Pittsburgh Biomedical Informatics Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）： 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。该方案目前有40名受训人员，其中12人得到培训补助金的支助。学员通过两个项目之一获得学位。大多数学生通过生物医学信息学（BMI）培训计划获得学位，该计划由医学院提供。大多数学员在一般BMI学位轨道上学习。此外，该计划还集中在生物信息学，牙科信息学，卫生服务研究，图书馆信息学和公共卫生监督与这些特殊利益的学员。对医学人工智能特别感兴趣的学生可以通过智能系统计划（ISP）的生物医学信息学轨道获得学位。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。由于BMI和ISP的培训计划是紧密联系在一起，并通过他们的教师和工作人员协调，为简洁起见，我们把他们作为一个程序下面。 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。由两名共同主任和三名经验丰富的工作人员组成的紧密团结的领导/行政小组支持项目主任进行项目的整体运作。 我们要求在2007-2012年期间每年提供19个全职资助的培训职位，这使图书馆信息学受训人员的人数保持在目前的两人，牙科信息学受训人员的人数也保持在两人，并将“非分类”职位的人数从11人增加到15人。我们要求增加这一职位，因为CBMI预计将在2006年成为生物医学信息学（DBMI）的一个部门，从而在未来五年内雇用五名新的教师。较大的DBMI教师将能够为要求增加的NLM资助的受训人员提供指导。我们将继续招收具有广泛背景和兴趣的学生，特别注重招收来自弱势背景的学员。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Pittsburgh proposes a five-year renewal of its training program in Biomedical Informatics. This program has grown 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 19 full-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 members over 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.