Students receiving a Ph.D. in Biostatistics should meet the following competencies:
- Demonstrate a command of core biostatistical techniques, including their computation, theoretical underpinnings, and their application in public health and biomedicine.
- Work independently as a collaborator with public health and biomedical researchers to design clinical trials, case-control studies, public health surveys, and other experimental and observational studies.
- Conduct and publish original research on the theory and application of biostatistics aimed at developing new and innovative methods for analysis of public health and biomedical data.
- Communicate effectively with investigators in public health and biomedical research.
- Teach biostatistics to undergraduate students in public health, biomedicine, and related fields.