Biostatistics

Biostatistics is the application of statistics to a wide range of topics in biology. It has particular applications to medicine. Applications of biostatistics include the fields of public health, including epidemiology; nutrition and environmental health; design and analysis of clinical trials in medicine; and genomics, population genetics, and statistical genetics in populations in order to link variation in genotype with a variation in phenotype. In biomedical research, this work can assist in finding candidates for gene alleles that can cause or influence predisposition to disease in human genetics. Statistical methods are beginning to be integrated into medical informatics, public health informatics, and bioinformatics.

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Services and Programs

Statistics and Methodology Services for Researchers
Provides statistical consulting, research software and database development, as well as a quantitative education series, methodological toolkits, and statistical research.

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Upcoming Events

May, 23 2013 - Registration Required
Statistics and Methodology Core Training Seminar: Bingshan Li
July, 22 2013 - Registration Required
Statistics and Methodology Core Training Seminar: Scott Burns
September, 10 2013 - Registration Required
Statistics and Methodology Core Training Seminar: Mario Davidson

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Video, Podcast and Images

Real-Time Data Analysis Demonstration with Efficacy Data from a Parent Stress Intervention Project
March 22, 2013
Statistics and Methodology Core Training Seminar
Real-Time Data Analysis Demonstration with Efficacy Data from a Parent Stress Intervention Project
Frank Harrell, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of Biostatistics
Elisabeth Dykens, Ph.D., Annette Schaffer Eskind Chair and Director, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center
Statistics and Methodology Core Training Seminar - An Overview of Nonparametric Statistics
Frank Harrel, Jr., Ph.D., presents "An Overview of Nonparametric Statistics" for the September, 2009 Statistics and Methodology Core Training Seminar.
What are the Odds? An Epidemiological Approach to Studying Down Syndrome
Presentation by Robert Hodapp, Ph.D., Professor of Special Education; Director of Research and and Richard Urbano, Ph.D., Director of Evaluation.
Methods for Handling and Recovering Missing Data in Social Surveys
Lecture by Tony Brown, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Sociology
Structural Equation Modeling: Problems and Ambiguities with Well-Fitting Models
Video and podcast from the November 12, 2008 statistics lecture featuring Andrew Tomarken, Ph.D.
Gene Set Enrichment Analysis of Microarray Experiments
Lilly Wang, Ph.D., presents Gene Set Enrichment Analysis of Microarray Experiments.