About Us

Department of Biostatistics & Informatics

The Department of Biostatistics & Informatics is focused on teaching, research, and service regarding the proper design and analyses of biomedical and biological studies. Our faculty and staff apply research-based solutions to benefit Colorado and the world. Our programs prepare students for research and applied careers throughout a variety of methodological and collaborative areas, including cancer research, causal inference, clinical trials, epidemiologic studies, genomics, health services, and neuroimaging.

Join our current students who call our department their academic home. Along with an outstanding learning experience, we promise personal and individual attention to each student.

About the field


Biostatistics provides the essential analytical methods necessary for public health and medical research. Biostatisticians formulate scientific questions, plan and evaluate study designs, collect and interpret data, and managed procedures. Through a combination of statistics, probability, mathematics and computing skills, biostatisticians are a necessary component to all biomedical research. They ensure that research is on a solid statistical footing while improving health and reducing illness.

From new technologies and experiments to study designs, there are many new advances in biomedical research everyday. Datasets are exploding in size. Biostatisticians are needed to develop statistical methods for clinical trials, observational studies, longitudinal studies and genomics.

Our history