For more than 30
years, NLM has been the primary sponsor of biomedical
informatics research training in the United States.
“NLM’s informatics training programs produce investigators
trained in applying biomedical computing to improve clinical
medicine, basic biomedical research, clinical and translational
research, public health, and other health-related areas,” said
Dr. Lindberg. “Such specialists are vital for research in such
key areas as the human genome, application of genomics to
treatment and diagnosis, and the use of electronic health
records to improve care and reduce error.”
At its current group of 18 informatics programs, NLM supports
nearly 300 pre-doctoral and post-doctoral trainees each year.
Informatics requires knowledge of biology and medicine as well
as of computer and information sciences, engineering, and human
behavior. Many trainees have two mentors guiding their research.
Trainees come to these programs with a range of educational and
professional backgrounds; the group includes physicians,
biologists, computer scientists, and engineers.
Distributed geographically around the country, NLM’s informatics
training programs provide graduate degrees and in-depth research
experience in one or more of following areas:
- Health care/clinical
informatics (patient care, such as clinical decision support
systems and multimedia electronic health records)
- Bioinformatics and/or
computational biology (genomics, proteomics, cheminformatics,
systems biology and simulation/modeling of biological systems)
- Clinical research and
translational informatics (“bench to bedside” translational
research, for example, the genetic factors that influence
health, disease, and response to treatment)
- Public health informatics:
Applications of informatics principles and methods to areas
such as “intelligent” decision support of public health
agencies and practitioners, research in health behavior,
health literacy and syndromic surveillance
- Imaging and signal
processing (acquisition, interpretation, and retrieval of
biomedical images in support of health care or basic
biomedical research)
The organizations funded to do
this training are responsible for the selection of trainees;
questions about eligibility, program specifics, and levels of
support should be addressed to the programs themselves. The
contact information for each program is provided at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ep/GrantTrainInstitute.html.
For general information about NLM’s University-based Research
Training Programs in Biomedical Informatics, contact: Dr.
Valerie Florance, florancev@mail.nih.gov.
A graphic depicting the location (on a U.S. Map) of the grantee
institutions is available at
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- University of California,
Irvine (Irvine, CA)
- University of California,
Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
- Stanford University
(Stanford, CA)
- University of Colorado
Health Sciences Center (Aurora, CO)
- Yale University (New Haven,
CT)
- Indiana University - Purdue
University at Indianapolis (Indianapolis, IN)
- Harvard University (Medical
School) (Boston, MA)
- Johns Hopkins University
(Baltimore, MD)
- University of
Missouri-Columbia (Columbia, MO)
- Columbia University Health
Sciences (New York, NY)
- Oregon Health & Science
University (Portland, OR)
- University of Pittsburgh
(Pittsburgh, PA)
- Vanderbilt University
(Nashville, TN)
- Rice University (Houston,
TX)
- University of Utah (Salt
Lake City, UT)
- University of Virginia
(Charlottesville, VA)
- University of Washington
(Seattle, WA)
- University of Wisconsin --
Madison (Madison, WI)
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