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Learning to Analyze Human Genetic Data: New Track in the Department of Biostatistics |
School Launches New Global Health Track
Five new disciplinary-based tracks in global health are now being offered at the Mailman School. 
This innovative, comprehensive program encourages students to delve more deeply into the complexities of global issues and solutions, rather than skimming the surface in isolated courses.
The uniqueness of this track is found in the interdisciplinary approach that will teach students to apply a global framework for analysis and action within one of the following fields: Epidemiology, Health Policy and Management, Environmental Health Sciences, Population and Family Health, and Sociomedical Sciences.
Practical skills within each concentration will be complemented by coursework in global health, enabling students to understand the roles of national governments, multilateral organizations, and civil society in addressing excessive morbidity and mortality in resource-poor settings; to analyze the influence of gender, race, poverty, history, environment, and infrastructure on the health of populations; and to describe the social and political antecedents and public health consequences of selected global health priorities.
Students will also be required to complete a six-month practicum in a developing country. The practicum and the tremendous value presented by its length and location will serve to bridge classroom learning and field experience. According to Pamela Y. Collins, MD, assistant professor of clinical Psychiatry (in Epidemiology) and director of the Global Health Track, "The practicum experience ensures that students master the skills of their discipline while gaining insights into research, policy, and program evaluation in resource-poor settings."
For more information, please contact Adria Armbrister at ana8@columbia.edu.
Learning to Analyze Human Genetic Data: New Track in the Department of Biostatistics
The field of human genetics is changing rapidly. The Department of Biostatistics has started a new program called the Statistical Genetics Track (SG) for Master of Science (MS) in Biostatistics, which provides formal, rigorous training in the ideas behind analysis of genetic data, and teaches the skills to apply those ideas and to develop new ideas and approaches. Biostatisticians, molecular biologists, physicians, population geneticists, and statistical geneticists each bring their own perspectives to the study of genetic disease and human traits. In addition to training in genetic analysis, students learn how to speak the languages of the different areas of human genetics study. The Program also emphasizes understanding how all aspects of human genetics study fit together.
Analysis of human genetic data represents one of the greatest challenges to the creativity and insight of the community of biostatisticians," says David A. Greenberg, PhD, professor of clinical Biostatistics (in Psychiatry) and co-director of the MS degree track in Statistical Genetics. "Genetics is to the 21st century what quantum physics was to the 20th."
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This Graphical Overview of Linkage Disequilibrium (GOLD) diagram measures the relationship between two single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) alleles (gene traits) that occur at different locations on a stretch of chromosome. Color scale indicates variations in the frequency with which relationships occur. |
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