UTAH - TEXAS BRIDGE TO BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS DOCTORATE

犹他州 - 德克萨斯州生物医学信息学博士学位桥梁

• 批准号: 7660363
• 负责人: JOYCE A MITCHELL
• 金额: $ 20.2万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-08-01 至 2013-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7660363
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal will establish a partnership between several departments at the University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB) and the University of Utah (U of U) Department of Biomedical Informatics (BMI) in the School of Medicine. The partnership would be a perfect fit under the "Bridges to the Doctorate for Underrepresented Students" because UTB is an institution granting terminal Master's degrees that has a high percentage of minority students. The U of U Department of BMI is underrepresentative of U.S. minority students and grants PhD degrees in the field of Biomedical Informatics. This partnership will help to establish a path for UTB students to move toward a doctoral degree in one of the most competitive and best known doctoral programs in Biomedical Informatics. Biomedical Informatics is a relatively new field of study, but it is growing very rapidly. It is now viewed as essential, not only to the delivery of high quality healthcare but also to the advancement of all the biomedical sciences. Although most students and many faculty members at institutions of higher learning are still unfamiliar with the field of Biomedical Informatics, it offers many challenges for research, creativity and career opportunities for individuals at the doctoral level. Biomedical Informatics is interdisciplinary, thus requiring that successful students come to the discipline with a broad base of basic courses. Such coursework includes statistics, computer science, molecular biology and genetics, as well as social and behavioral sciences. The education program proposed here will establish the groundwork to prepare students from an institution with a large percentage of underrepresented minorities for admission to and successful completion of a doctoral program in a vital, fast-paced and still-emerging discipline. The proposed bridging partnership will: 1) Provide an interactive Masters Program between UTB and the U of U which would adequately prepare minority students having an interest in the field of biomedical informatics for acceptance to the U of U BMI PhD program; 2) Provide mechanisms for acceptance and funding by the U of U BMI Department for bridging students who satisfy the PhD entrance requirements; 3) Closely monitor student progress and provide remedial activities as needed to promote their success in the program; 4) Provide an effective and measurable means of evaluating the success of the program. This proposal will establish an educational partnership between the University of Texas at Brownsville and the University of Utah Department of Biomedical Informatics as part of the Bridge to the Doctorate program. This proposal will educate U.S. underrepresented minorities in the field of Biomedical Informatics. One of the tracks of the doctoral program is in Public Health Informatics, in conjunction with the CDC-funded Center of Excellence in Public Health Informatics. The potential is to educate individuals who can assist in research and administration related to many aspects of Public Health.

描述（由申请人提供）：该提案将在德克萨斯大学布朗斯维尔大学（UTB）的多个系与犹他大学（U的U of U）建立合作伙伴关系，医学院的生物医学信息学（BMI）。该合作伙伴关系将在“桥梁桥梁的代表性不足学生的桥梁”下非常适合，因为UTB是授予少数少数学生比例很高的终端硕士学位的机构。美国U部BMI的U部对于在生物医学信息学领域的美国少数民族学生和授予博士学位的代表性不足。这种合作伙伴关系将有助于为UTB学生建立一条途径，以在生物医学信息学领域最有竞争力和最著名的博士学位课程中迈向博士学位。 生物医学信息学是一个相对较新的研究领域，但它的增长非常迅速。现在，它被视为必不可少的，不仅对于提供高质量的医疗保健，而且对所有生物医学科学的发展。尽管高等教育机构的大多数学生和许多教职员工仍然不熟悉生物医学信息学领域，但它为博士层面个人的研究，创造力和职业机会带来了许多挑战。生物医学信息学是跨学科的，因此要求成功的学生以广泛的基础课程来进入学科。这样的课程包括统计学，计算机科学，分子生物学和遗传学以及社会和行为科学。此处提出的教育计划将建立基础，以使一家机构的学生为学生提供了很大一部分代表性不足的少数群体，以便在重要，节奏快的且仍在继续的学科中成功完成博士学位课程。 拟议的桥接合作伙伴关系将：1）在UTB和U的U之间提供互动硕士计划，这将为少数族裔学生提供对生物医学信息学领域感兴趣的少数族裔学生，以接受U BMI PhD计划的U； 2）提供了U BMI部门接受和资助的机制，以弥合满足博士学位要求的学生； 3）密切监视学生的进步，并根据需要提供补救活动，以促进其在计划中的成功； 4）提供了一种评估程序成功的有效且可衡量的方法。 该建议将在德克萨斯大学布朗斯维尔大学与犹他大学生物医学信息学之间建立教育合作伙伴关系，这是通往博士学位课程桥梁的一部分。该提议将教育在生物医学信息学领域的美国代表性不足的少数群体。博士课程的曲目之一是与CDC资助的公共卫生信息学卓越中心一起掌握公共卫生信息学。潜力是教育可以协助与公共卫生许多方面有关的研究和行政管理的个人。