Medical Statistics
Medical Statistics, or Biostatistics, is the study of human health and disease.
Subject overview
Medical statisticians detect and monitor disease and evaluate treatments. The main focus to this work is research, which sees medical statisticians design, implement and analyse clinical studies and present their findings in reports or publications.
The role of a medical statistician is integral to public health education and policy making.
Where can Medical Statistics take you?
Medical statisticians work in public health and universities, as well as the private sector in epidemiology and the pharmaceutical industry.