Program Description
The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Biostatistics offered by the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health in the Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences is a research-intensive program that emphasizes engaging and cutting-edge learning opportunities. The program's objective is to equip students with skills in independent thinking, data analysis, and scientific communication to pursue professional opportunities in academia or industry.
Keywords: causal inference, dynamic treatment regimes, longitudinal data, spatial statistics, statistical genetics, time series, statistics, data science, Bayesian, clinical trials, causal inference, disease mapping, genomics, pharmacoepidemiology, spatio-temporal processes, statistical genetics, statistical computing
Unique Program Features
- The program trains students to become independent scientists able to develop and apply statistical methods in medicine and biology and make original contributions to the theoretical and scientific foundations of statistics in these disciplines;
- Faculty members focus their research in areas that include survival analysis, non-parametric and semi-parametric modelling, analysis of longitudinal data, causal inference, statistical computing, classification and regression trees, methods for evaluating diagnostic accuracy, Bayesian statistics in medicine, statistical methods for clinical trials, and the design and analysis of epidemiologic studies;
- Graduates pursue careers as biostatisticians in government agencies (e.g., the Public Health Agency of Canada, Statistics Canada, NRC, Sant茅 Qu茅bec, INSPQ, regional departments of public health, health technology assessment units), the pharmaceutical industry and the contract research organizations (CROs) that perform statistical work for industry, in academia (e.g., Departments of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Statistics) as well as hospital and other medical research institutes.
University-Level Admission Requirements
- An eligible Bachelor's degree with a minimum 3.0 GPA out of a possible 4.0 GPA
- English-language proficiency
Each program has specific admission requirements including required application documents. Please visit the program website for more details.
Visit our Educational credentials and grade equivalencies and English language proficiency webpages for additional information.
Program Website
PhD in Biostatistics website
Department Contact
Graduate Program graduate.eboh [at] mcgill.ca (subject: PhD%20in%20Biostatistics%20website) (email)
Available Intakes
Fall
Application Deadlines
| Intake | Applications Open | Application deadline - International | Application Deadline - Domestic (Canadian, Permanent Resident of Canada) |
|---|---|---|---|
| FALL | September 15 | December 1 | December 1 |
| WINTER | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| SUMMER | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Note: Application deadlines are subject to change without notice. Please check the application portal for the most up-to-date information.