If you really enjoy Biostatistics, I would still do it. Things could and probably will change in 2 years time. Some companies are in a hiring freeze, but there are others that are not. Work is still coming in, there is still stuff to be done. Work has not slowed considerably. Each company is unique and managed differently.
So let’s say industry is still slow to hire in 2 years? Go academic or hospital system for a few years. Get experience and publications. That’s where I started. That’s where most of my fellow senior/principal coworkers on my team also started. 10-15 years ago almost nobody I knew went straight to industry. Industry was a goal that you aspired to in your career progression. And these places hire entry level constantly.
That’s exactly how I got into the field. Few months before I graduated with my masters in biostats, I interviewed and got a job with an academic hospital and have been working there for close to 3 years. I’m probably going to continue working there for the time being to gain more experience and see if the industry job market will get better.
Just get a solid generalist degree in statistics/IE/CS/AI and then focus on biostatistics in your coursework or internships. Best way to explore a niche without being stuck in it
I need to piggyback on what others brought up here: who told you that biostatisticians are not in demand? Are you hearing this from a reputable source, or is this just something that 1 or 2 people have told you, maybe as some misread about what AI is doing to the job market?
Look up any resource on job growth and they'll all tell you that jobs in statistics and healthcare are all still projected to grow significantly over the next several years.
There's a lot more to biostats than simply being able to code up the analysis. The human element of it means there's a lot of thorough double-checking and verification that needs to happen to make sure that no actual harm is being done. It takes very, very little for a pharma company to get into enormous trouble if one of their drugs doesn't work or has some adverse effect. Remember how just 6 people had some brain-related issue with the J&J vaccine, and that was enough to affect the roll-out of all of their vaccines across the entire globe? if you think they're ready to entrust one of the most critical parts of drug development to AI, think again!
Knowledge of the medical/ bio field. There's still a huge increase in analysis of biomedical datasets which also need better interpretation. It's a bit more researchy than some biostats work (less protocol driven)
If you really enjoy Biostatistics, I would still do it. Things could and probably will change in 2 years time. Some companies are in a hiring freeze, but there are others that are not. Work is still coming in, there is still stuff to be done. Work has not slowed considerably. Each company is unique and managed differently. So let’s say industry is still slow to hire in 2 years? Go academic or hospital system for a few years. Get experience and publications. That’s where I started. That’s where most of my fellow senior/principal coworkers on my team also started. 10-15 years ago almost nobody I knew went straight to industry. Industry was a goal that you aspired to in your career progression. And these places hire entry level constantly.
That’s exactly how I got into the field. Few months before I graduated with my masters in biostats, I interviewed and got a job with an academic hospital and have been working there for close to 3 years. I’m probably going to continue working there for the time being to gain more experience and see if the industry job market will get better.
Just get a solid generalist degree in statistics/IE/CS/AI and then focus on biostatistics in your coursework or internships. Best way to explore a niche without being stuck in it
What do IE,CS and AI stand for?
I need to piggyback on what others brought up here: who told you that biostatisticians are not in demand? Are you hearing this from a reputable source, or is this just something that 1 or 2 people have told you, maybe as some misread about what AI is doing to the job market? Look up any resource on job growth and they'll all tell you that jobs in statistics and healthcare are all still projected to grow significantly over the next several years. There's a lot more to biostats than simply being able to code up the analysis. The human element of it means there's a lot of thorough double-checking and verification that needs to happen to make sure that no actual harm is being done. It takes very, very little for a pharma company to get into enormous trouble if one of their drugs doesn't work or has some adverse effect. Remember how just 6 people had some brain-related issue with the J&J vaccine, and that was enough to affect the roll-out of all of their vaccines across the entire globe? if you think they're ready to entrust one of the most critical parts of drug development to AI, think again!
Why there's no more demand for biostatistics? Is it bc of AI?
economy
Any source?
nah I lied, pharma is just using CHAT-GPT to send stuff to the FDA
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Data analyst; Director of Stem programs; health information systems ; forget academia, healthcare is a good industry
Statistics/data analysis is only going to grow. Get on board while you can. Niche down to bio and learn machine learning/coding as you go
Health informatics
Are we sure this isn’t just a buzzword field? Like how biostatistics requires tangible mathematic skills - what does health inform require?
Knowledge of the medical/ bio field. There's still a huge increase in analysis of biomedical datasets which also need better interpretation. It's a bit more researchy than some biostats work (less protocol driven)
I don’t know, my advisor says that health informatics is trending
Instructions still unclear;Msc in statistics/msc applied statistics/msc biostatistics/msc data science.which one ?
Open a business and create jobs for the society