About the SIBS Program.

Topics covered in the SIBS Program:

• Biostatistics Analysis
• Data Science
• Epidemiology
• Design and Conduct of Clinical Trials
• Statistical Genetics
• Infectious Disease Modeling
• Programming in SAS and R

Program Expectations:

• Monday, June 9^th through July 11^th, 2025, participants will be in residence at Boston University.
• After the in-residence portion, participants will continue to work on their group research project at least 10 hours per week in concert with their group members and faculty mentors through mid-Aug.
• Participants will attend a virtual group research project presentation in August. Date and time to be determined.

Daily Schedule (in-residence portion)

Mornings

• Interactive classroom presentations with the award-winning faculty of Boston University.
• Hands-on computer training in SAS and R.

Afternoons

• Short assignments providing students the opportunity to apply what they learned that day.
• Working together with professors and graduate students using real data from NHLBI and NIAID.
• Introduction to group research project topics and data sets.
• Initiation of group project research.

Extras

• Guest speakers from academia, industry, and government.
• Career panel of former SIBS participants.

Social Events

• Red Sox Game
• Duck Tour
• Boston’s historic North End
• And more…

Questions and concerns about the BU SIBS Program? Please contact us at sibs@bu.edu.