How to Use biostatistics in a Sentence

biostatistics

noun
  • That fateful day launched the field of statistics, which (in the form of biostatistics) is essential to almost every project in public health.
    Seth Freeman, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2021
  • Sarah Jones at Baylor University in Texas is working toward a degree in biostatistics.
    NOLA.com, 21 Sep. 2020
  • Members of the board are typically experts in vaccine science and biostatistics who teach at major medical schools.
    Liz Szabo, CNN, 1 Sep. 2020
  • The professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at UCSF points to recent news about case numbers trending in the right direction, people wearing masks and high demand for the vaccines.
    Ryan Kost, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Feb. 2021
  • Jon Deeks, a professor of biostatistics at the University of Birmingham, dismissed Moonshot as the work of bureaucrats and consultants, not scientists.
    Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2020
  • Like many health professionals, Natalie Dean, a professor of biostatistics at Emory University, is taking a cautious view about the winter.
    Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2021
  • Its members have expertise in infectious diseases, vaccines, biostatistics and law.
    Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Like many other health professionals, Natalie Dean, a professor of biostatistics at Emory University, is taking a cautious view about the winter.
    CBS News, 2 Oct. 2021
  • We were joined by Natalie Dean, a professor of biostatistics and epidemiology at Emory University, who specializes in infectious-disease research and has, herself, a 4-year-old and an almost-2-year-old.
    Sarah Laskow, The Atlantic, 29 Nov. 2021
  • Her comments came at the first meeting of a 25-member panel of medical experts, including specialists in fields like virology, infectious diseases and biostatistics.
    Thomas M. Burton, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2020
  • Natalie Dean is an assistant professor of biostatistics at the University of Florida.
    Natalie Dean, Star Tribune, 5 Aug. 2020
  • There are a few reasons for the insufficient testing, according to Bhramar Mukherjee, professor of biostatistics and epidemiology at the University of Michigan.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Allowing the virus to spread more rapidly among younger and healthier populations will increase the threat to people who are already vulnerable, noted Natalie Dean, a University of Florida biostatistics expert.
    Joel Achenbach, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Oct. 2020
  • For the first time, basic language from biostatistics, such as specificity, sensitivity, and pre-test probabilities, found its way into normal conversation.
    Shantanu Nundy, STAT, 17 June 2021
  • Scheim is a professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at Drexel University who conducts research about transgender people.
    David Hogberg, Washington Examiner, 3 June 2020
  • The school offers undergraduate and graduate programs in epidemiology, biostatistics, health behaviors and policy.
    al, 9 June 2021
  • Upon approving a new therapy, the FDA traditionally published separate application review documents from internal teams with expertise in areas including clinical pharmacology, toxicology, and biostatistics.
    Liam Bendicksen, Joshua M. Sharfstein, STAT, 29 Sep. 2020

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