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Differences Between the MPH and MS Programs in Biostatistics
The Implementation and Prevention Science Methods Pathway
Yale’s Implementation and Prevention Science Methods pathway is the first degree program to provide rigorous training in implementation and prevention science methods, including training in the development of new methods to advance the field. Other programs, importantly but quite differently, focus on the practice of implementation science and are targeted to those with subject matter expertise (e.g., in mental health or cancer prevention). Yale’s program, by contrast, targets those wishing to develop scholarly methodological expertise.
Requirements - MS in Implementation and Prevention Science Methods Pathway
2022-23 Matriculation
The MS degree requires a total of 15 course units. The M.S in Biostatistics requires the student to complete or acquire an exemption from the following courses. Full time students must carry a minimum of 4 course units each semester. Course substitutions (other than those listed) must be identified and approved by student’s advisor and BIS Implementation Science Specialization Director and the DGS.
MS Required Courses (12 course units)
- BIS 525 Seminar in Biostatistics and Journal Club - 0 units
- BIS 526 Seminar in Biostatistics and Journal Club - 0 units
- BIS 623 Advanced Regression Models [or S&DS 612 Linear Models] - 1 unit
- BIS 628 Longitudinal and Multilevel Data Analysis - 1 unit
- BIS 630 Applied Survival Analysis [or BIS 643 Theory of Survival Analysis] - 1 unit
- BIS 678 Statistical Practice I - 1 unit
- BIS 679 Advanced Statistical Programming in SAS and R - 1 unit
- BIS 681 Statistical Practice II (master's thesis strongly encouraged in lieu of this course BIS 649/BIS 650) - 1 unit
- BIS 629 Advanced Methods in Implementation and Prevention Science - 1 unit
- EMD 533 Implementation Science - 1 unit
- EPH 509 Fundamentals of Epidemiology - 1 unit
- EPH 608 Frontiers of Public Health (Exempt if the student has an MPH or relevant degree) - 1 unit
- EPH 600 Research Ethics and Responsibilities - 0 units
- S&DS 541 Probability Theory [S&DS 600 Advanced Probability or S&DS 551 Stochastic Process] - 1 unit
- S&DS 542 Theory of Statistics [or S&DS 610 Statistical Inference] - 1 unit
- BIS 695 Summer Internship in Biostatistical Research - 0 units
- EPH 100/EPH 101 Professional Skills Series - 0 units
Electives (at least 3 required from the list below)
Implementation and prevention science is an interdisciplinary field. The more broadly you are trained, the more effective you will be as an independent statistical researcher as well as a collaborator.
One of the following:
- BIS 536 Measurement Error and Missing Data - 1 unit
- BIS 537 Statistical Methods for Causal Inference - 1 unit
- BIS 631 Advanced Topics in Causal Inference - 1 unit
At least two of the following:
^ Indicates highly recommended for implementation science specialization
- EMD 538 Quantitative Methods for Infection Disease Epidemiology - 1 unit
- HPM 570 Cost-effectiveness Analysis and Decision Making ^ - 1 unit
- HPM 586 Microeconomics for Health Policy and Management - 1 unit
- HPM 587 Advanced Health Economics - 1 unit
- HPM 611 Policy Modeling ^ - 1 unit
- CDE 516 Principles of Epidemiology II - 1 unit
- CDE 534 Applied Analytic Methods in Epidemiology - 1 unit
- SBS 574 Developing a Health Promotion and Disease Prevention ^ - 1 unit
- SBS 541 Community Health Program Evaluation^ - 1 unit
- SBS 580 Qualitative Research Methods in Public Health^ - 1 unit
- SBS 676 Questionnaire Development - 1 unit
- S&DS 565 – Introductory Machine Learning (alternate Yale courses in DATA Mining and Machine Learning will be considered) - 1 unit
Other Courses
- BIS 649/650 Master’s Thesis Research (strongly recommended for this specialization in lieu of BIS 681) - 2 units
Students take 4 courses for credit each semester (BIS 525/526, EPH 600, EPH 100/101 are not for credit). Course schedules with more than 5 courses for credit will not be approved. Courses listed without a notation in the “term taken” column can be taken in either year if prerequisites are met and with advisor approval.
Rev. 09.08.22
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