📍 Location: Hanover, New Hampshire
📆 Founded: QBS program launched in 2009
🏫 Institution Type: Ivy League – Graduate School within Geisel School of Medicine

🔍 HighPath Summary

Dartmouth’s Quantitative Biomedical Sciences (QBS) program is an interdisciplinary graduate program focused on data science, biostatistics, genomics, epidemiology, and health systems. This program is ideal for students driven by discovery, quantitative thinking, and data-informed decision-making in healthcare and biomedical research. Personality types such as INTJ, ISTP, ENTP, and INFP may thrive in this analytical, mission-driven environment.

🎓 Academic Snapshot

• Program Types: PhD, Master's (MS), Accelerated Master’s (12 months), Certificates

• Student-Faculty Ratio: Low mentorship-to-student ratio

• Application Deadline: Varies by program (PhD – December)

• GRE: Optional

• Funding: Full funding for PhD students

📚 Core Disciplines

• Biostatistics

• Data Science

• Epidemiology

• Bioinformatics

• Health Services Research

• Computational Biology

🚀 Signature Opportunities

• Collaborative Research with Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, and The Dartmouth Institute

• Industry and Policy Focus: Real-world exposure to biotech, pharma, and public health sectors

• Flexible Curriculum to tailor training toward research, academia, industry, or policy

🏅 Recognition & Impact

• Ivy League prestige with small, research-driven cohorts

• High faculty engagement and interdisciplinary mentorship

• Graduates placed in top institutions, biotech firms, and government agencies

🧬 Personality Fit

Students who thrive here often demonstrate:

• High analytical ability and a desire to work at the intersection of data and medicine

• An interest in using quantitative methods to impact health outcomes and systems

• Independent thinking, collaborative instincts, and scientific curiosity
  Great fit for: INTJ, ISTP, ENTP, INFP

🧭 Campus & Culture

• Located in scenic Hanover, NH—supportive, intellectually rigorous environment

• Access to Dartmouth’s Ivy League resources and research labs

• Close-knit graduate community focused on collaboration and applied impact

🌿 Innovation & Ethics

• Emphasis on ethical applications of data in healthcare

• Faculty working on cutting-edge public health and biomedical challenges