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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:

  • Biostatistician, Medtronics in Minnesota
  • Statistical Research Associate, Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle
  • Statistical Analyst, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
  • Biostatistician, Biostatistics Dept, University of Alabama-Birmingham
  • Research Asst. Professor, Biostatistics Dept, University of Alabama-Birmingham
  • Statistical Analyst for Vascular Intervention, Guidance Corp in California
  • Quality Control Specialist, Streck Laboratories, Omaha
  • Research Asst Professor, Wallace Tumor Institute, University of Alabama-Birmingham
  • Biostatistician, Channing Laboratory, Harvard University
  • Statistical Analyst, Internal Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago
  • Biostatistician, Epidemiology Dept, University of Iowa
  • Biostatistician, Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore
  • Biostatistician, Amgen in Colorado
  • Biostatistician, Amgen in California

 

 

 

 
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