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 Ph.D. 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:

• Research Associate, Mayo Clinic-Arizona
• Assistant Professor, Departments of Biostatistics and Statistics, University of Kentucky
  
• Statistician, Eli Lilly
  
• Research Associate, Harvard SPH, Center for Biostatistics in AIDS Research (CBAR)
  
• Biostatistician, Holden Clinical Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Iowa
  
• Biostatistician, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee
  
• Research Analyst, Vernon Research, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
• 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
• Assistant Professor, Cancer Center Statistics, Division of Bimedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic-Rochester
• 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