Boston-Area Research Training Program in Biomedical Informatics

波士顿地区生物医学信息学研究培训计划

• 批准号: 8261542
• 负责人: Alexa T. McCray
• 金额: $ 31.23万
• 依托单位: HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1992
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1992-07-01 至 2017-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8261542
• 关键词: Academic Training; Area; Bioinformatics; Boston; Clinical; Clinical Informatics; Clinical Research; Doctor of Philosophy; Electrical Engineering; Ensure; Environment; Faculty; Fellowship; Health; Health Sciences; Healthcare; Informatics; Laboratories; Laboratory Research; Medical; Medicine; Mentors; Mentorship; Methodology; Monitor; Paper; Public Health Informatics; Publications; Research; Research Activity; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Research Training; Science; Training; Training Programs; United States National Library of Medicine; Work; biomedical informatics; computer science; experience; improved; informatics training; innovation; medical schools; meetings; pre-doctoral; programs; systems research

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.

描述(由申请人提供)：哈佛信息学培训计划(HITP)的这份提案承认，生物医学信息学领域对于医学和健康科学研究来说，即使不是必要的，也是一个日益相关的领域。因此，这项建议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队伍做出贡献。哈佛大学符合当前国家医学图书馆(NLM)RFA的所有要求，该RFA侧重于与健康相关的应用领域直接相关的基本信息学领域。我们的研究实验室、真实的临床系统、研究活动、正式的学术计划和经验丰富的教师的广度和深度为在NLM确定的所有四个重点领域-医疗保健/临床信息学、转化生物信息学、临床研究信息学和公共卫生信息学-指导学员提供了一个出色的环境。受训人员不仅在课堂环境中，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，并通过三项显著增强该计划的创新来扩展和改进我们成功的计划。HITP计划1)将哈佛大学所有主要的信息学实验室整合到哈佛大学生物医学信息学中心(CBMI)之下，该中心位于哈佛医学院校园中央，专门为HITP活动提供空间；2)包括一个研究研讨会--所有学员在整个培训期间都必须参加--这是所有HITP学员和导师之间持续互动的焦点，无论他们的实验室环境如何；3)通过新设立的哈佛医学院生物医学信息学硕士(MMSc)提供基础学术培训。 我们要求每年资助15名NLM学员，其中12名为博士后，3名为博士后。正式的学术部分包括面向所有博士后实习生的哈佛MMSc学位，以及麻省理工学院电气工程和计算机科学系的博士学位，哈佛大学的培训计划多年来一直与之完全结合。HITP计划由四个相互关联的部分组成：1)正式课程，2)研究指导，3)论文项目，4)指导研究资助。受训者在整个培训期间的整体进步受到密切监测。通过学员的课程学习和研究项目进展情况，定期对学员进行评估。论文委员会保证论文的进展，并定期鼓励学员提交论文发表。