Nandita Mitra, PhD, the DBEI's first Vice Chair of Education, oversees the educational mission of the DBEI, partnering with the leaders of the educational programs, listed below, where our faculty teach.
Biostatistics
Master of Science in Biostatistics:
trains students in the basic theory and the application of statistical methods to problems in the biomedical sciences. Read program specifics on the site of the Graduate Group in Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Read about our educational approach.
PhD in Biostatistics:
trains independent researchers in biostatistics applications and methodology. Read program specifics on the site of the Graduate Group in Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Read about our educational approach.
Epidemiology
Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology:
equips accomplished clinicians to lead their own formal epidemiological studies. Read more on the site of the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics.
PhD in Epidemiology:
trains independent researchers to develop and apply epidemiologic methods. Read program specifics on the site of the Graduate Group in Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Read about our educational approach.
Certificate Programs:
fosters the skills and knowledge clinicians and project managers need to collaborate on proposals and clinical research studies. Read more on the site of the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics.
Offerings for Medical Students:
cultivates medical undergraduates’ (pre-doctoral students’) ability to critically appraise and apply information from medical literature. Read more on the site of the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics.
Specialized Training (T32) Programs:
specialized training programs (NIH-funded “T32s”) help fellows launch their careers as independently funded clinical research scientists. Read more on the site of the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics.
Informatics
Certificate in Biomedical Informatics:
Developed by the Perelman School of Medicine’s Institute for Biomedical Informatics (IBI), the certificate program serves students seeking training in biomedical informatics but not at a degree level. It offers a Certificate in Biomedical Informatics that consists of the same core informatics courses required of all Masters-level students. The four-course sequence is designed to foster informatics literacy among the Penn community.
Master of Biomedical Informatics
The Perelman School of Medicine also offers the Master of Biomedical Informatics (MBMI) program, which seeks to provide state-of-the-art graduate-level educational and training opportunities in biomedical informatics (BMI), adhering to the best practices as established by national competency standards, to create the next generation of biomedical informatics and practitioners.
Some DBEI faculty also teach courses in Penn's Master of Science in Health Policy Research and Master of Health Policy programs.