Welcome to CMC Biostatistics

Greetings!

Biostatistics involves development and application of statistical methods to scientific research in areas such as medicine, public and environmental health and genetics. Biostatisticians play an inevitable role in designing the studies, analyzing data, presenting findings and creating new methods for addressing problems. Biostatisticians interact and work in close collaboration with clinicians, basic scientists, and public health researchers.

The Department of Biostatistics was founded in 1964 with a mission to:

  1. Develop and apply statistical methods to tackle contemporary problems in health sciences,
  2. Collaborate and integrate with research programs of biomedical investigators from various research areas in public health and clinical medicine, and
  3. Run a first-class graduate program to train our next generation of Biostatisticians.... Read More

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Infrastructure

The current work area of Biostatistics department is about 1500 SQFT which includes space for faculty members, conference, library facility, store room and office... Read More

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Teaching and Training Program

Christian Medical College, Vellore was the first medical college in India, to offer Masters level course, M.Sc in Biostatistics in 1986. Demography and Research... Read More

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Milestones

Establishment of ICL Data Processing Unit. First research project of the Dept. of Biostatistics “Methods of evaluation of Primary Health Centres”, Supported... Read More