AMAUTA HEALTH INFORMATICS RESEARCH AND TRAINING PROGRAM

描述（由申请人提供）： 拟议的全球卫生信息学培训计划将包括在五年时间内开展的几项活动1）在秘鲁为30-50名参与者举办两个基础信息学短期课程2）在西雅图进行短期信息学技能培训，重点是基因组学和资源获取技能建设3）通过医学院的生物医学和健康信息学项目，在博士后或科学硕士水平上进行信息学的长期培训。除短期课程参加者外，还将培训6名学者。目前从事研究的四名学者将接受重点突出的技能建设技术培训，六名学者将被招募并在华盛顿大学接受更长期（2-3年）的博士后或科学硕士培训。据设想，这一培训方案将促进发展UPCH的能力，以继续发挥其作为领先的生物医学研究机构的作用，并在秘鲁建立一个卫生信息学研究活动之家。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed training program in Informatics for Global Health will consist of several activities carried out over a five year period 1) two short courses for 30-50 participants in basic informatics to be held in Peru 2) short term skills based training in informatics in Seattle with emphasis on genomics and resource access skills building 3) long term training in Informatics at the post doctoral or Masters of Science level through the Biomedical and Health Informatics program at the School of Medicine. Six scholars will be trained in addition to the short course participants. Four scholars now engaged in research will receive focused, skills building technical training and six scholars will be recruited and enrolled for longer term (2-3 year) post doctoral or Masters of Science training at the University of Washington. It is envisioned that this training program will foster the development of the capacity of UPCH to continue its role as a leading biomedical research institution and also to create a home to health informatics research activity in Peru.