Shape the Future of Medical Research and Public Health with Advanced Statistical Expertise.
Medical statisticians are pivotal to the success of medical research and the development of new treatments. They design and analyse clinical trials, evaluate public health initiatives, and identify the causes and risk factors of diseases. Here at Lancaster, our world-leading researchers provide you with a firm foundation in statistical theory alongside both classical and modern practical techniques. This specialist knowledge allows you to graduate with the contemporary skills need to contribute to evidence-based decision-making in health and medical research.
With a growing demand for medical statisticians, this MSc Medical Statistics is the gateway to making a difference in the future of global health.
Who is this programme for?
The MSc in Medical Statistics is ideal for those with an undergraduate background in Mathematics or Statistics, or other quantitative disciplines which provide a strong grounding in probability and linear algebra.
Looking ahead to employability
Our Master’s degrees in statistics are long established and many of our graduates work in leading industries and research. Often, our graduates already have employment secured before they graduate, such is the demand for highly skilled medical statisticians. You will develop:
- Your technical and mathematical aptitude
- Confidence in your computing expertise through application to data analysis and manipulation, problem-solving and quantitative reasoning
- The ability to devise appropriate designs for medical studies to ensure the research question can be answered in a definitive and efficient manner, avoiding sources of bias
- Effective communication of statistical results to specialist and non-specialist audiences
- An awareness of ethical issues in the design and analysis of medical studies and the responsibilities of medical statisticians within a research team
What to expect
Build your statistical foundations and develop your ability to apply statistical models as a data science with core training in statistical inference, algorithms, and computing. Focusing on the critical skills required for the medical and pharmaceutical industries, you will determine the appropriate sample size for a clinical trial to ensure it has the correct statistical power, explore design and analysis-based study designs to avoid confounder bias in epidemiological studies, model the effects of covariates on survival outcomes and determine the appropriate correlation structure to model longitudinal data. This specialised training provides you with the expertise needed to tackle the statistical challenges of modern healthcare.
Over the summer, you will work on an individual dissertation project, selected from a range of topics and supervised by leading experts. With opportunities to collaborate with industry partners, your dissertation will allow you to apply your skills to real-world medical challenges, cementing your knowledge and research abilities.
Three things our statistics students would like you to know
- You will become proficient in coding in R and Python
- You may have the opportunity to base your dissertation on a project set by an industry partner
- Many past graduates of our Master’s programme are now leaders, or future leaders, in medical and pharmaceutical research both in industry and academia.
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