Training a New Generation of Biostatisticians: A Successful Consortium Model


Authors: 
Judy M Simpson, Philip Ryan, John B Carlin, Lyle Gurrin, and Ian Marschner
Volume: 
17(2)
Pages: 
online
Year: 
2009
Publisher: 
Journal of Statistics education
URL: 
http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v17n2/simpson.html
Abstract: 

In response to the worldwide shortage of biostatisticians, Australia has established a national consortium of eight universities to develop and deliver a Masters program in biostatistics. This article describes our successful innovative multi-institutional training model, which may be of value to other countries. We first present the issues confronting the future of biostatistics in Australia, then relate our experience in establishing a new national consortium-based Masters program, and finally explore the extent to which our initiatives have addressed the current challenges of biostatistics workforce shortages.

The CAUSE Research Group is supported in part by a member initiative grant from the American Statistical Association’s Section on Statistics and Data Science Education