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Biostatistics

C22 General Hospital
200 Hawkins Drive
Iowa City, IA 52242-1009
(319) 384-5016

 

Prospective Students

Careers in Biostatistics

Biostatistics students are trained in the design and analysis of experiments and sample surveys and in analysis of data related to biomedical or public health problems. At the PhD level, the emphasis is on developing and applying statistical methodology to solve important biological and public health problems.

Our Biostatistics graduates successfully compete for positions in pharmaceutical, health care, and research companies and institutions; consulting; universities; and government agencies.

Here is a sampling of positions held by Biostatistics graduates who graduated within the past three years:

  • Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, University of Nevada, Reno
  • Biostatistician, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
  • Sr. Biostatistician, Christiana Care Health System, Delaware
  • Research Associate, Mayo Clinic
  • Biostatistician, Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, California
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health & Prev. Medicine, Oregon Health & Science Univ. School of Medicine
  • Associate, Department of Anesthesia, University of Iowa
  • Biostatistician, Oregon Health & Science University for the Oregon Clinical & Translational Research Institute
  • Biostatistician, UCLA Center for Health Policy
  • Biostatistician, St. Luke's Hospital (Mid American Heart Institute), Kansas City, KS
  • Biostatistician, Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Medical  College of Wisconsin
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University
  • Biostatistician, National Center for Toxicological Research, Arkansas
  • Biostatistician, Medtronics in Minnesota

 

 

 

 
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