Graduate Training in Bioinformatics

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ABSTRACT Renewal is requested for a long-running and successful Environmental Health Bioinformatics (EHB) training program at NC State University, with support for 5 predoctoral trainee slots, which will be augmented by generous institutional support. This training program has produced scientists who occupy leadership and key scientific roles conducting Environmental Health Sciences (EHS) research at academic, government, and industry institutions. The structures supporting our EHB program, the Bioinformatics Research Center (BRC) and the Bioinformatics Graduate Program, synergize with institutional strengths in training of predoctoral scientists. The current proposal leverages the momentum in EHS and Data Science at NC State to further enhance EHB training with (i) an expanded leadership structure, (ii) updated training elements and professional development activities, and (iii) a revised training faculty. The administrative organization incorporates new ideas on best practices in research training and enhancing diversity in recruitment, training, and professional opportunities. The revised training faculty align with a new synthesis of EHB, where fundamental research in several disciplinary pillars contributes to advancing EHS: Bioinformatics & Genomics, Quantitative & Computational Methods, and Exposomics & Population Health.