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Graduate Studies in Biostatistics

Biostatistics (n.) :

1. The application of statistics to biology, specifically to health care research
2. A collaborative master’s degree program at Queen’s University, administered jointly by the Community Health & Epidemiology and Mathematics & Statistics departments

The Department of Community Health and Epidemiology and Department of Mathematics and Statistics jointly offer collaborative M.Sc program in biostatistics specialization. The two departments offer strong graduate programs that include a broad range of courses in statistics, biostatistics, epidemiology, and health services research, and strong graduate programs.  By combining these resources, students in the collaborative program will have unique opportunities to develop the analytic skills and practical experience needed to interact with practitioners and to work on current research projects in a variety of health areas.

Queen's University has a unique health research environment with excellent research groups in most major fields in health sciences such as the NCIC­ Clinical Trials Group and the Cancer Care and Epidemiology Group in the Queen's Cancer Research Institute, the Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, Queen's School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Clinical Research Centre in Kingston General Hospital (KGH), and Research and Education  Program at KFL&A Public Health Unit.

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“It’s not just about learning statistical formulas. You have to learn how to apply them, which requires a lot of training.”