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Saturday, June 3, 2023

Everyone's Into Data

As we noted in a recent posting, UC-Berkeley has set up a whole data college, approved by the Regents.* Everyone else is in one way or another joining the rush:

From the Bruin: The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health announced it will offer a new master’s degree in data science in health. The degree program, launched by the school’s biostatistics department, aims to address challenges in data science specific to health-related data, including the design and analysis of clinical trials, said Sudipto Banerjee, chair of the Department of Biostatistics. Hua Zhou, the program’s director, said courses will have both in-person and online components, allowing people employed full-time to enroll in the program along with recent graduates.

Ron Brookmeyer, dean of the School of Public Health, said in an emailed statement that with the increased prominence of electronic health data, he believes it is important to provide students and professionals with the skills to work with it...

Full story at https://dailybruin.com/2023/05/31/school-of-public-health-announces-new-masters-degree-in-data-science-in-health.

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*http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2023/05/you-can-bet-other-uc-chancellors-are.html.

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