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Department of Biostatistics

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News Flash

Rod Little

Elected to the Institute of Medicine

Rod Little

Recipient of the Fisher Lectureship and Award for 2012

National Academies Rankings
Rank Institution R-Score S-Score
#1 University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (3, 19) (2, 17)
#2 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (4, 26) (16, 52)
#3 University of Washington (8, 32) (5, 27)
#4 Brown University (8, 63) (28, 70)
#5 University of Pennsylvania (9, 28) (9, 22)

Biostatistics concerns the development and application of statistical methods to the design and analysis of studies in public health and biomedical research.

The Department of Biostatistics at the University of Michigan (Rated Number 1 by the National Academies) is

  • Developing statistical methods for applications to studies in public health and biomedical research
  • Bringing biostatistical design and analysis 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 and intellectually diverse 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.

To apply to one of the Biostatistics programs see respective links.