Department of Biostatistics 
Alumni
Dear Friends:
Welcome to the Alumni page of the Biostatistics Department's website! In an effort to continue increasing our contact with alumni, we hope that developments such as this website, our alumni newsletter, and our semi-annual alumni receptions will provide you with useful and interesting information and encourage you to keep us up to date of recent developments in your lives.
As you know, the Biostatistics Department at UM is nationally and internationally recognized
for
its collaborative and theoretical research and for the strength of its educational programs. It has been growing, and
now has 30
faculty members and 153
students. Our residential Masters
and Ph.D.
programs are thriving and continue to attract strong students from all
over the world. Our On Job/On Campus (OJ/OC) program continues to play a vital role in developing
statistical and analytical skills for many individuals working in the
health and medical sciences. The department has over 1000 alumni making
contributions in many areas – in government, industry, research
centers and universities – and through our alumni our influence
is ever growing. Our faculty, staff and students work on problems in many
areas of biostatistics and are integral members of research teams working in cancer, diabetes, epidemiology, environmental science,
genetics, health education, survey research, Alzheimer’s disease,
transplant registries and many other areas of national importance in public
health and medicine.
As I mentioned, we strive to encourage our alumni to have an ongoing involvement
with the department. This involvement provides alumni with the opportunity
to stay in touch with former colleagues and friends and the potential
for professional development. In turn, your involvement provides the department
with networking opportunities and input that can help define its focus
and directions. We have recently instituted an Alumni Newsletter to keep you informed of developments
in the department and the school. If you are
interested in providing us with important news in your life or if you
have any suggestions of what you would like to see in the newsletter,
please contact our newsletter editors, Fatma Nedjari and Nicole Fenech.
They can be contacted by e-mail at fned@umich.edu/fenechn@umich.edu or by phone at 734-615-9812/734-615-9817.
Another way we're attempting to create a closer relationship with our alumni is by hosting semi-annual Alumni Receptions in conjunction with the ENAR and JSM Conferences. These receptions provide an opportunity to network with the department and fellow alumni. If you would like to receive regular announcements regarding these receptions and other alumni events, please complete our Alumni Survey.
As our department grows, we need additional scholarship funds to encourage
strong students to study here. Many of our graduating students, faculty,
staff and alumni have contributed to these funds and we hope to increase
participation. There are other ways that you can help as well. If you know of individuals
who plan to do graduate work in biostatistics, than please tell them of
the University of Michigan and our programs here. As you know, we have
residential Masters and PhD programs available as well as our On
Job/On Campus program in Clinical Research Design and Statistical
Analysis, which may be of particular interest to individuals working in
health-related disciplines who would like to upgrade their statistical
skills.
We are also happy to forward job postings that you may know of to our current students and alumni.
I would be very pleased to hear from you by email at rlittle@umich.edu or telephone at (734) 936-1003.
With best wishes
Rod Little , PhD
Professor and Chair |
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