The University of Washington Department of Biostatistics is now accepting scholarship applications for the 2018 Summer Institutes in Statistical Genetics (SISG) and Statistics and Modeling in Infectious Diseases (SISMID).
All graduate students are eligible to apply, and postdocs may apply for SISMID scholarships. The Summer Institutes include more than 50 short courses that offer cutting-edge ideas and approaches to statistical analysis of biological data.
Please share this information with graduate students, postdocs, colleagues or anyone else who might be interested.
Summer Institutes 2018
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Registration for 2018 is now open!
Explore courses
- Statistics for Big Data, July 11-27
- Statistical Genetics, July 9-17
- Statistics and Modeling in Infectious Diseases, July 9-25
- Statistics for Clinical Research, July 23-27
Fast Facts
- 57 short courses in cutting edge ideas and approaches to statistical analysis of biological data
- 84 course instructors who are leading educators and researchers in their fields
- 900 plus participants in 2017 representing:
- Research labs, health organizations, private industry, non-profit and government agencies
- Quantitative scientists, biologists, infectious disease researchers, statisticians, geneticists, mathematical modelers, policy makers, anyone involved with biomedical studies including clinical trials and observational studies.
- 28 countries and 44 states
Interested in a scholarship?
Scholarships are available for graduate students for the Summer Institutes in Statistical Genetics (SISG) and Statistics and Modeling in Infectious Diseases (SISMID). The application deadline is Friday, March 30 (11:59 p.m.). If your advisor is not able to upload your letter of recommendation, please have them email the letter to either sisig@uw.edu (Statistical Genetics) or sismid@uw.edu (Infectious Diseases).