REU Site: Program for Access to Training in Health Informatics (PATHI)

REU 网站：健康信息学培训计划 (PATHI)

• 批准号: 2348793
• 负责人: Kim Unertl
• 金额: $ 46.73万
• 依托单位: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-04-15 至 2027-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2348793&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Program; Access; Training

Health informatics is dynamic and fast-growing, but few undergraduate students know about career paths available in the field. The Program for Access to Training in Health Informatics (PATHI), an REU site at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN, seeks to address this gap by providing meaningful health informatics research experiences to undergraduate students. The project will train 10 undergraduate students in health informatics research in a 10-week program each summer. With guidance from faculty mentors, students will learn how to conduct innovative research at the intersection of computer science, basic science, social science, engineering, and health. These projects span a wide range of topics, from developing new computer programs to analyze highly complex medical and genetic data to evaluating the usability of health apps on phones. Students will also build professional skills to prepare for next steps in their education and the confidence to move forward in their careers as scientists.The REU Program for Access to Training in Health Informatics (REU-PATHI) Site will engage undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds in meaningful scientific research projects at the nexus of computational science, basic science, engineering, social science, and health. The program will also prepare them to become the next generation of researchers identifying, designing, developing, deploying, and studying innovative technology-based solutions for important health-related problems. Students will participate in research, mentoring, dissemination, and professional development. They will work directly with a faculty mentor and their research group on projects grouped into three focus areas: computationally-intensive topics, precision health, and human-technology interaction. The program will also provide opportunities for REU students to disseminate their research to peers, graduate students, faculty, and the field and will encourage students to submit their work to professional conferences and scientific journals. Connections between the REU-PATHI program and a high school internship program will inspire high school students considering STEM educational pathways. REU student projects also have the potential to contribute to improving individual and population health. The program will be rigorously evaluated to understand impact on students.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

健康信息学是动态和快速增长的，但是很少有本科生知道该领域可用的职业道路。田纳西州范德比尔特大学医学中心的REU网站获得健康信息学培训计划（PATHI）计划，试图通过为本科生提供有意义的健康信息学研究经验来解决这一差距。该项目将在每年夏天进行为期10周的计划中培训10名健康信息学研究的本科生。在教师导师的指导下，学生将学习如何在计算机科学，基础科学，社会科学，工程和健康的交汇处进行创新研究。这些项目涵盖了广泛的主题，从开发新的计算机程序到分析高度复杂的医学和遗传数据，再到评估手机上健康应用的可用性。学生还将建立专业技能，为他们的教育中的下一步做准备，并充满信心地继续担任科学家的职业。该计划还将为他们做好准备，使他们成为下一代研究人员，以识别，设计，开发，部署和研究基于技术与健康相关问题的创新解决方案。学生将参加研究，指导，传播和专业发展。他们将直接与教师导师及其研究小组合作，分为三个重点领域的项目：计算密集型主题，精确健康和人类技术互动。该计划还将为REU学生提供机会，将他们的研究传播给同龄人，研究生，教职员工和领域，并鼓励学生将其作品提交专业会议和科学期刊。 REU-PATHI计划与高中实习计划之间的联系将激发考虑STEM教育途径的高中生。 REU学生项目也有可能为改善个人和人口健康做出贡献。该计划将经过严格的评估，以了解对学生的影响。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛影响的审查标准来评估值得支持的。