The Concentration in Applied Biostatistics is open to all PhD and MD-PhD students from all MCGSBS training programs to provide the opportunity to integrate coursework into their degree plan and inform their thesis research.
- Felicity T. Enders, Ph.D., Program Director
Eligible learners may declare concentration using the appropriate form. See Concentration Declaration Procedure. By declaring a concentration through this procedure, the concentration will appear on a student's academic transcript. Students may only declare established concentrations and must be in a degree seeking program to declare a concentration. Students may only declare one official concentration.
Course Work
The curriculum for the Concentration consists of 13 credits. The student must complete all of the required courses listed below:
Course Requirements
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Hours |
| CTSC 5600 | Introduction to Statistics in Clinical and Translational Research | 3 |
| CTSC 5602 | Introduction to Utilizing Statistical Software in Clinical and Translational Research | 1 |
| CTSC 5610 | Statistics in CTR: Linear Regression Concepts, Interpretation, and Statistical Software | 3 |
| CTSC 5640 | Statistics in Clinical and Translational Research: Logistic Regression with Statistical Software | 1 |
| CTSC 5650 | Advanced Statistics in CTS Research: Survival Analysis with Statistical Software | 1 |
| CTSC 5720 | Clinical Trials Design and Conduct | 1 |
| Total Hours | 10 |
Elective Courses
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Hours |
| Genomic Analysis of Complex Traits | |
| Practical Data Collection | |
| Publication Quality Tables and Figures | |
| Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis | |
| Secondary Data Analysis | |
