<p>Hi, I'm a junior Stat and Math double-major. I intend to apply for biostatistics program next year.
It's kind of hard to find a ranking of BioStat. The only one I can find is NRC 1993. It's tooooold.</p>
<p>Is there anyone in this field? Or is anyone interested in BioStat?</p>
<p>I appreciate any response. Thank you ^^</p>
<p>Can't help. Look for larger schools with strong medical research or social research. </p>
<p>Son took a biostat course at Toronto for requirements for MSCS. . He's not a strict CS major or a bio major. He has a BS in ME from CMU. He said that the Biostat class was the hardest class he ever had, and worked the hardest in.</p>
<p>i've never really understood the term 'biostatistics.' it seems to be applied mainly towards public health/epidemiological research. however, i see some of them doing work in systems biology every now and then. what's this field really about?</p>
<p>Look for schools with a good quality School of Public Health because this is the school where biostatistics is likely to fall under.</p>
<p>Thank you, LongPrime.
My school has BioStat department. But they only offer one 100-level undergrad course. There is one for research credits. I will go for it.</p>
<p>I agree with you. I think biostat is kind of applied statistics focusing on health and medical field.</p>
<p>creolan, thank you ^^</p>
<p>The top schools are generally agreed to be: </p>
<p>U Washington
Johns Hopkins
Stanford
Harvard</p>
<p>[Ranking</a> of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Epidemiology Graduate Programs — PhDs.org Graduate School Guide](<a href=“http://graduate-school.phds.org/rankings/biostatistics/rank?w18=-2&w9=3&w24=-2&w10=3&w25=2&w7=5&w26=2&w2=-4&w17=5&w3=4&w8=5&w1=5]Ranking”>http://graduate-school.phds.org/rankings/biostatistics/rank?w18=-2&w9=3&w24=-2&w10=3&w25=2&w7=5&w26=2&w2=-4&w17=5&w3=4&w8=5&w1=5)
This must be useful for you</p>