San Diego Biomedical Informatics Education & Research (SABER)

描述(由申请者提供)：对合格的生物医学信息学(BMI)研究人员的需求从未如此之高。尽管圣地亚哥拥有各种高度多样化的医疗机构，是该国生物技术的第三大枢纽和无线通信的第一大枢纽，但历史上没有人接受过BMI方面的培训。我们建议通过以生物医学和计算机科学交叉为中心的平衡培训计划来填补这一空白。生物医学信息学(DBMI)及其在UCSD医学院、工程/计算机科学和药学学院、UCSD医学中心、圣地亚哥超级计算机中心、加利福尼亚电信和信息技术研究所以及几家当地公司的许多合作者联合起来，在圣地亚哥实施了一项计划，该计划提供一套核心BMI能力方面的培训，同时还提供毕业生竞争学术界和行业最佳研发部门所需的专业知识。我们的博士前实习生专门注册了生物信息学博士课程中的BMI课程。我们的博士后实习生拥有与医疗保健相关的博士学位，通常会进入计算机科学与工程理学硕士项目的BMI集中领域。BMI课程由课程作业和丰富活动组成，由DBMI教职员工负责。来自几个部门的研究导师补充了DBMI教员的专业知识，为受训人员提供了包容的环境，让他们获得独立研究职业所必需的技能。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The demand for qualified biomedical informatics (BMI) researchers has never been so high. Although San Diego hosts a variety of highly diverse healthcare institutions and is the #3 hub for biotechnology and #1 for wireless communications in the country, there has historically been no training in BMI. We propose to fill this gap with a balanced training program centered at the intersection of biomedicine and computer science. The Division of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI), its many collaborators in the UCSD Schools of Medicine, Engineering/Computer Science, and Pharmacy, the UCSD Medical Center, the San Diego Supercomputer Center, the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology, and several local companies have joined their strengths to implement a program in San Diego that offers training in a core set of BMI competencies while also providing specialization that is needed for graduates to compete for the best positions in academia and R&D departments in industry. Our pre-doctoral trainees enroll specifically into the BMI track in the Doctoral Program in Bioinformatics. Our post- doctoral trainees with healthcare-related doctorates typically enroll into the BMI concentration area in the Master's of Science Program in Computer Science and Engineering. The BMI curriculum consists of coursework and enrichment activities and is run by DBMI faculty. Research mentors from several departments complement the expertise of DBMI faculty, providing inclusive environments for trainees to acquire skills that are necessary for independent research careers.