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Activity Number:
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191
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, August 10, 2004 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Teaching Statistics in the Health Sciences
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| Abstract - #300854 |
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Title:
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Restructuring of Biostatistics at UAB
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Author(s):
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George Howard*+ and T. Mark Beasley and Christopher S. Coffey and Varghese George
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Companies:
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University of Alabama, Birmingham and University of Alabama, Birmingham and University of Alabama, Birmingham and University of Alabama, Birmingham
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Address:
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Dept. of Biostatstics, School of Public Health, Birmingham, AL, 35294-0022,
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Keywords:
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genetics ; clinical trials ; teaching
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Abstract:
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The Department of Biostatistics in the School of Public Health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has undergone a rapid expansion over the past five years. As part of this growth, the Section on Statistical Genetics (SSG) was inaugurated in March 2001. One of the SSG's major goals is to develop a high-caliber teaching program in statistical genetics. In this regard, the SSG has initiated a Statistical Genetics "track" within the Biostatistics PhD Program. The goal is to produce marketable doctoral students who earn a PhD in biostatistics with an emphasis in statistical genetics. The department is also developing a similar "track" for students interested in Clinical Trials. To fulfill these goals, we have carefully developed a cadre of investigators at the faculty, postdoctoral fellow, and graduate student levels. However, creating such a graduate teaching program has required a substantial restructuring of the PhD Program in biostatistics. This presentation will summarize the revised program and outline the educational, administrative, and political issues encountered in creating this program.
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