Biostatistics

Biostatistics provides the essential methodological and quantitative underpinning necessary for much of public health and medical research. Appropriate study design, data collection and analysis are all needed in order to quantify the effect of risk factors and health interventions on individuals or populations. Areas of concentration in the Division are the development and application of methods in statistical genetics and bioinformatics, statistical epidemiology, statistical issues in clinical research including clinical trials, and the geographic information systems.

Brain Tumor Group Narrows Search for Genetic Susceptibility

Tumor
11/14/2011: An international consortium of researchers, including members from the Yale School of Public Health, has narrowed the search for the gene or genes associated with inherited susceptibility to a malignant brain cancer to a region on chromosome 17. >>>

Genetic Link Identified in Common Type of Brain Tumor

dna
08/18/2011: Researchers have found a significant link between the most common type of brain tumor in the United States—meningiomas—and a patient’s family history, suggesting that genetics play an important role in the development of the potentially debilitating lesions. >>>

Study Finds Retired Blue-Collar Workers Have Higher BMI Than Others

BMI
05/17/2011: Laborers and other workers in traditionally blue-collar jobs have a “significantly” higher body mass index after retirement than their peers who worked in management and other executive positions, a study by the Yale School of Public Health has found. >>>