Biostatistics Course

Course Directors: Dr. Philippe Friedlich and Dr. Ashwini Lakshmanan

An innovative Core Curriculum in Biostatistics has been developed and offered to all fellows on an annual basis. This course is taught in an interactive format with minimal didactics and by application of material learned. Each fellow receives course materials at the beginning of the lecture series including biostatistical software (STATA). At the beginning of each lecture, lessons taught in the previous class are reviewed and fellows are asked to report the results of their homework. Fellows are introduced to concepts in study design and epidemiology. They learn to propose research aims, methods and to complete an analysis during the course from a sample database provided to the fellows by the course director.

Fellows do not just listen to lectures about how to do research. They learn by active participation. To optimize their learning experience, course is set up as a “graduate course”. Fellows have weekly homework and a final project. Fellows’ attendance, homework and final project are submitted to the program director by the Course director at the end of this course. In addition, material reviewing the content specifications for biostatistics from the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) is integrated into every session.