生物统计学哲学博士

生物统计学哲学博士课程要求至少79 sh的研究生学分，包括硕士学位的学分。学生必须保持至少3.00的gpa。那些在课程结束7个小时后获得C级成绩的人可能会被解雇。所有学生都必须成功完成全面的考试和论文。研究主题和内容因学习计划而异，必须经学生论文委员会批准。其他学位要求包括从生物统计学系和爱荷华大学其他课程中选择的经批准的选修课。
The Ph.D. program will produce biostatisticians who can develop biostatistical methodology that can be utilized to solve problems in public health and the biomedical sciences. In addition, graduates of the Ph.D. program will be prepared to apply biostatistical and epidemiology methodology for the design and analysis of public health and biomedical research investigations. Finally, graduates of the Ph.D. program will be well suited to function as collaborators or team leaders on research projects in the biomedical and public health sciences.<br><br>The program requires competency in the theory of statistics and probability, in introductory and advanced biostatistical methods and theory, and in fundamentals of epidemiologic study design. The doctoral dissertation will be the culminating experience in the Ph.D. program. Graduates of the doctoral program will have written a doctoral dissertation which focuses on the development of a new methodology or on the innovative application of biostatistical methods to a health sciences research problem.