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The Department of Biostatistics in the Gillings School of Global Public Health has a distinguished past, a celebrated present, and a bright future. With a commitment to groundbreaking research, excellence in training students, and public health service, the department has established its role as a leader in the biostatistics community. The department is committed to its mission “to forge dramatic advances in health science research that benefit human health in North Carolina, the US and globally, through the development of profound and paradigm-shifting innovations in biostatistical technology and the thoughtful implementation of biostatistical methodology to solve public health problems” (“The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Biostatistics,” 2007).
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The authors are grateful for helpful conversations with Drs. Clarence (Ed) Davis, James Grizzle, Gary Koch, Pranab Sen, and Chirayath Suchindran. Information was also obtained from video recordings of Drs. Bernard Greenberg, Ed Davis, and James Grizzle, including the fiftieth anniversary celebration. The Carolina Public Health magazine (Fall 2008, Volume 1 Number 5) provided valuable information. The authors appreciate helpful suggestions from the reviewers which led to substantial improvement.
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Monaco, J.H., Cai, J., LaVange, L.M., Kosorok, M.R. (2012). The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Biostatistics. In: Agresti, A., Meng, XL. (eds) Strength in Numbers: The Rising of Academic Statistics Departments in the U. S.. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3649-2_33
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