2020

    Faculty Collaborate with Beijing Friendship Hospital to win Silver Excellence in Learning Award from Brandon Hall Group

    Brandon Hall Silver Award

    For “ Building Clinical Research Skills by Bridging Cultures ” Beijing Friendship Hospital (BFH), Capital Medical University and Duke University were recently awarded the Silver Excellence in Learning and Development Award by the Brandon Hall Group. This award was specifically for the “Best use of blended learning” for the Fundamentals...

    Oct. 20, 2020

    Biostats Masters Student Jinyi Zhou receives Poster Award

    Jinyi Zhou

    Second Year Master’s Student Jinyi Zhou recently received the Student Poster Recognition Award for her submission at the 2020 ASA Biopharmaceutical Section Regulatory-Industry Statistics Workshop, held Sept. 22-25. Her poster, “A Comparison of Bayesian Meta-Analysis Methods for Rare Adverse Events” focused on assessing the performance of various Bayesian meta-analysis methods...

    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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