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.
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Latest Publications
- Published On 3/6/2025Insulin Resistance Increases TNBC Aggressiveness and Brain Metastasis via Adipocyte-derived Exosomes.Molecular cancer research : MCRread at PubMed
- Published On 3/6/2025Sequencing in over 50,000 cases identifies coding and structural variation underlying atrial fibrillation risk.Nature geneticsread at PubMed
- Published On 3/6/2025Characterizing white matter and vascular pathologies in brain donors exposed to repetitive head impacts.Acta neuropathologicaread at PubMed
- Published On 3/4/2025A highly resolved integrated single-cell atlas of HPV-negative head and neck cancer.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biologyread at PubMed
- Published On 3/4/2025Polygenic Risk Score Added to Conventional Case Finding to Identify Undiagnosed Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.JAMAread at PubMed