Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Unraveling complex health issues through strong analytic skills and studying the distribution of the spread of disease, social factors, and other risk factors.
Born as a program in 1972 as part of the Division of Public Health, the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology has grown to support almost 100 graduate students and research funding of $38.2 million. Its 26 faculty members focus on transdisciplinary research collaborations in the areas of COVID-19 and other infectious disease forecasting and mitigation, reproductive health and breast cancer research, biomarkers and genomics, problem gambling, causal methods and clinical trials, physical activity and nutrition, and more.
The department offers graduate degree programs in both Biostatistics and Epidemiology, including 4+1 accelerated degrees, MPH (epidemiology only), MS, and PhD degree options.
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A rich history
Born as a program in 1972, the department features a rich 50-year history and includes groundbreaking faculty members such as David Hosmer and Stanley Lemeshow, authors of Applied Logistic Regression, the single most cited reference in all of statistics.
Spring 2023 BIO-EPI seminar series
Watch recordings from the Spring 2023 BIO-EPI seminar series.
See all available seminar recordings.- Dr. Xiang Zhu (May 12, 2023)
- Dr. Madikay Senghore (April 28, 2023)
- Dr. Marie-Abèle Bind (March 31, 2023)
- Dr. Rebecca Andridge (March 24, 2023)
- Dr. Rita Hamad (March 10, 2023)
- Dr. Kelli Ryckman (March 3, 2023)
- Dr. Lucy D’Agostino McGowan (February 17, 2023)
- Dr. Ruth-Gaelle St Fleur (February 10, 2023)
In the news
UMass Amherst-UT Austin Team Awarded $27.5 Million by CDC to Help Establish Nation’s First Disease Outbreak Response Network
A UMass Amherst-UT Austin team is among 13 institutional partners chosen by the CDC to establish the first outbreak response and disease modeling network.
Do ‘Forever Chemicals’ Increase Breast Cancer Risk?
Katherine Reeves will explore how women’s breast tissue is affected by exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) substances through a new two-year NIH grant.
SPHHS Faculty Named STRIDE Faculty Fellows
Soonkyu Chung, Ken Kleinman, and Jacquie Kurland are among the 32 UMass Amherst faculty members selected to the STRIDE Faculty Fellowship Program.
