BIOSTATISTICS AND BIOINFORMATICS
GREAT OPPORTUNITY LIES WITHIN THE DATA
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INFORM DECISIONS, IMPACT RESEARCH, IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH
The mission of Rollins’ BIOS department is to improve public health by developing and applying analytic methods that are motivated by pressing biomedical problems; emerging big and complex datasets; and theories of mathematics, statistics, and computer science.
We advance the science and practice of biostatistics through research, teaching, and collaboration.
BIOS is more than an academic department - it’s a family. Our faculty and staff forge relationships with students from day one and build relationships that last beyond graduation. Through small core classes, expansive electives, and departmental activities, we’re able to offer our students individualized attention and opportunities to hone their interests and to develop skills through work and research experiences.
At its core, statistics is a collaborative field that reaches across multiple disciplines. Statisticians don’t just analyze data, they help acquire, interpret, and express it in a language the general public can understand. Rollins students learn from and partner with faculty across Emory University and often collaborate with public health agencies, health departments, and nonprofits.
We live in a world full of data. Electronic health records, brain images, remotely sensed environmental exposures, next-generation sequencing, microbiome and FitBit data are just a few examples of the amount and variety of health-related data that now flood our lives. Our Department’s mission is to develop, apply and provide training in quantitative methods that can improve human health by teasing out the information contained within modern data.
WHY STUDY BIOSTATISTICS AT ROLLINS?
- Build relationships and a professional network.
- Work directly with renowned scholars in statistical methodology and application.
- Analyze large-scale epidemiologic studies, next-generation sequencing, and biomedical imaging data.
- Design and analyze clinical trials.
- Collaborate with faculty and leaders in the field.
- Conduct research and gain real-world experience alongside researchers at major national and international institutions and organizations.
The BIOS department seeks students with strong quantitative and communication skills who are interested in the biomedical or health sciences. Admissions requirements for biostatistics degrees include:
- BIOS MPH – Multivariate Calculus (Calculus III)
- BIOS MSPH – Multivariate Calculus (Calculus III) and Linear Algebra
- Submission of the GRE is optional. If choosing to submit, the GRE must be in the 50th percentile or above for all sections
We prepare future quantitative leaders for a wide array of career opportunities available in this fast-moving field. All students gain hands on experience through community engagement programs such as; Applied Practice Experience, Global Field Experience or Rollins Earn and Learn programs putting public health to practice.
DEGREES
- BA or BS/MSPH in Biostatistics
- MPH in Biostatistics
- MSPH in Biostatistics
- PhD in Biostatistics
INNOVATION + COLLABORATION
Scientific collaboration is a crucial element to public health and a driving principle for BIOS. Our department is home to various research cores and groups offering comprehensive statistical services to faculty, staff, and students across Emory University. BIOS faculty, students, and staff work in such diverse areas as genomics, epigenetics, microbiome and metabolomics, statistical computing and machine learning, spatial statistics and infectious disease modeling, Bayesian methods, clinical trials, causal inference, survival and event history analysis, latent variable methods, and methods for missing or mismeasured data.
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
BIOS students gain real-world experience and often complete their thesis and dissertation research through partnerships with various research cores and centers including:
- Biostatistics Collaboration Core in BIOS
- Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Alliance
- Center for Biomedical Imaging Statistics
- World Health Organization
- Emory University’s Center for AIDS Research
- Winship Cancer Institute
- The Carter Center
FIND WORK THAT MATTERS
Statisticians are consistently ranked among the top 10 fastest-growing professions in the country. When students earn their graduate degree from Rollins, they enter the workforce prepared—and often, with a great deal of experience under their belts—for vital and fulfilling careers. In addition to their continuing education in doctoral programs, our graduates find employment at such sites as:
- St. Jude Children't Research Hospital
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- American Cancer Society
- Eli Lilly and Company
- Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
APPLY
FUNDING
Rollins offers scholarships, financial aid awards, global field experience awards, and work-study opportunities that allow graduate students to support their academic interests while gaining on-the-job experience. More than half of our students take advantage of paid work opportunities in the field through our groundbreaking Rollins Earn and Learn Program. Students in the PhD program are fully funded by Laney Graduate School with a tuition scholarship and a generous stipend for up to five years of graduate work.
CONTACT US
Melissa Sherrer, MEd
Associate Director of Academic Programs
msherre@emory.edu
Angela Guinyard
Assistant Director of Academic Programs
angela.guinyard@emory.edu
FOLLOW US
Facebook: @EmoryBIOS
Instagram: rollinsBIOS
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