the summer institute for training in biostatistics (sibs) with a concentration in biostatistics research in disease and genetic epidemiology (bridge) at washington university in st louis will run june 6th to july 15th, 2011. part of 8 sites sponsored by the nih, participates will gain hands-on experience working with real data collected in internationally recognized studies as they design and work on projects in small groups while learning from practicing biostatisticians, epidemiologists and statistical geneticists.