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Online Applied Biostatistics Certificate

University of Minnesota School of Public Health

We are unique

The University of Minnesota is unique in having a substantial number of experienced biostatisticians doing both methodological and applied research.

Much of this is focused on the significant amount of clinical research performed within the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center, as well as at the Mayo Clinic, local medical device companies, and other firms collecting large, complex biomedical datasets.

Online Applied Biostatistics Certificate

Our Applied Biostatistics Certificate is designed for persons currently working as data managers or analysts, but who lack formal training in biostatistics and the science of uncertainty and would like to gain the corresponding technical, mathematical, and computational skills.

Our goal is to enhance your understanding of key elements of database management and investigation, alert you to key variables and trends, help you judge their statistical significance, and improve your overall data evaluation and programming skills. You will learn key aspects of study design, implementation and analysis for both observational and clinical studies.

Thirteen of the 15 required credits are offered entirely online, throughout the calendar year. The remaining two credits are offered during a single week in early June as part of the Summer Public Health Institute, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus.

Welcome from the Director

Brad Carlin

Bradley Carlin is the Director of the online Applied Biostatistics Certificate.  He is a Professor in the Division of Biostatistics.  His research interest includes clinical trial monitoring, spatial boundary analysis and Bayes and empirical Bayes methodology.

If you have questions, please contact Katy Korchik, Public Health Practice Coordinator php@umn.edu

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