There are only two PhD biostat acceptances, from UF (RA $20000/year)and Emory(FL $23000/year), how to choose?
I know the program in Emory is a nice program and ranked 12th according to this: .?do=embed' frameborder='0' data-embedContent> Emory locates in a nice city(Atlanta) and near CDC. There are many more professors in Biostatistics department. And Rollins school of public health is very famous. (Emory rank 6th in public health school according to this: http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-health-schools/public-health-rankings )
But I email to several faculties in UF. They said Biostat in UF the new department so there is no rank in USNews. However, they are also very competitive. Their senior faculty members, in particular Drs Ira Longini, Peihua Qiu, Fei Zou and Faming Liang are internationally recognized top researchers who have had many student now in faculty positions. Also, They are expanding as they are recruiting more junior and senior faculty, especially this year. Their PhD students take core courses with the statistics department at UF, which is traditionally strong ( rank 22 or 23 according to ).
Any comments are very welcomed, like the pros and cons for each of them? Any professor here?
Thanks! I appreciate that very much.
department link:
http://www.sph.emory.edu/departments_centers/bios/index.html
http://biostat.ufl.edu
