About BUGS

bugslogoThis website is intended to provide additional resources for the Biostatistics Union of Graduate Students (BUGS) at the Division of Biostatistics, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto.

 



The Biostatistics Union of Graduate Students (BUGS) was founded by biostatistics students for biostatistics students. Our mandate is to represent the interests of the students within our department and the school, as well as to provide a sense of community for our students. Our executive is made up of student volunteers and our monthly meetings are open to all students who wish to help out.

BUGS and the department encourage students to have work-life balance. In this respect, BUGS holds various social events throughout the year to encourage students to take some time out of their coursework for a little fun. In the past, we have organized various social events for both the students and faculty, including picnics, potlucks, board game/movie nights and Halloween/holiday parties.

In addition to social events, BUGS organizes a student-led seminar series that is aimed at providing tools that students feel would benefit them. Students are encouraged to suggest ideas for possible seminar topics, as well as to volunteer to present such topics. Our introductory R and SAS seminars, held at the beginning of every school year, are open to all public health graduate students. Since the biostatistics program admits students from a wide spectrum of backgrounds, these seminars aim to teach the basic coding skills needed in our program so that no student feels left behind.

BUGS wishes everyone a great school year, and hopes to see everyone at the next event!

                                                                                           Larry & Rose
                                                                                           BUGS Co-Presidents

BUGS Executive Committee 2019-2020:
Co-Presidents: Larry Dong & Rose Garrett
Secretary: Eric Sanders
Seminar Co-Chairs: Fatema Johara & Mei Dong
Social Co-Chairs: Jocelyn (Ziming) Chen & Jiayin Chen
Webmasters/Communications: Michelle Wu & Luis Felipe Ledesma Vega
Treasurer: Larry Dong
Public Health Students Association (PHSA) PhD Representatives: Sanjot Grewal & Eric Sanders
Public Health Students Association (PHSA) MSc Representatives: Jocelyn (Ziming) Chen & Jiayin Chen
Liaison: Rose Garrett

If you have any questions about the Biostatistics program or our student community, feel free to contact Rose (rose.garrett@mail.utoronto.ca) or Larry (larry.dong@mail.utoronto.ca)!