Pittsburgh Biomedical Informatics Training Program

匹兹堡大学提出生物医学信息学培训计划的五年更新。 自1987年成立以来，该计划已大幅增长。目前有40名受训人员，其中12人是 由培训补助金支持。学员通过两个项目之一获得学位。大多数 的学生通过生物医学信息学（BMI）培训计划获得学位，该计划提供 通过医学院。大多数学员在一般BMI学位轨道上学习。此外该 该计划集中在生物信息学，牙科信息学，卫生服务研究，图书馆 信息学和公共卫生监督。学生有特殊 对医学人工智能感兴趣的人可以通过生物医学信息学课程获得学位， 智能系统计划（ISP）BMI培训计划和ISP都提供MS。和博士 度BMI培训计划还提供为期一年的证书选项。自从BMI和ISP培训以来 这些项目通过其教职员工紧密联系和协调，为了简洁起见，我们将它们称为一个项目。 程序在下面。 该计划的毕业生正在寻找良好的就业机会。该计划得到了 一个跨部门的核心教师与30名成员，他们都是经验丰富的教育工作者和积极的 研究人员它是通过大学的生物医学信息学中心（CBMI）， 为学员提供行政支持、空间和设备。一个紧密的 一个由两名共同主任和三名经验丰富的工作人员组成的领导/行政小组， 项目总监负责项目的整体运作。 我们要求在2007 - 2012年期间每年提供19个全职供资的培训职位， 目前图书馆信息学培训生人数为2人，牙科信息学培训生人数也保持不变 在两个，并增加了“非分类”的立场，从11到15。我们要求增加 预计CBMI将于2006年成为生物医学信息学（DBMI）的一个部门， leading导致to the hiring雇用of five五new新faculty教师memberover the next未来five五years年份.更大的DBMI教师将是 有能力为要求增加的由民族解放运动供资的受训人员提供辅导。我们将继续招募 具有广泛背景和兴趣的学生，特别强调从 弱势背景。

The University of Pittsburgh proposes a five-year renewal of its training program in Biomedical Informatics. This program has grown significantly since its inception in 1987. It currently has 40 trainees, 12 of whom are supported by the training grant. Trainees seek academic degrees through one of two programs. The majority of students obtain degrees through the Biomedical Informatics (BMI) Training Program, which is offered through the School of Medicine. Most trainees study in the general BMI degree track. In addition, the program has concentrations in bioinformatics, dental informatics, health services research, library informatics, and public health surveillance for trainees with those special interests. Students with a special interest in artificial intelligence in medicine can obtain degrees through the Biomedical Informatics track of the Intelligent Systems Program (ISP). Both the BMI Training Program and the ISP offer M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. The BMI Training Program also offers a one-year Certificate option. Since the BMI and ISP training programs are tightly linked and coordinated through their faculty and staff, for brevity we refer to them as one program below. Graduates of the program are finding excellent employment opportunities. The program is supported by an interdepartmental core faculty with 30 members, all of whom are experienced educators and active researchers. It is administered through the University's Center for Biomedical Informatics (CBMI), which provides administrative support, space, and equipment for the trainees. A tightly knit leadership/administrative group of two co-directors and three very experienced staff members supports the program director in the overall operation of the program. We request 19full-time funded training positions per year for the period 2007-2012, which maintains the current number of library informatics trainees at two, maintains the number of dental informatics trainees also at two, and increases the number of "uncategorical" positions from 11 to 15. We are requesting this increase in positions in anticipation of CBMI becoming a Department of the Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) in 2006, leading to the hiring of five new faculty membersover the next five years. The larger DBMI faculty will be able to provide mentoring for the requested increase in NLM-funded trainees. We will continue to recruit students with a wide range of backgrounds and interests, with a special emphasis on recruiting trainees from disadvantaged backgrounds.