The Department of Health Studies is the home for biostatistics, epidemiology and health services research at the University of Chicago. We study individual, collective, environmental and organizational factors that affect the health of human populations, as well as methods for carrying out such research. Department members draw on the disciplines of statistics, psychology, sociology, demography and economics in the study of health, health care and biomedical science from a population perspective. The Department provides a unique environment where cross-disciplinary research in these areas of inquiry can flourish.
The University of Chicago approved the creation of the Department of Health Studies within the Division of the Biological Sciences in Spring of 1993. Dr. John Bailar joined the University as founding department chair in November, 1995, and the department began full operations in fall, 1996. Dr. Bailar was succeeded as chairman by Ronald Thisted in January, 1999.
The Department has students and faculty in the disciplines of biostatistics, epidemiology, and health services research. In addition, the Department provides methodologic expertise to researchers in other departments through Biostatistics Laboratory. The Biostatistics Laboratory has 14 full-time biostatisticians, epidemiologists, and computer scientists. They have active collaborations with every clinical department in the Biological Sciences Division, as well as projects involving faculty members throughout the University.
The Department's educational programs provides both professional and academic training. We offer a graduate degree program, the Master of Science in Health Studies for Clinical Professionals (MSCP), a certificate program, and the NIH-funded Clinical Research Training Program (CRTP). We expect the approval process for our Ph.D. program to be complete in the near future.
April, 2007
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