Pittsburgh Biomedical Informatics Training Program

描述(由申请人提供)： 匹兹堡大学提议将其培训延长五年 生物医学信息学专业。该计划自成立以来一直稳步增长。 始建于1987年。它目前有32名学员，其中15名由 培训助学金。该计划提供绝对资助的培训职位。 牙科信息学和健康图书馆学信息学。MOST计划 受训者通过三种已确立的“医学”中的一种来获得学位 信息学在该大学的信息学学位课程中 科学、智能系统和公共卫生。计划的应用程序 近年来稳步增长，该项目的毕业生 寻找绝佳的就业机会。该计划由一个 跨部门核心教员24人，均有丰富的教学经验 教育工作者和活跃的研究人员。该计划通过 大学生物医学信息学中心，提供行政管理 为学员提供支持、空间和设备。紧密结合的领导层/ 由四名联席董事和三名非常有经验的工作人员组成的行政小组 成员支持项目主任对项目的整体运作。 作为该项目发展的下一步，匹兹堡大学 2001年6月11日获批的生物医学信息学新学位课程。这个 以医学院为基地的新项目也将颁发证书 作为硕士和博士学位。该学位课程将于2001-2002年开始。 并将在建议的续期拨款于#年开始运作时全面运作。 2002-2003学年。虽然我们将保持学位跟踪 智能系统，我们预计未来大多数攻读学位的学生 将攻读生物医学信息学学位。我们正在发展，在 新学位课程的框架，特别集中在生物信息学， 牙科信息学和卫生服务研究。 在此期间，我们每年需要15个全职资助的培训职位。 2002-2007年，将赠款资助的学员人数维持在目前的水平 水平。其中两个职位将保留给图书馆信息学人员 实习生和两名牙科信息学实习生。其余11名 “不确定”岗位，我们将招收范围广泛的学生 背景和兴趣，预计至少有四名实习生将 支持生物信息学研究。我们将继续努力招聘 来自代表性不足的少数群体的受训人员。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Pittsburgh proposes a five-year renewal of its training program in Biomedical Informatics. This program has grown steadily since its inception in 1987. It currently has 32 trainees, 15 of whom are supported by the training grant. The program offers categorically-funded training positions in dental informatics and health librarianship informatics. Most program trainees seek academic degrees through one of three established "medical informatics tracks" within the university's degree programs in information science, intelligent systems, and public health. Applications to the program have increased steadily in recent years, and graduates of the program are finding excellent employment opportunities. The program is supported by an interdepartmental core faculty with 24 members, all of whom are experienced educators and active researchers. The program is administered through the university's Center for Biomedical Informatics, which provides administrative support, space, and equipment for the trainees. A tightly knit leadership/ administrative group of four co-directors and three very experienced staff members supports the program director in the overall operation of the program. As a next step in the evolution of the program, the University of Pittsburgh approved on June 11, 2001, a new degree program in Biomedical Informatics. The new program, based in the School of Medicine, will award certificates as well as masters and doctoral degrees. The degree program will commence in 2001-2002 and will be in full operation when the proposed renewal funding commences in the 2002-2003 academic year. While we will maintain the degree track in intelligent systems, we expect that most degree-seeking students in the future will pursue the Biomedical Informatics degree. We are developing, within the framework of the new degree program, special concentrations in bioinformatics, dental informatics, and health services research. We request 15 full-time funded training positions per year for the period 2002-2007, maintaining the number of grant-funded trainees at its present level. Two of these positions will be reserved for library informatics trainees and two for dental informatics trainees. For the remaining 11 "uncategorical" positions, we will recruit students with a wide range of backgrounds and interests, expecting that at least four trainees will be supported for study in bioinformatics. We will extend our efforts to recruit trainees from under-represented minority groups.