UTAH - TEXAS BRIDGE TO BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS DOCTORATE

犹他州 - 德克萨斯州生物医学信息学博士学位桥梁

• 批准号: 7426123
• 负责人: JOYCE A MITCHELL
• 金额: $ 20.64万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-08-01 至 2013-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7426123
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal will establish a partnership between several departments at the University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB) and the University of Utah (U of U) Department of Biomedical Informatics (BMI) in the School of Medicine. The partnership would be a perfect fit under the "Bridges to the Doctorate for Underrepresented Students" because UTB is an institution granting terminal Master's degrees that has a high percentage of minority students. The U of U Department of BMI is underrepresentative of U.S. minority students and grants PhD degrees in the field of Biomedical Informatics. This partnership will help to establish a path for UTB students to move toward a doctoral degree in one of the most competitive and best known doctoral programs in Biomedical Informatics. Biomedical Informatics is a relatively new field of study, but it is growing very rapidly. It is now viewed as essential, not only to the delivery of high quality healthcare but also to the advancement of all the biomedical sciences. Although most students and many faculty members at institutions of higher learning are still unfamiliar with the field of Biomedical Informatics, it offers many challenges for research, creativity and career opportunities for individuals at the doctoral level. Biomedical Informatics is interdisciplinary, thus requiring that successful students come to the discipline with a broad base of basic courses. Such coursework includes statistics, computer science, molecular biology and genetics, as well as social and behavioral sciences. The education program proposed here will establish the groundwork to prepare students from an institution with a large percentage of underrepresented minorities for admission to and successful completion of a doctoral program in a vital, fast-paced and still-emerging discipline. The proposed bridging partnership will: 1) Provide an interactive Masters Program between UTB and the U of U which would adequately prepare minority students having an interest in the field of biomedical informatics for acceptance to the U of U BMI PhD program; 2) Provide mechanisms for acceptance and funding by the U of U BMI Department for bridging students who satisfy the PhD entrance requirements; 3) Closely monitor student progress and provide remedial activities as needed to promote their success in the program; 4) Provide an effective and measurable means of evaluating the success of the program. This proposal will establish an educational partnership between the University of Texas at Brownsville and the University of Utah Department of Biomedical Informatics as part of the Bridge to the Doctorate program. This proposal will educate U.S. underrepresented minorities in the field of Biomedical Informatics. One of the tracks of the doctoral program is in Public Health Informatics, in conjunction with the CDC-funded Center of Excellence in Public Health Informatics. The potential is to educate individuals who can assist in research and administration related to many aspects of Public Health.

描述（由申请人提供）：该提案将在德克萨斯大学布朗斯维尔分校 (UTB) 和犹他大学 (U of U) 医学院生物医学信息学系 (BMI) 的多个系之间建立合作伙伴关系。此次合作非常适合“为少数族裔学生提供通往博士学位的桥梁”，因为 UTB 是一所授予最终硕士学位的机构，少数族裔学生比例很高。犹大大学 BMI 系在美国少数族裔学生中代表性不足，并授予生物医学信息学领域的博士学位。这一合作伙伴关系将有助于为UTB学生建立一条通往生物医学信息学领域最具竞争力和最著名的博士项目之一攻读博士学位的道路。 生物医学信息学是一个相对较新的研究领域，但发展非常迅速。现在，它不仅对于提供高质量的医疗保健而且对于所有生物医学科学的进步都至关重要。尽管高等教育机构的大多数学生和许多教员仍然不熟悉生物医学信息学领域，但它为博士水平的个人提供了许多研究、创造力和职业机会的挑战。生物医学信息学是跨学科的，因此要求成功的学生拥有广泛的基础课程基础。此类课程包括统计学、计算机科学、分子生物学和遗传学，以及社会和行为科学。这里提出的教育计划将为来自一个拥有大量少数族裔的院校的学生奠定基础，让他们为进入并成功完成这一重要、快节奏且仍在新兴学科的博士课程做好准备。 拟议的桥梁合作伙伴关系将： 1) 在 UTB 和 U 大学之间提供互动式硕士课程，这将为对生物医学信息学领域感兴趣的少数族裔学生做好充分准备，以便他们能够被 UTB 大学 BMI 博士课程录取； 2) 为 U BMI 系提供接受和资助机制，为满足博士入学要求的学生提供衔接服务； 3) 密切监控学生的进步，并根据需要提供辅导活动，以促进他们在项目中取得成功； 4) 提供有效且可衡量的方法来评估计划的成功。 该提案将在德克萨斯大学布朗斯维尔分校和犹他大学生物医学信息学系之间建立教育合作伙伴关系，作为博士桥梁计划的一部分。该提案将在生物医学信息学领域对美国代表性不足的少数群体进行教育。博士课程的重点之一是公共卫生信息学，与疾病预防控制中心资助的公共卫生信息学卓越中心合作。其潜力在于教育能够协助与公共卫生许多方面相关的研究和管理的个人。