The Biostatistics Branch (BB) in the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG), NCI, NIH and the Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH) have created a joint pre-doctoral pilot program to train biostatistics students in the area of cancer epidemiology and genetics. It is hoped that this four-year pilot program will lead to a future, long-standing training program between the two institutes.
Eligible candidates are students who are either applying to
JHSPH to begin their Ph.D. training in biostatistics in the Fall of 2009 or who
are outstanding Ph.D. candidates already enrolled in the JHSPH doctoral program
in biostatistics. Up to two
students will be selected per year with a targeted total enrollment of four
trainees.
Trainees spend the first two academic years in-residence at
JHSPH with summers spent gaining research experience with BB investigators in
the DCEG at NCI. The three-year
dissertation phase is spent full-time at NCI, where salaries/stipends will be
paid by NCI commensurate to its pre-doctoral program. Faculty from JHSPH and
the DCEG provide joint mentorship of trainees throughout their course of
study.
For more information on this new initiative, feel free to contact Dr. Nilanjan Chatterjee, Chief of BB, DCEG and Prof. Kung-Yee Liang, Co-Graduate Program Director, Department of Biostatistics, JHSPH. |