PHS Programs
The Public Health Sciences Division is made up of six major programs.
Biostatistics & Biomathematics The Biostatistics & Biomathematics Program provides statistical collaboration and coordination for research programs within and outside the center, develops and evaluates new quantitative methods for the efficient design and analysis of a broad range of biomedical studies and constructs biomathematical models of carcinogenesis and other biological processes.
Cancer Biology The Cancer Biology Program applies molecular biology, genetics, pathology, epidemiology, and biostatistics to studies of human populations, focusing on the root causes of cancer. This program is jointly sponsored by the Division of Public Health Sciences and the Human Biology Division.
Cancer Prevention The Cancer Prevention Program uses interdisciplinary approaches to evaluate the causes, detection and control of cancer in laboratory, clinic and community-based studies.
Computational Biology Scientists within the Computational Biology Program use and develop computational methods and tools to address biological questions. The Program encompasses a wide range of bioinformatic and computational approaches.
Epidemiology The Epidemiology Program seeks to determine the causes of cancers through studies in human populations of personal exposures, behavioral characteristics, and genes that may influence a person’s chances of developing one or more cancers.
Molecular Diagnostics The Molecular Diagnostics Program works to discover accurate methods for determining an individual's cancer risk; detecting cancer at its earliest, most curable stage; classifying the type and extent of cancer, once diagnosed; and monitoring response to therapy and disease progression.
To see individual projects go to the PHS project search page.
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