Overview
Use Data to Improve Health and Health Care
As the health care system evolves – both in the U.S. and abroad – there is an increasing need for health analytics by biomedical research institutions, biotechnology companies, pharmaceutical companies, health information exchanges, hospital collaborations and health-related research firms.
In the Biostatistics program of the New York Medical College, you will:
- Learn data engineering and develop mastery in managing and analyzing “big data.”
- Master quantitative analysis techniques including sophisticated regression and modeling techniques and interpretive skills.
- Discover ways to provide value to teams of clinical and policy decision makers in a variety of health care settings.
- Gain an understanding and facility with decision-making based on probability and risk.
- Learn to turn data into information by developing the ability to extract meaningful information from the analyses of large datasets.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Biostatistics
- Epidemiology
- Statistical Modeling
- Survival Analysis
- Mathematical Statistics I: Probability
- Mathematical Statistics II: Inference
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 24 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
- Apply before , National
- Apply before , International
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Language
Credits
Delivered
Disciplines
Biology View 1233 other Masters in Biology in United StatesAcademic requirements
English requirements
Other requirements
General requirements
- Baccalaureate Degree or Higher
- Transcripts
- Standardized Test Scores: GRE, MCAT or DAT
- Two Letters of Recommendation
- Graduate Admission Application
- Two personal statements
Tuition Fee
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International
21600 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1200 USD per credit during 24 months. -
National
21600 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1200 USD per credit during 24 months.
Funding
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