May 2006: Last posted update of program information supplied by institution.
If applicable, accreditation has been confirmed as of May 2006.
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, KECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Department of Preventive Medicine-Division of Biostatistics
Degree granted: Ph.D. in Statistical Genetics and Genetic Epidemiology
Training available: Doctoral
Current enrollment: 5 Doctoral
Number of graduates in last 2 years: None
Faculty status: 8 Ph.D., 1 M.D./Ph.D., 1 D.P.H.
Areas of concentration: epidemiology, gene mapping, molecular genetics, pharmacogenetics, population genetics, Statistical genetics
Clinical training fellowships:
ABMG accreditation:
Financial support: Half-time Research Assistantships with tuition remission available
Application deadline: January 15
Contact: Duncan Thomas, Ph.D., Program Director, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Preventive Medicine - Biostatistics, 1540 Alcazar Street, CHP 220 MC 9010, Los Angeles, CA, 90089-9010, Tel: 323-442-1209, Fax: 323-442-2993, E-mail: dthomas@usc.edu

Mary Trujillo, Student Services Advisor, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Preventive Medicine - Biostatistics, 1540 Alcazar Street, CHP 218 MC 9010, Los Angeles, CA, 90089-9010, Tel: 323-442-1810, Fax: 323-442-2993, E-mail: mtrujill@usc.edu

Web homepage: http://www.usc.edu/biostats
New interdisciplinary program gives students a solid background in the methodological aspects of biostatistics, statistical genetics as well as solid grounding in molecular/laboratory science. The objective of the Ph.D. program is to produce a statistical geneticist or genetic epidemiologist with in-depth statistical and analytic skills in biostatistics, computational methods and the molecular biosciences. The Doctor of Philosophy program in Statistical Genetics and Genetic Epidemiology is a joint effort to combine biostatistics, epidemiology, statistical and molecular genetics and computational methods in order to develop new and cutting-edge statistical methodology appropriate for human genomic studies.