SC INBRE 2026 Biostatistics Summer Courses

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Choose from three one-week courses or take all three!

Four hours/day – 9 am to 11 am (lecture and discussion) and 1 to 3 pm (R lab and application).

Virtual or In-person at USC Columbia, Discovery Building Computing Lab, 4th floor, 915 Greene St., Suite 303B, Columbia 29208 (); Paid parking is available at the Innovista Parking Garage, 821 Park St., Columbia ().

Please note, there is a one-hour break for lunch. For those attending in person, although we will provide water, tea and coffee with some pastries in one of our conference rooms beside the lab, we will not be providing lunch. Either plan to bring your own or be aware that there are plenty of choices of eateries within a 5-minute walk of the location. No food is allowed in the Computer Lab.

Course Presenter: Dr. Alexander McLain, University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health, Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Register by May 22 (registration coming soon)

Space is limited –25 in-person and 25 virtual with priority given to SC INBRE participants. A waitlist will be formed once capacity is reached.

• Week 1 (June 1-5): Foundations of Data Science in R
• Week 2 (June 8-12): Statistical Modeling
• Week 3 (June 15-19): Bioinformatics & High-Dimensional Data

• 9 to 11 am: Lecture and discussion
• 1 to 3 pm: R Lab and application

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