Thursday, January 26, 2023

Summer Institute in Biostatistics and Data Science Information

 

Summer Institute in Biostatistics and Data Science 

Program Overview 

The Summer Institute in Biostatistics (SIBS) and Data Science is sponsored jointly by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). The comprehensive six to seven week summer training course on biostatistics and principles of data science combines classroom learning with career mentoring and hands-on data analysis using data collected from clinical studies in prevention and treatment of infectious, immune-mediated, and chronic diseases. Designed to address a growing imbalance between the demand and supply for biostatisticians and data scientists, the course targets undergraduates and beginning graduate students who are interested in learning about biostatistics, and encourages them to consider graduate programs related to biostatistics and data science. The typical curricula include an intensive introduction to biostatistical approaches and research by exposing participants to the principles, methodologies, uses, and applications of statistical methods in biomedical and clinical research.

NIH Summer Institute in Biostatistics Flyer

For the upcoming session of 2023, NHLBI and NIAID will collectively support the SIBS programs including:

Boston Universityexternal link
https://www.bu.edu/sph/about/departments/biostatistics/summer-institute-for-training-in-biostatisticsexternal link

Columbia Universityexternal link
http://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/research/summer-institute-training-biostatistics-and-data-science-columbiaexternal link

Florida Atlantic Universityexternal link
https://www.fau.edu/research-admin/cores/biostatistics-core/fl-summer-institute-biostatistics-data-science-program-2023/external link

North Carolina State University-Duke Universityexternal link
https://statistics.sciences.ncsu.edu/undergraduate/academic-and-research-opportunities/sibs/external link

University of California Irvineexternal link
https://www.stat.uci.edu/isi-buds/external link

University of Colorado Denverexternal link
https://coloradosph.cuanschutz.edu/education/departments/biostatistics-informatics/cosibsexternal link

University of Iowaexternal link
https://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/isib/external link

University of Michiganexternal link
http://bigdatasummerinstitute.comexternal link

University of Southern Californiaexternal link
https://lasbest.usc.edu/external link

University of Texas Medical Branchexternal link
https://www.utmb.edu/spph/department/of-biostatistics-data-science/sibdsexternal link

Program officials:

Sean Coady
Epidemiology Branch
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health
6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7936
Bethesda, Maryland 20892
Phone: 301-435-1289
Email: coadys@nhlbi.nih.govmailto:

Misrak Gezmu
Biostatistics Research Branch, Division of Clinical Research
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health
5601 Fishers Ln, MSC 9820
Rockville, MD 20892 
Phone: 240-669-5232
E-mail: mgezmu@niaid.nih.gov


Link to the information above: https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/grants-and-training/summer-institute-biostatistics