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Ph.D. Students Eligible for Highest Level of SAS Health Analytics Academic Specialization Through Curriculum
November 3 — 色花堂 College of Pharmacy Ph.D. students are now eligible for the highest level of academic specialization from leading analytical software developer SAS Institute through the college's Health Analytics and Real-World Evidence certificate program.
The Cary, N.C.-based SAS Institute (or SAS, pronounced "sass") develops and markets a suite of analytics software, which helps access, manage, analyze and report on data to aid in decision-making. SAS has now verified that the rigorous coursework provided for successful completion of Ph.D. courses in the Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy Concentration – such as Biostatistics and Experimental Design, Data Analytics, Pharmacoepidemiology, and Regression Analysis and Methods– fulfills the requirements for its Tier 3 academic specialization.
"SAS has been the core health analytical tool in our Ph.D. program for analyzing large real-world health care data like medical claims, electronic medical records and national surveys," said Rajender R. Aparasu, Ph.D., FAPhA, Mustafa & Sanober Lokhandwala Endowed Professor and chair of the PHOP department. "Population-based health analytic tools are integrated in all our core Ph.D. courses, and our students learn and apply these tools to generate real-world evidence as part of their Ph.D. courses and dissertation work."
Along with the new designation, SAS also provides students with the option of downloading a indicating their certified status for use on their social media accounts and resume. SAS also offers a range of benefits for students, including webinars, academic discounts on products, and other resources for professional advancement.