Biostatistics involves the development and application of statistical techniques to scientific research in health-related fields, including medicine, epidemiology, and public health. Students in the M.S. program will receive state-of-the-art training in the latest statistical methodologies in order to tackle the challenges associated with the study design and data analysis of modern research conducted in the health sciences.

Decision science (or formal decision analysis) is an emerging, cutting-edge discipline that provides researchers with additional tools with which to develop the clinical and healthcare policies and guidelines that affect public health.

The M.S. program in Biostatistics-Decision Science is in the Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics.