140.860.01
Current Topics in Biostatistics Research

Location
East Baltimore
Term
4th Term
Department
Biostatistics
Credit(s)
1
Academic Year
2024 - 2025
Instruction Method
In-person
Class Time(s)
Thursday, 3:30 - 4:30pm
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Margaret Taub
Weiqiang Zhou
Contact Name
Margaret Taub
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Description
Features presentations by Biostatistics faculty, postdocs and senior students on their research, with a focus on the public health and scientific questions driving the work, why the research makes a difference for the subject area and how to translate the research into practice. Offers an opportunity for discussion and clarification of key Biostatistical concepts being taught in the core courses and how they apply to problems in public health and science. Provides an opportunity for students and faculty to come together and discuss novel research questions and the role that Biostatisticians have in helping to support, enrich and promote solutions to these novel research questions.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Discuss current research being conducted by or in collaboration with faculty in the Biostatistics department
  2. Interact with Department of Biostatistics faculty, postdocs and students
  3. Develop foundational insights into mapping public health and scientific problems onto the foundation of biostatistical theory and methodology
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
  • 50% Active listening and participation
  • 50% Attendance
Instructor Consent
Consent required for some students
Consent Note
Consent required for non-Biostatistics students
Consent Contact
mtaub2@jhu.edu
Special Comments

Student must attend 7 of 8 seminars in order to pass the course.