Overview Biostatistics is a branch of applied statistics and is concerned with developing and using techniques to summarize and analyze medical and biological data.
The teaching and research programs prepare the student to be part of an interdisciplinary team for conducting medical and public health research. Students learn to extract and report data from existing databases, to create new databases as appropriate, and to analyze these data. Advanced level students learn to address issues in the development and appropriate use of statistical methods.
Mssion Statement
The mission of the Department of Biostatistics is to advance the discipline by training students in methods research and its application, by conducting methodological and collaborative interdisciplinary research in the fields of public health and medicine, and by providing to the academic, research and professional committees
Department of Biostatistics Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine 1440 Canal Street, Suite 2001, New Orleans, La 70112 504.988.5164 phn 504.988.1706 fax sgautie@tulane.edu
