Medical Imaging Informatics Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）： 该补助金的目的是支持下一代科学家在医学成像信息学的培训。生物医学信息学的下一个重大挑战将是支持新的知识发现：因此，该培训计划的应用领域将是支持临床和转化研究的信息学。除了现有的信息学研究之外，还需要一系列学科（计算机科学，应用数学，统计学，医学）的基础理论和发展，以促进这种信息学研究，并且必须融入前瞻性的培训计划。该计划进一步侧重于成像信息学：随着现在普遍使用成像作为客观记录和理解人类疾病的体内方法，在获取，理解和使用这些数据以创造新的见解方面出现了新的和独特的研究挑战。 从目前的UCLA NLM培训补助金在基于成像的医学信息学，博士（PhD）和博士后培训的发展是通过批准的学位授予轨道在医学成像信息学在UCLA生物医学工程跨部门计划提供。该计划包括一个全面的一年核心课程，提供了对生物医学信息学（医疗数据标准和信息架构;知识表示;医疗决策;信息提取/检索;生物信息学）的广泛理解以及医学图像采集，标准化和内容理解的基本原则。进一步专业化是通过随后的选修课程，提供在给定的信息学领域的专业知识。重要的是，该计划强调信息学研究及其后续 应用，要求学员进行新颖和创新的调查，作为课程的一部分， study.核心教师来自UCLA医学院、工程学院、文学与科学学院和信息研究学院的跨学科研究人员。该计划将能够利用其核心教师和整个UCLA校园的广泛生物医学和信息学努力，为学生提供众多的研究机会。此外，该培训计划将支持本科生的短期暑期培训，以鼓励对生物医学和成像信息学研究生工作的兴趣。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of this grant is to support training of the upcoming generation of scientists in medical imaging informatics. The next significant challenge in biomedical informatics will be to support new knowledge discovery: thus, the application domain of this training program will be on informatics in support of clinical and translational research. In addition to existing informatics research, fundamental theories and developments from a spectrum of disciplines (computer science, applied math, statistics, medicine) will be required to facilitate such informatics research, and must be integrated into a forward-looking training program. This program further focuses on imaging informatics: with the now ubiquitous usage of imaging as an in vivo method for objectively documenting and understanding human disease, new and unique research challenges arise in the acquisition, the understanding, and the usage of such data towards creating novel insights. Evolving from the current UCLA NLM training grant in imaging-based medical informatics, doctoral (PhD) and postdoctoral training are offered through an approved degree-granting track in medical imaging informatics in the UCLA Biomedical Engineering Interdepartmental Program. The program consists of a comprehensive one year core curriculum that provides a breadth of understanding in biomedical informatics (medical data standards and information architectures; knowledge representation; medical decision making; information extraction/ retrieval; bioinformatics) and the underlying principles of medical image acquisition, standardization, and content understanding. Further specialization is achieved through subsequent elective courses that provide expertise in a given informatics area. Importantly, the program stresses informatics research and its subsequent application, requiring trainees to conduct novel and innovative investigations as part of the course of study. Core faculty are drawn from an interdisciplinary group of researchers in the UCLA Schools of Medicine, Engineering, Letters & Sciences, and Information Studies. This program will be able to leverage the wide array of biomedical and informatics endeavors from its core faculty and across the UCLA campus to provide students with numerous opportunities for research. Additionally, this training program will support short-term summer training for undergraduate students to encourage interest in biomedical and imaging informatics graduate work.