Department of Biostatistics 
   
Biostatistics concerns the development of statistical methods and plays a vital role in the application of these methods to the design and analysis of studies in public health and biomedical research.
The Department of Biostatistics at the University of Michigan is:
- Bringing biostatistical expertise to a wide spectrum of health-related problems
- Advancing knowledge in biostatistics and health through educational programs for students and applied researchers
- Providing leadership and outstanding scholarship in research, teaching, and service, in fulfillment of its mission
Faculty, students, and staff work in important areas of current biostatistical research, including image analysis, survival and event history analysis, statistical genetics and bioinformatics, clinical trials, Bayesian methods, statistical computing, longitudinal data analysis, methods for missing data and survey research. We are engaged in collaborative research with researchers in the UM Institute of Social Research and the Schools of Public Health, Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, and elsewhere.
Methodological and collaborative research projects alike are highly funded through grants from the National Institutes of Health and other governmental and private sources.
To contact us with suggestions, comments, and questions
regarding our website, or other matters, please e-mail: fned@umich.edu.
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