Pittsburgh Biomedical Informatics Training Program

描述(由申请人提供)：匹兹堡大学提议将其生物医学信息学培训计划续订五年。T15赠款目前正进入连续第25年。我们的项目以匹兹堡生物医学信息学研究悠久而卓越的历史、我们的教育计划的不断演变和完善、对生物医学信息学和我们的培训计划的坚定机构承诺以及我们培训计划所处的丰富的生物医学和计算研究环境而闻名。该项目在匹兹堡大学医学院的生物医学信息学系(DBMI)设有行政总部。DBMI为培训项目管理人员、教师、研究生和博士后学者提供场地、设备和资金支持。该计划得到了由29名教员组成的跨部门核心教员的支持，其中包括所有在DBMI担任主要职务的17名教员。培训计划主任，一个由教员联席主任组成的紧密联系的领导小组，以及两名经验丰富的工作人员支持该计划的整体运作。 匹兹堡BMI培训计划提供生物医学信息学的所有四个子学科的研究培训：翻译生物信息学、临床研究信息学、医疗保健/临床信息学和公共卫生信息学。此外，我们还提供牙科信息学方面的专门研究培训。我们T15资助的培训计划的学生可以攻读生物医学信息学硕士或博士学位，智能系统-生物医学信息学硕士或博士学位，医学科学家培训计划医学博士学位，或高级博士后研究。 在过去的供资期间，培训方案得到了重大改进，包括新的核心课程、改进的咨询结构、改进的方案评估计划，以及加大努力招募受训候选人，包括来自代表性不足的少数族裔和弱势背景的候选人。拟议供资期间的改进措施包括新的高级毕业生研讨会、新的专业发展内容以及加强负责任地开展研究的培训。 我们在培训各子学科的生物医学信息学研究人员方面有着良好的成功记录。我们项目的学员将在该领域的高影响力期刊上发表研究论文，因其研究而获得国家奖项，撰写成功的K奖学金和个人奖学金，并在毕业后获得学术界、工业界和政府的研究职位。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Pittsburgh proposes a five-year renewal of its training program in Biomedical Informatics. The T15 grant is currently entering its 25th consecutive year. Our program is notable for the long and distinguished history of biomedical informatics research in Pittsburgh, the continuous evolution and refinement of our educational programs, the strong institutional commitment to biomedical informatics and our training program, and the rich biomedical and computational research environment in which our training program is set. The program has an administrative home in the Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) within the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. DBMI provides space, equipment, and financial support for training program administration, faculty, graduate students and postdoctoral scholars. The program is supported by an interdepartmental core faculty of 29 faculty members, including all 17 faculty members with primary appointments in DBMI. The Training Program Director, a tightly knit leadership group of faculty co- directors, and two experienced staff members support the overall operation of the program. The Pittsburgh BMI Training Program offers research training in all four sub-disciplines of Biomedical Informatics: translational bioinformatics, clinical research informatics, healthcare/clinical informatics, and public health informatics. Additionally, we also offer specialized research training in dental informatics. Students in our T15-funded training program may pursue an MS or PhD in Biomedical Informatics, an MS or PhD in Intelligent Systems - Biomedical Informatics Track, an MD/PhD through the Medical Scientist Training Program, or advanced postdoctoral research. The training program has undergone significant enhancements during the past funding period including a new core curriculum, improved advising structure, improved program evaluation plan, and enhanced efforts to recruit trainee candidates, including candidates from under-represented minorities and disadvantaged backgrounds. Enhancements for the proposed funding period include new advanced graduate seminars, new professional development content, and enhanced training in the responsible conduct of research. We have a strong track record of success in training biomedical informatics researchers in all sub- disciplines. Trainees from our program are publishing research articles in high impact journals in the field, winning national awards for their research, writing successful K grants and individual fellowship awards, and securing research positions in academics, industry and government upon graduation.