Statistics with Applications in Medicine

Overview

Course Details

Medical statisticians play a vital role in healthcare, and their work informs many lifesaving medical breakthroughs. Their work includes: 

• design and analysis of clinical trials for new treatments 
• identifying the genes responsible for disease 
• developing methodology to enable advances in personalised medicine 

As a qualified medical statistician, you’ll be able to help the pharmaceutical industry tackle the challenges presented by increasingly complex patient data. 

At this Statistics with Applications in Medicine MSc course offered by the University of Southampton you’ll learn how to deal with these challenges through the study of clinical trials, statistical genetics and epidemiological methods.  

You’ll gain advanced knowledge of statistical theory and methods. We’ll teach you how to apply those methods to solve practical problems around the collecting and analysis of medical data. 

Much of the course is taught by medical statisticians, who provide data and case studies from their work at Southampton General Hospital and the Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit. 

Career Opportunities

With this degree you’ll be ready to move into a career as a medical statistician or clinical analyst in a variety of settings. 

Graduates have gone on to roles in: 

• major pharmaceutical companies 
• Medical Research Council 
• university-based medical research units 
• contract research organisations 
• government departments 
• the financial sector