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gulf war illness
Gulf War Veterans “Aging” Faster
Chemical exposures from Gulf War deployment associated with higher rates and earlier onset of chronic medical conditions.
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chronic kidney disease
Central American Kidney Disease Epidemic Linked to Occupational Heat Exposure
Chronic kidney disease, common in agricultural workers, also found in 12 percent of sample of brick makers.
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diabetes
Physical Activity Improves Cognitive and Vascular Health in Older People with Diabetes
Walking and other activities can increase circulation of substances that repair vascular and neuronal damage.
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alumni honors
Alum Receives Educator Award from Pulmonary Organization
Shaheen Islam, chief of pulmonary and critical care department at Medical College of Georgia, honored by American Association of Interventional Pulmonary Program Directors.
Data lead to answers.
Fundamental to public health research and policy, biostatistics is also one of the most interdisciplinary departments at Boston University School of Public Health. By designing studies, developing new methodologies, and extracting and analyzing information from data, we help inform decisions to promote better health.
Biostatistics faculty members are internationally recognized for methodological innovations in clinical trials and observational studies, statistical genetics analysis, and Bayesian methods. They have a long history of collaborating to address some of the world’s most pressing public health concerns, as well as training the next generation of students to tackle emerging public health and medical issues with cutting-edge methods and technological skills.
Areas in which we are active include genetic studies of risk factors for breast cancer; safety and efficacy assessments of a new Alzheimer’s disease drug; comparisons of patient outcomes with different behavioral interventions; and studies to identify genetic and non-genetic factors of healthy aging and extreme human longevity.
Affiliated Academic Programs:
MA in Biostatistics MS in Applied Biostatistics
Graduate Certificate in Modern Biostatistics in Clinical Trials
Biostatistics News
Biostatistics Events
1:00 pm- 1:50 pm
EpiBiostats MPH Advising & Course-Planning Session
EB-43 (72 East Concord St., Evans Building, Basement Room 43)1:00 pm- 2:00 pm
Biostatistics Student Association Student-Faculty Seminar
CT4601:00 pm- 2:00 pm
Biostatistics Doctoral Student Presentations
CT4629:30 am- 11:00 am
Statistical Genetics Seminar Series
CT30512:45 pm- 1:45 pm
Biostatistics Lunchtime Seminar Series
CT3051:00 pm- 2:00 pm
Biostatistics Doctoral Student Presentations
CT462
Publications
- Published On 3/8/2019A magnetic resonance spectroscopy investigation in symptomatic former NFL players.Brain imaging and behaviorread at PubMed
- Published On 3/6/2019Failure to detect an association between self-reported traumatic brain injury and Alzheimer's disease neuropathology and dementia.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Associationread at PubMed
- Published On 3/4/2019Circulating fibroblast growth factor 23 levels and incident dementia: The Framingham heart study.PloS oneread at PubMed
- Published On 3/4/2019Assessment of Plasma Total Tau Level as a Predictive Biomarker for Dementia and Related Endophenotypes.JAMA neurologyread at PubMed
- Published On 3/1/2019Natural History of Obesity Subphenotypes: Dynamic Changes Over Two Decades and Prognosis in the Framingham Heart Study.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolismread at PubMed
- Published On 3/1/2019Clustering of temporal gene expression data with mixtures of mixed effects models with a penalized likelihood.Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)read at PubMed
- Published On 3/1/2019Relationship Between Patient-Reported Swelling and Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Defined Effusion-Synovitis in Patients With Meniscus Tears and Knee Osteoarthritis.Arthritis care & researchread at PubMed
- Published On 3/1/2019Prescriber Compliance With Liver Monitoring Guidelines for Pazopanib in the Postapproval Setting: Results From a Distributed Research Network.Journal of patient safetyread at PubMed
- Published On 3/1/2019Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Genome-Wide Interaction Analyses Reveal DPP10-Pulmonary Function Association.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicineread at PubMed
- Published On 2/28/2019Genetic meta-analysis of diagnosed Alzheimer''s disease identifies new risk loci and implicates Aß, tau, immunity and lipid processing.Nature geneticsread at PubMed