London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
London, UK
One year full-time; half-time or split-study over two years

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Medical statisticians play a vital role in creating impact in global health and development. Their job involves the design of local, national, and global clinical studies, analysing data and interpreting results to identify the causes of a given disease, as well as measuring performance outcomes of hospitals and other organisations to gauge the health and wellbeing of populations on a large scale.

This programme prepares students to work as statisticians in a wide range of sectors. It provides training in the theory and practice of statistics with special reference to clinical trials, epidemiology and clinical or laboratory research. 

There is a shortage of well-trained medical statisticians and graduates from this programme are in high demand; employment opportunities are numerous and varied.

Objectives
By the end of this programme students should be able to:

• select appropriate study designs to address questions of medical relevance
• elect and apply appropriate statistical methods for analysing data typically encountered in medical applications
• use various software packages for statistical analysis and data management
• interpret the results of statistical analyses and critically evaluate the use of statistics in the medical literature
• explore current and anticipated developments in medical statistics

Structure
Compulsory modules:

• Foundations of Medical Statistics
• Introduction to Statistical Computing (Stata/R)
• Clinical Trials
• Basic Epidemiology
• Robust Statistical Methods
• Generalised Linear Models
• Statistical Methods in Epidemiology
• Survival Analysis & Bayesian Statistics

Elective modules include:

• Analysis of Hierarchical & Other Dependent Data
• Advanced Statistical Modelling
• Advanced Statistical Methods in Epidemiology

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Project report
You will complete a research project on a relevant topic of your choice, usually consisting of analysing a set of data and writing a report, or undertaking methodological research.

Entry requirements

• a second-class honours degree from a UK university, or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard, in a relevant subject or
• a master’s degree in a relevant subject, or
• a professional qualification appropriate to the programme of study to be followed

English Language Requirements
As part of the application process, applicants are required to demonstrate how they meet LSHTM’s minimum English Language requirements.

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How To Apply

Please apply via the LSHTM online application system.

Open Days
Join us at our London campus open day on 12 February 2020 or online during our virtual open day on 4 March 2020 – find out more and register.

Funding Opportunities
Please visit the LSHTM website to view the up-to-date list of scholarships for our master’s programmes.

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