The Ph.D. in Biostatistics trains biostatisticians to understand and confidently solve difficult scientific data analysis problems in the health sciences from problem conception, through data collection, to choosing the appropriate data analyses, and reporting of results. Rigorous courses are taught by world leaders in their specialties and train students in mathematical statistics, advanced biostatistical methods, big data, machine learning, data science, and statistical computing. The Ph.D. trains statisticians who can develop and apply appropriate statistical methods to solve novel problems in the health field and who can conduct statistical methodological research.

Career Outcomes

Graduates from UCLA Fielding's Department of Biostatistics obtain employment as faculty members at universities and as leaders in government research organizations, and pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies locally within California, throughout the United States, and across the globe.

Examples of positions held by graduates include:

1. Tenure-Track Faculty
2. Biostatistician
3. Istatistiko
4. Siyentipiko ng Pananaliksik
5. Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology Biostatistician
6. Tagasuri ng data
7. Data Scientist