MS - SCG concentration

Statistical and computational genetics is an exciting, rapidly changing, and interdisciplinary profession. Trained statistical and computational geneticists are in high demand.In fact, the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET OnLine projects the job growth for bioinformatics scientists nationwide to be 5-9%.

Here are just a few employers with open positions for statistical geneticists, genomic data scientists or bioinformaticians in a recent search on Indeed, Glassdoor, and ZipRecruiter:

• 23andMe
• Regeneron Pharmacueticals
• University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
• GeneDx
• New York Genome Center
• Signature Science
• AgBiome
• NIH Bioinformatics and Microbiome Center

Typical median salary ranges were $42,000-$167,000.

Students with the statistical and computational genetics concentration will master the core MS in biostatistics competencies and will also be able to:

1. Apply specialized data curation, management, and cleaning tools for various types ‘omics data,
2. Apply specialized statistical, bioinformatics, and computational methods for analysis of ’omics data, and
3. Effectively use a programming language (such as R) to analyze ‘omics data.

40 credits, including:

• Coursework in fundamentals of statistical theory and applications
• Coursework in programming languages (e.g. SQL, R, SAS, Python)
• Coursework in modern computational methods for high dimensional data, machine learning, genomics and molecular biology
• A statistical consulting practicum
• Coursework in epidemiology and public health
• Capstone course to prepare a thesis involving innovative data analysis or related to an internship experience

program information

MS-SCG Schedule (PDF, 2022-23)
MS-SCG Degree Requirements Worksheet (PDF, 2022-23)
Student Handbook (PDF, 2022-23)

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