The UCBC remit is to position the University of Calgary as a leader in the development and application of biostatistical methodology for research problems on the cutting edge of biomedical research. Emphasis will be placed on analyzing so-called big data problems, and high-end computational and ‘statistical learning’ techniques (data science), in the context of, many of University’s existing strengths; for example, bioinformatics, genetics, infectious disease epidemiology, kinesiology, population ecology, and clinical trials.