Key Student Resources
PhD Student Handbook
Information on PhD program requirements, expectations, exams, advising, etc. (BSPH ID Required)
ScM/MHS Student Handbook
Information on ScM and MHS program requirements, expectations, exams, advising, etc. (BSPH ID Required)
Student Learning Groups
The Department has two student-run learning clubs: Computing/Journal Club and the Biostatistics Student Organization (BSO)
Johns Hopkins Biostatistics Center
The JHBC offers free Friday online clinics to help students with data issues related to their theses, dissertations, and research.
General Department Resources
Department SharePoint
A complete list of Department resources are available on our Department SharePoint page (BSPH ID Required).
Monday Seminar Series
Join us for our weekly seminars led by biostatistics experts, covering a wide-range of topics.
JHPCE
The Joint High Performance Computing Exchange is a High-Performance Computing (HPC) facility in the Department.
Department Accomplishments
Have you recently received an award or recognition? Had an accomplishment others should know about? The Biostatistics Department wants to know!
Additional Resources
- Working Groups: Working Groups meet regularly in a variety of intellectual meeting formats including research-in-progress sessions, topical seminars, and working discussion
- Biostat PhD Advanced Topic Seminar Series
- Key Data Science Classes: A curated list of key data science classes taught in the Department of Biostatistics.
- Subgrants: Please send all subgrant requests and information via email.
Campus Resources
- JHU Alerts: Up-to-date alerts on JHU operations such as winter weather closures.
- Transportation: Find out how to get to and around the campus, from parking to the JHU shuttles that run throughout Baltimore.
- JHU SafeRide/Free Lyft Services: This service was created to provide safe travel between your home and school for Johns Hopkins University pre-doctoral students of SOM, SON or BSPH who live near the Johns Hopkins East Baltimore medical campus.
- BSPH Room Reservations (BSPH ID Required): When possible, requests should be submitted three to four weeks in advance (eight weeks in advance if utilizing Marketing and Communications support). Requests will only be scheduled up to one year in advance.
- BSPH Live Room Availability (BSPH ID Required): To check availability before placing a room request.
- JHU Writing Center: The Writing Center offers Bloomberg School students enrolled in degree programs free, individual sessions on their writing with experienced tutors.
- BSPH Career Services: Career Planning for Students
- Student Licensed Zoom Accounts (BSPH ID Required): Obtain a licensed Zoom account free of charge.
Educational Materials & Databases
- JHU Databases: Databases provide access to journal articles, newspapers, audio and video recordings, data sets, dissertations, and more.
- Johns Hopkins Library Search: Search Catalyst for books, articles, journals, digital media, and more within JH Libraries collections plus subscription databases and journal collections.
- Welch Medical Library (Johns Hopkins Health Institutions)
- Functional Data Analysis with R: Consists of the development of robust statistical methods and reproducible software for model implementation and visualization
- Methods in Biostatistics with R: A Rigorous and Practical Treatment of Biostatistics Foundations using R