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    4118 Math Sciences Building
    Davis, CA 95616
    Tel: (530) 692-5194
    Fax: (530) 752-7099
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  • 250 Mrak Hall
    One Shields Avenue
    Davis, CA 95616

    Phone: (530) 752-0650
    Fax: (530) 752-6222
Biostatistics

Application Deadline

  • 2013 ADMISSION
  • Priority: Jan. 15
  • Final: May 31

    2013 FELLOWSHIP
  • Prospective Student Fellowship: Jan. 15
  • Continuing Student Fellowship: Dec. 1

Degrees Offered

  • M.S. Plan II
  • Ph.D. Plan C

Designated Emphases

Admission Requirements

  • Three letters of recommendation
  • GRE scores
  • at least one semester or two quarters of advanced calculus

Degree Requirements

Students follow the degree requirements reflecting the year s/he was admitted or the most recent version below.

Administrative Bylaws

Students gain advanced knowledge of survival analysis; statistical methods for genetics, bioinformatics, epidemiology and environmental research; longitudinal data analysis; analysis of biological shapes and trajectories; generalized linear models, estimating equations, model selection and bioassay; and design for biological and medical studies. Students graduate with the qualitative and quantitative skills necessary for professional research and teaching in providing stochastic models and methods, algorithms and graphical tools for the analysis of data for a variety of life-sciences fields.

This program is an interdisciplinary Graduate Group.

For more information, visit the Biostatistics website.

Contacts

Program Chair
Wolfgang Polonik Statistics (530) 752-7612
Academic Advisers
Abdolrahman S Azari
(Adviser: General) 		Statistics 9/1/11 - 8/31/13 (530) 752-7709
Laurel A Beckett
(Adviser: General) 		Public Health Sciences: Med 9/1/11 - 8/31/13 (530) 754-7161
Prabir Burman
(Adviser: Admissions and General) 		Statistics 9/1/11 - 8/31/13 (530) 752-7622
Thomas B Farver
(Adviser: General) 		Population Health & Reproduction: Vet Med 9/1/11 - 8/31/13 (530) 752-7290
Philip H Kass
(Adviser: General) 		Vm Population Hlth & Reprod 9/1/11 - 8/31/13 (530) 752-8631
Jie Peng
(Adviser: Primary Contact) 		Statistics 9/1/12 - 8/31/14 (530) 754-6905
Graduate Program Staff Coordinator
Pete Scully Statistics (530) 692-5194
Student Affairs Officer (SAO) in the Office of Graduate Studies
Shelly Archer Graduate Studies (530) 754-5886