Crane Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 Does anyone know more about those Epidemiology Masters programs that have a Biostatistics specialization; are graduates recognized as "Biostatisticians"? If not, what are the typical jobs that one would be able to get from this specialization? If anyone was wondering, the two I've looked into are Queen's and Ottawa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovestruck Posted December 18, 2011 Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 I don't know how accurate this is but I have heard that Epi MSc's are hard to get into. From my understanding, Epi and Biostats are different degrees although there is large overlap. If you do an Epi MSc, you are an epidemiologist (some who studies the incidence and prevalence of disease in large populations and with detection of the source and cause of epidemics of infectious disease) and you use stats in many scenarios (hence you are sort of a "biostatian" as well). I see epi as biostats specialized in disease. Also, I had a prof in undergrad that worked for Health Canada and she talked about a hiring program for people with MSc's in Epi. You had to pass a very rigorous test that included a stats test that was quite difficult. They had 16 spots but could only fill 1 since only 1 kid passed the tests! This is all incidental info so take it for what it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted December 18, 2011 Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 I don't know how accurate this is but I have heard that Epi MSc's are hard to get into. From my understanding, Epi and Biostats are different degrees although there is large overlap. If you do an Epi MSc, you are an epidemiologist (some who studies the incidence and prevalence of disease in large populations and with detection of the source and cause of epidemics of infectious disease) and you use stats in many scenarios (hence you are sort of a "biostatian" as well). I see epi as biostats specialized in disease. Also, I had a prof in undergrad that worked for Health Canada and she talked about a hiring program for people with MSc's in Epi. You had to pass a very rigorous test that included a stats test that was quite difficult. They had 16 spots but could only fill 1 since only 1 kid passed the tests! This is all incidental info so take it for what it is! Rofl at a difficult test to get into Health Canada. I've consulted for them for about 4 years along with PHAC and i doubt there are that many who could pass anything remotely resembling rigorous. Cognitive thought isnt necessarily high on a government checklist for employment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearfuzz Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 Hey aaronjw, How did you like the consulting position? Are you an Epidemiologist? What exactly does the consulting position entail? does it pay well? Feel free to pm if you want considering my bombardment of questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keepontrying Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 I don't know how accurate this is but I have heard that Epi MSc's are hard to get into. From my understanding, Epi and Biostats are different degrees although there is large overlap. If you do an Epi MSc, you are an epidemiologist (some who studies the incidence and prevalence of disease in large populations and with detection of the source and cause of epidemics of infectious disease) and you use stats in many scenarios (hence you are sort of a "biostatian" as well). I see epi as biostats specialized in disease. Also, I had a prof in undergrad that worked for Health Canada and she talked about a hiring program for people with MSc's in Epi. You had to pass a very rigorous test that included a stats test that was quite difficult. They had 16 spots but could only fill 1 since only 1 kid passed the tests! This is all incidental info so take it for what it is! Are you referring to the field epi program? I don't know about the test but references and professional experience are probably more important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovestruck Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 I don't know much about this test, just that my prof said people needed to take it to get into a particular department/position with Health Canada. Essentially, the test was very stats heavy and that made the fail rate high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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