[bioundgrd] REMINDER: Summer Program in Biostatistics & Computational Biology

[Joyce Roberge]

Dear Colleagues,

This is a reminder that deadline is approaching for the 2016 Summer Program in Biostatistics & Computational Biology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and we would very much appreciate your help in circulating the information below widely among undergraduates, recent graduates, and appropriate faculty and staff. We are looking for:

1.      Underrepresented students in STEM, including racial/ethnic minorities, low-income students, first generation college students, and students with disabilities.
2.      Faculty who are interested in learning more about the field of biostatistics, in order to better inform their undergraduate advisees (the Visiting Faculty Workshop is a 3-day, expenses paid opportunity described here<http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/biostatistics/diversity/1542-2/>).

This is a wonderful, all-expenses-paid opportunity for quantitatively inclined underrepresented students and recent graduates with an interest in public health. Our digital brochure can be found online<https://cdn1.sph.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/59/2013/09/2015-Program-brochure-FINAL.pdf>; please reply to this email if you would like some hard copies. We appreciate your help!

Many thanks,
Rebecca Betensky, Ph.D.
Professor of Biostatistics
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Jessica Boyle
Diversity Program Coordinator, Department of Biostatistics
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
655 Huntington Ave, 4th Floor, Boston, MA 02115 | 617-432-3175


Summer Program in Biostatistics & Computational Biology
at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
June 12, 2016 - July 23, 2016
Application Due: February 1, 2016
Eligibility & Requirements<http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/biostatistics/diversity/summer-program/eligibility-application/>
If you like mathematics and would like to learn how quantitative methods can be applied in the study of human health, consider applying to the Summer Program in Biostatistics & Computational Biology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The program will introduce you to the power and excitement of math applications to public health, medicine, and biology, and provide you experiences that will help inform your future career path.

Summer Program for Undergraduates & Recent Graduates
The Summer Program is an intensive 6-week program, during which qualified participants receive a whirlwind introduction to biostatistics, epidemiology, and public health research. This program is designed to expose undergraduates to the use of quantitative methods for biological, environmental, and medical research. The program also provides advice about graduate school and the application process through GRE preparation, meetings with different departments of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and individualized mentoring by Harvard faculty. Participants take non-credit introductory courses in Biostatistics and Epidemiology and statistical programming languages such as R and STATA (a statistical program), and attend a series of afternoon topical seminars. The seminars, led by faculty members from various departments at the Harvard School of Public Health, are designed to broaden participant's understanding of the relationship of biostatistics to human health by providing a snapshot of methods developed and applied to real research projects in different fields. Participants also gain research experience through small-group research projects directed by faculty and graduate student mentors.  At the end of the program, students present their research to the group and to affiliated faculty. Housing and travel are provided and a living stipend of approximately $1500/month is provided for the 6-week program.

Post-Baccalaureate Internship
The 3-month internship program is for post-bacs interested in or planning to attend a graduate degree program in biostatistics. Past summer program participants are encouraged to apply. Travel is provided and interns will receive a salary for their participation in the post-baccalaureate program. Interns will participate in collaborative research projects through three, one-month long rotations at academic and clinical centers at Harvard.  They will attend regular seminars at Harvard and Dana Farber Cancer Institute on biostatistical topics. They will also attend the annual Pipelines Into Biostatistics Symposium in July 2016 and return the next summer to present their research at our 2017 Annual Symposium.

Joyce Roberge
Undergraduate Program
Biology Education Office 68-120
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
31 Ames Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-253-4718
fax: 617-258-9329
email: roberge at mit.edu<mailto:roberge at mit.edu>



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