Biomedical Informatics Research Training at Oregon Health & Science University

描述（由申请人提供）：俄勒冈州健康与科学大学（OHSU）的医学信息学与临床流行病学系（DMICE）正在提交国家医学图书馆（NLM）生物医学信息学研究培训计划的第五个五年周期的竞争性更新。我们计划的总体目标仍然是相同的，旨在培养未来的研究人员，教师和/或领导者在生物医学信息学领域。这些目标的基本原理是，个人健康，保健，公共卫生和生物医学研究可以通过生物医学信息学的理论和实践的应用得到加强，该领域致力于信息的最佳利用，通常与相关技术，以改善人类健康。我们计划的设计是为博士前研究员攻读生物医学信息学博士学位，并为博士后研究员获得进一步的培训，包括研究硕士学位，如果他们没有在生物医学信息学以前的学位。所有学员的教育计划包括课程作业，实质性的研究项目，以及相关的出版物，演讲和其他与研究相关的学术活动。在本资助周期内，我们建议维持10名博士前研究员（包括1名牙科实习生）、8名博士后研究员（包括2名牙科实习生）和4名短期多元化实习生的稳定状态。 OHSU生物医学信息学奖学金计划一直是NLM培训资助计划的领导者和创新者。在下一个融资周期，我们的目标是在过去成功的基础上： 1.改善和扩大课程和研究经验的博士前和博士后研究员，特别是在转型领域，如医疗保健提供改革，转化研究和新兴技术平台 2.加强我们对研究员培训期间进展情况的评价和跟踪 3.在我们的研究员中实现更大的多样性并确保他们的成功 4.继续我们在NLM培训计划和其他信息学教育计划在国内和全球的领导地位。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Department of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology (DMICE) of Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) is submitting this competitive renewal for a fifth five-year cycle of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) Research Training in Biomedical Informatics Program. The overall objective of our program remains the same in aiming to train future researchers, faculty, and/or leaders in the field of biomedical informatics. The rationale for these objectives is that individual health, health care, public health, and biomedical research can be enhanced through the application of the theory and practice of biomedical informatics, the field devoted to the optimal use of information, usually with associated technologies, to improve human health. The design of our program is for predoctoral fellows to pursue a PhD in biomedical informatics and for postdoctoral fellows to obtain further training that includes a research master's degree if they have no prior degree in biomedical informatics. The educational program for all trainees consists of coursework, a substantial research project, and associated publications, presentations, and other academic activities related to research. In this funding cycle, we propose to maintain a steady state of ten predoctoral fellows (including one dental trainee), eight postdoctoral fellows (including two dental trainees), and four short-term diversity trainees. The OHSU Biomedical Informatics Fellowship Program has been a leader and innovator in the NLM training grant program. In this next funding cycle, we aim to build on its past success by: 1. Improving and expanding coursework and research experiences for predoctoral and postdoctoral fellows, especially in transformational areas such as health care delivery reform, translational research, and emerging technology platforms 2. Enhancing our evaluation and tracking of progress of fellows during their training 3. Achieving greater diversity among our fellows and insuring their success 4. Continuing our leadership in the NLM training program and other informatics education initiatives nationally and globally.