Virginia Commonwealth University

Integration of Mixtures Toxicology and Statistics
Chris Gennings, Ph.D.
Department of Biostatistics
Predoctoral Training
T32 ES07334

The objective of this training program is to train biostatisticians to work in interdisciplinary collaborative teams addressing the problems associated with explaining the effects of chemical mixtures and gain an understanding of and experience working on statistical issues of mixtures of chemicals. Trainees are Ph.D. students in the Department of Biostatistics at the Medical College of Virginia campus of Virginia Commonwealth University, where they will pursue doctoral training in the discipline of biostatistics. Additional expertise will be achieved through work on dissertation topics that are pertinent to the field of mixtures and through externships with toxicologists and/or risk assessors actively working in the area of chemical mixtures. Through these externship programs, students gain experience collaborating with a team of experts working on studies involving chemical mixtures. Trainees assist in the design of mixture studies, conduct appropriate power analyses, analyze resulting data and write reports for the preceptor with proper interpretation of the results. In addition, trainees collaborate with biostatisticians who are developing statistical methodology for issues involved in the design and analysis of data resulting from studies of mixtures of chemicals and who are conducting analyses of data from mixture studies.

E-mail contact: gennings@hsc.vcu.edu