{"id":5515,"date":"2020-04-23T12:37:09","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T10:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ensai.fr\/ensai-biostatistique\/"},"modified":"2020-10-28T16:28:40","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T15:28:40","slug":"ensai-biostatistique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ensai.fr\/en\/ensai-biostatistique\/","title":{"rendered":"Study at ENSAI and Become a Biostatistician"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Covid-19 epidemic proves – as if it were needed – the fundamental importance of medical research. Biostatisticians trained at ENSAI contribute to scientific advances, like M\u00e9lanie Prague and Marie-Karelle Rivi\u00e8re. Their specialization in Biostatistics opened many doors for them in doctorate studies and research.<\/strong><\/p>\n

ENSAI offers a specialization in Biostatistics that allows students to embark on exciting careers in major pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology, and public health. During the 3rd year of ENSAI’s engineering degree, the Biostatistics program<\/strong><\/a> provides the necessary tools for students to specialize in the field of scientific experimentation. With classes such as survival analysis, mixed models, experiment design, epidemiology, clinical trials, and Omics data analysis allow students to gain a solid education that they can apply to the health sector.<\/p>\n

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Biostatistics students, 2020 graduating class<\/p><\/div>\n

During the academic year, students manage different projects. Three principal ones involve epidemiology, clinical trials, and Omics data analysis. These group projects not only allow students to complete and put into practice their theoretical knowledge learned in class but also to develop team spirit and teamwork skills.<\/p>\n

Training Through Research Option
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ENSAI offers its Biostatistics students the possibility to prepare for a career within the Research and Development department of companies or in public laboratories. In the Training Through Research Option (OFPR in French), class schedules at ENSAI are adjusted to allow students to take classes in one of the following three research-based master’s degree programs offered at the University of Rennes 1:<\/p>\n

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  • The Research Master’s degree in Public Health, specializing in Clinical Pharmacology and Epidemiology Modeling<\/a><\/li>\n
  • The Research Master’s degree in Bioinformatics, specializing in Healthcare Bioinformatics<\/a><\/li>\n
  • The Research Master’s degree, in Bioinformatics, specializing in Computer Science and Integrative Biology<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    At the end of this program students can continue their studies in order to carry out a PhD or Cifre<\/em> (an agreement with an industry to train through research) doctoral thesis.<\/p>\n

    Alumni Testimonials<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    M\u00e9lanie Prague (ENSAI 2010) and Marie-Karelle Rivi\u00e8re (ENSAI 2011) specialized in Biostatistics and a Research Master’s degree at the University of Rennes 1. They both completed a PhD, which opened many doors into the world of research.<\/p>\n

    M\u00e9lanie Prague is currently in charge of a research team at\u00a0 Inria<\/a>–Inserm <\/a><\/strong>where she carries out work on statistical modeling for immunology and the development of new vaccines.<\/p>\n