Biostatistics Admitted Student Experience
March 14-15, 2025
On-Campus Admitted Student Experience
Friday, March 14
2:45 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. EST
Rackham Graduate School
915 E. Washington Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
- "Pi Day" Celebration
- "Look to Michigan Biostatistics" Student Research Showcase
- Social event with current students
Saturday, March 15
9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. EST
Rackham Graduate School
915 E. Washington Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
- Degree program information sessions
- Student experience panel
- Faculty interactions & research roundtables
- School of Public Health building tour
Virtual admitted student experience
Saturday, March 15
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. EST
Registration is required and a livestream link will be provided in a separate confirmation
email.
The Department of Biostatistics at the University of Michigan is excited to welcome to Ann Arbor its newest cohort of potential future Wolverines to the 2025 Biostatistics Admitted Student Experience (BASE).
Over the course of two exciting days, admitted students will have the opportunity to:
- Meet members of the Michigan Biostatistics community including students, faculty and staff
- Learn more about the field of Biostatistics, our department, the University and Ann Arbor
- Learn about research being conducted by our community, including presentations by faculty members and current students
- Engage with a student panel to answer your questions about life in the department and in Ann Arbor
- Sit down with faculty for one-on-one or small group conversations
- And much more!
We look forward to meeting you in-person or connecting virtually for Biostatistics Admitted Student Day!
Event registration will close on Friday, March 7.
In-Person Schedule of Events:
Friday, March 14
| Time | Event | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. | Annual Biostatistics Pi Day Celebration | |
| 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Inaugural “Look to Michigan Biostatistics” Student Research Showcase | Current Michigan Biostatistics Students |
| 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. | Social Event at Revel and Roll Bowling Alley for Admitted Students, Research Presenters, and Admitted Student Weekend Volunteers |
Saturday, March 15
| Time | Event | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | Check-In and Breakfast | |
| 10:00 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. | Welcome Message | TBD |
| 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Program-Specific Information Sessions | Faculty & Program Representatives |
| 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Curriculum Information Sessions | Faculty |
| 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. | Life as a Michigan Biostatistics Student | Current Students |
| 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Question & Answer Session with Current Students | Current Students |
| 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Individual and/or Small-Group Meetings with Faculty | Faculty Members |
| 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Concurrent 30-Minute Topic-Specific Faculty Group Roundtable Discussions | Faculty Members |
| 2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. | Student and Faculty Panel | Faculty & Students |
| 2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Taking the Next Steps & Closing Remarks | Faculty & Program Representatives |
| 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | School of Public Health Building Tour | Current Students |
Virtual Schedule of Events:
| Time | Event | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | Check-In and Breakfast | Faculty & Current Students |
| 10:00 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. | Welcome Message | Faculty Member |
| 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Program-Specific Information Sessions | Faculty & Program Representatives |
| 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Curriculum Information Session | Faculty |
| 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. | Life as a Michigan Biostatistics Student | Current Students |
| 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Question & Answer Session with Current Students | Current Students |
About our Research
Biostatistics faculty and students are conducting cutting-edge research in bioinformatics, imaging, longitudinal data, missing data, survival analysis, statistical genetics, and many other areas.
We are involved in a wide range of collaborative research activities with faculty in the schools of public health, medicine, nursing, dentistry, and the U-M Institute for Social Research, among others. Both our methodological and collaborative research are well-funded through grants from the National Institutes of Health and other government and private agencies.
Biostatistics student, Tian Gu
Dr. Mousumi Banerjee discusses her research
Dr. Baladandayuthapani discusses his research
Dr. Peter Song discusses his COVID-19 research
About our Department
The Department of Biostatistics at the University of Michigan School of Public Health is rated as one of the nation's top biostatistics programs by U.S. News & World Report. We bring biostatistical design and analysis expertise to a wide spectrum of health-related issues. Our faculty, students, and staff work in important and diverse areas of current biostatistical research; including Bayesian methods, causal inference, clinical trials, electronic health records, high dimensional inference, image analysis, longitudinal data analysis, machine learning, methods for missing data, mobile health, personalized prevention and treatment, statistical computing, statistical genetics, genomics and bioinformatics, survey research, and survival and event history analysis.
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