
Taught vs Research Master’s: Funding, PhD Entry & an 8-Question Checklist
ApplyKite Editorial 3 Nov 2026
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Universities with open PhD positions in biostatistics in the United States include Emory University, University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) and University of California, San Francisco.
Emory University
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Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health is inviting applications for a Fall 2027 PhD in Biostatistics. The program offers advanced training in biostatistics and statistical methodology within a public-health research environment. Students can pursue research across artificial intelligence and machine learning, epidemiology and infectious disease modelling, Bayesian statistics, causal inference, spatial statistics, longitudinal data analysis, statistical genetics and genomics, clinical...
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University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)
United States
1 week ago
Applications are open for Fall 2027 admission to the MPH, MS, and PhD programs in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). This opportunity is aimed at students interested in public health, epidemiology, biostatistics, and maternal and child health epidemiology. The post notes tuition benefits for eligible out-of-state students and indicates that applications are open to both domestic and international applicants. Programs mentioned: MPH, MS, and PhD. A specifi...
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University of California, San Francisco
United States
2 weeks ago
Two research opportunities are highlighted in this post: a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Stress Mechanisms and Mental Health at University of California San Francisco (UCSF) , and two PhD positions in Protein Engineering and Biomineralization at Arizona State University . The UCSF fellowship is associated with Dr. Aric Prather and focuses on stress mechanisms , mental health , and health research methods . Preferred experience includes biostatistics , R/Python , or Linux . The post explicitly state...
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University of Florida
United States
2 weeks ago
Fully funded PhD position in Public Health at the University of Florida in the Waddell Lab, Department of Environmental and Global Health . The project focus is infectious disease and environmental surveillance , with possible research directions including HCV testing for unhoused populations , pet dogs as environmental sentinels , extreme heat impacts , low-cost mosquito-borne illness detection , and the relationship between housing instability and infectious disease. This PhD is described as f...
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University of Pennsylvania
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United States
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Fully funded PhD opportunity in Epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania , School of Medicine (Perelman School of Medicine), in the United States . The programme is described as a PhD in Epidemiology with research directions in advanced epidemiological methods, biostatistics , causal inference, clinical epidemiology, population health, health equity, health services research, implementation science, clinical trials, cohort studies, and biomedical data science. Funding is stated as fellowsh...
3 weeks ago
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
United States
3 weeks ago
PhD opportunity in Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the United States . The program covers research areas ranging from infectious disease to aging and clinical trials . Many students also complete the concurrent MHS in Biostatistics , and the PhD typically takes about 4–4.5 years . Students may switch research areas after enrollment. Funding: 100% tuition support for up to four years, health insurance, the health clinic fee, and an NIH pre-doctoral level stipend...
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Rollins School of Public Health
United States
4 weeks ago
PhD opportunity at SRM School of Public Health for research at the intersection of chronic disease epidemiology , non-communicable diseases (NCDs) , population health , risk prediction , machine learning , artificial intelligence , health data science , and digital health . The post invites motivated candidates for upcoming PhD admissions under the guidance of Prakash M . The research themes include chronic disease epidemiology, NCDs, large-scale health datasets, real-world health data, predicti...
4 weeks ago
University of Florida
United States
1 month ago
Dr. Zhigang Xie is recruiting PhD students for August 2027 at the University of Florida in Health Services Research through the X Lab / HSR-ADRD . This is a fully funded PhD opportunity with a 4-year package and a 20-hour/week RA/TA assignment. The research focus includes healthcare policy , cost , quality , and access , as well as work on Alzheimer's disease and related dementias , aging and cancer , end-of-life care , and health disparities . The lab uses EHR data , medical claims , surveys , ...
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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
United States
1 month ago
Rony Zhang at the Zhang Lab, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York City, United States), is advertising PhD openings for Fall 2027 in Food Is Medicine research for liver and metabolic health . The lab’s research interests include diet , gut and oral microbiome , multi-omics , epidemiology , and biostatistics . This is a strong fit for students interested in nutrition-related biomedical research, microbiome science, and population/quantitative approaches to disease prevention and heal...
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Iowa State University
United States
4 weeks ago
PhD or MS Graduate Assistantship in Fisheries at Iowa State University This funded research assistantship focuses on fisheries , invasive carp , and native fish ecology , including movement ecology , population dynamics , and analysis of large acoustic telemetry databases from the Missouri and Mississippi basins. The project includes species such as sturgeon and Blue Suckers and offers a strong collaborative environment with graduate and undergraduate students plus state and federal agency partn...
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Duke University
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Duke University is inviting applications for a Postdoctoral Associate in Statistical Science under the mentorship of Professor Eric Laber . The position sits at the intersection of reinforcement learning and statistics , with a research agenda focused on statistical methodology for the design and analysis of micro-randomized trials and experimental designs for Markov decision processes . The postdoctoral researcher will contribute to method development, algorithm design, software implementation,...
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Johns Hopkins University
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Open postdoctoral position in Scientific Machine Learning and Computational Biology at Johns Hopkins University , posted by Suryanarayana Maddu (Assistant Professor in Applied Mathematics & Statistics). This opportunity is aimed at researchers with interests in machine learning methods for scientific problems, computational biology, applied mathematics, and statistics. The post does not list detailed eligibility criteria, but it is explicitly a postdoctoral opening, so applicants should be prepa...
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Estimated costs in United States.
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![]() Groceries Basic food shopping for one student per year | $3.0k $3,000/yr |
![]() Clothing Basic clothing and seasonal needs per year | $1.5k $1,500/yr |
![]() Books & Academic Supplies Textbooks, stationery, and academic materials per year | $800 $800/yr |
![]() Housing Shared flats and off-campus rentals per year | $12.0k $12,000/yr |
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University of Maryland
United States
Systems Neuroscience
Computational Neuroscience
Neuroscience
Fmri
Brain-computer Interface
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
United States
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Biomedical Applications
Clinical Application
Health Physics
Professor
Princeton University
United States
Petrochemical Engineering
Biochemical Engineering
Biorefinery
Scheduling Theory
Chemical Engineering
Assistant Professor
Yale School of Public Health
United States
Biostatistics
Statistics
Cohort Study
Causal Inference
Pilot Study
Associate Professor
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health
United States
Biostatistics
Cardiology
Genome-wide Association
Gwas
Medical Science
Associate Professor
University of Arizona
United States
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Meta-analysis
Cross-sectional Study
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