Boston-Area Research Training Program in Biomedical Informatics

描述（由申请人提供）：哈佛信息学培训计划（HITP）的这一建议认识到，生物医学信息学领域是一个越来越相关的，如果不是必不可少的，在健康科学的医学和研究领域。因此，该提案的主要目的是为生物医学信息学领域训练有素的独立和成功的研究人员做出贡献。哈佛符合当前国家医学图书馆（NLM）RFA的所有要求，该标准侧重于与健康相关应用领域直接相关的基本信息学领域。我们的研究实验室，真实世界的临床系统，研究活动，正式的学术课程和经验丰富的教师的广度和深度提供了一个优秀的环境，指导和指导学员在所有四个NLM确定的重点领域-医疗保健/临床信息学，翻译生物信息学，临床研究信息学和公共卫生信息学。受训人员不仅在课堂上，而且通过在实验室研究环境中的直接经验，在基础信息学方法和每个重点领域接受深入培训。 我们的建议建立在我们多年的NLM奖学金培训的优势之上，并通过三项创新来扩展和改进我们成功的计划，大大增强了该计划。HITP计划1）将所有主要的哈佛信息学实验室合并到位于哈佛医学院校园中心的哈佛生物医学信息学中心（CBMI）的保护伞下，为HITP活动提供专用空间; 2）包括一个研究研讨会-要求所有学员每学期在他们的培训-这是一个焦点，为所有HITP学员和导师之间的持续互动，无论他们的实验室设置; 3）通过新成立的哈佛医学院生物医学信息学医学科学硕士（MMSC）提供基础学术培训。 我们要求每年支持15名NLM学员，其中12名为博士后，3名为博士前。正式的学术部分包括哈佛MMSC为所有博士后学员，并通过电气工程和计算机科学的麻省理工学院，其中哈佛培训计划已完全整合多年的博士学位。HITP计划包括四个相互关联的组成部分：1）正式课程，2）研究导师，3）论文项目，4）指导研究补助金。学员在整个培训期间的整体进展情况受到密切监测。学员定期通过他们的课程工作和通过他们的研究项目的进展进行评估。论文委员会确保论文的进展，并定期鼓励学员提交论文供出版。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal for the Harvard Informatics Training Program (HITP) recognizes that the field of biomedical informatics is an increasingly relevant, if not essential, field for medicine and research in the health sciences. As such, the primary aim of this proposal is to contribute to the cadre of highly-trained independent and successful researchers in the field of biomedical informatics. Harvard meets all requirements of the current National Library of Medicine (NLM) RFA, which focuses on those basic informatics areas that directly pertain to health-related application domains. The breadth and depth of our research laboratories, real-world clinical systems, research activities, formal academic programs, and experienced faculty provide an outstanding environment to mentor and instruct trainees in all four of the NLM-identified focus areas - healthcare/clinical informatics, translational bioinformatics, clinical research informatics, and public health informatics. Trainees receive in-depth training in foundational informatics methodologies and in each of the focus areas not only in the classroom setting but also through direct experience in the laboratory research setting. Our proposal builds on the strengths of our many years of NLM fellowship training and extends and improves our successful program through three innovations that considerably enhance the program. The HITP program 1) consolidates all of the major Harvard informatics laboratories under the umbrella of the Harvard Center for Biomedical Informatics (CBMI), centrally located on the Harvard Medical School campus, with dedicated space for HITP activities; 2) includes a research seminar - required of all trainees each semester throughout their training - that is a focal point for sustained interactions among all HITP trainees and mentors, regardless of their laboratory setting; 3) provides foundational academic training through the newly established Harvard Medical School Master in Medical Science (MMSc) in Biomedical Informatics. We request support for fifteen NLM trainees each year, 12 at the postdoctoral level and 3 at the predoctoral level. The formal academic component includes the Harvard MMSc for all postdoctoral trainees, and the PhD degree through the MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, with which the Harvard training program has been fully integrated for many years. The HITP program consists of four interrelated components: 1) formal coursework, 2) research mentorship, 3) thesis project, 4) mentored research grant. Trainees' overall progression throughout the training period is closely monitored. Trainees are regularly evaluated through their course work and through progress on their research projects. Progress on the thesis is ensured by the thesis committee, and trainees are regularly encouraged to submit papers for publication.