The Department of Mathematics and Statistics
at UMBC is excited to host a
workshop on "Contemporary Statistical Methods in Biostatistics" on
Saturday, March 12, 2011 . The workshop is organized to celebrate the
growth and the success of the joint biostatistics program, a joint venture
between UMBC, the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and the
University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center.
The joint biostatistics program started in 2003 as an MS track in the
statistics graduate program at UMBC. Since then more than 20 students have
graduated with MS degree from the biostatistics track. Many of these
students have worked closely with the researchers on both campuses (at
UMBC and at UMB) writing their MS theses or capstone projects on a variety
of contemporary biostatistical problems, thereby utilizing the full scope
of this unique program. Since the addition of
the PhD track in biostatistics in 2008, the program has seen phenomenal
growth with as many as 15 full-time and part-time students joining the PhD
track.
We are fortunate to have three internationally renowned researchers as
keynote speakers for the workshop:
1. Dr. Paul Albert, Chief Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Branch,
DESPR, NICHD
2. Dr. Dean Follman, Chief & Associate Director, Biostatistics Research
Branch, NIAID
3. Dr. Nilanjan Chatterjee, Chief of the Biostatistics Branch, NCI
Additionally, there will be invited talks by eminent speakers and poster
presentations by graduate students from UMBC.
For any information regarding registration, please contact Anindya Roy
(anindya@umbc.edu)
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