The MS in Biostatistics with area of concentration in Health Data Science is designed for students with a background in math, some experience with a programming language, and a strong interest in public health and data science. The HDS concentration emphasizes biostatistical theory and statistical computational methods for analyzing, processing and interpreting large-scale data sets so that students are prepared to clean, store, manage, manipulate, visualize and process high dimensional data as well as be effective statistical collaborators in interdisciplinary studies; and lead the design and execution of studies.
Biostatistics and HDS Careers
Addressing the rising need for health care analytics, our HDS concentration provides cross-disciplinary and necessary training for graduates of our program to be in high demand. In fact, Glassdoor ranks data scientist as the #1 best job in America for 2019 and Forbes magazine states “IBM Predicts Demand For Data Scientists Will Soar 28% by 2020. Here are just a few employers with open positions for health data scientists found on a recent search on Indeed, Glassdoor and ZipRecruiter:
- Amazon
- Fortive
- GNC
- Highmark Health
- Innovu
- RAND
- Thermo Fisher Scientific
Program Information 2024-25
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