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Education

Biomedical Informatics and Data Science is a discipline at the intersection of biomedicine, computer science, and the information sciences. For the field of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science to continue to flourish as an academic discipline, it is essential that there be a growing pool of trained researchers to help academic medical centers and universities (as well as non-academic centers and industry) establish new programs in Biomedical Informatics and strengthen existing programs.

There are three informatics training programs primarily based in Biomedical Informatics & Data Science. The NIH/NLM Biomedical Informatics and Data Science Training Program supports both postdocs and predocs, the ACGME Clinical Informatics Fellowship supports Board Certified Physicians, and the VA Advanced Informatics Fellowships funds postdocs.

Fellowships

NIH/NLM Biomedical Informatics and Data Science Training Program ACGME Clinical Informatics Fellowship VA Special Informatics Fellowship IMPAACT Fellowship
Students Postdocs and predocs MDs Only Postdocs
Director Cynthia Brandt, MD, MPH Edward Melnick, MD, MHS

Cynthia Brandt, MD, MPH

Amy Justice, MD, PhD

Julie Womack, PhD

Anthony J. Lisi, DC
Funding NIH, NLM Departmental, VA VA NCMIC Foundation
Stipend Calculated from NIH norms based on PGY Calculated from NIH norms based on PGY Calculated from NIH norms based on PGY Calculated from NIH norms based on PGY
Duration 2 years (Optional 3rd year) 2 Years 2 years (Optional 3rd year) 2 Years
Degree Master of Health Sciences or Masters Computational Bioinformatics (required if not already trained in BMI) MHS Optional
Eligible for Board Certification No Yes No
Eligibility

1. US citizen or green card holder

2. Postdoc in health-related field (or predoc in computational biology/bioinformatics)

1. MDs only

2. BC/BE in any ABMS specialty

1. US citizen

2. Postdoc in health-related field

1. US Citizen

2. Doctoral degree in the clinical or biological sciences with a focus on nonpharmacological approaches to rehabilitation medicine

Classes MHS requirements + electives Coursework relevant to Core Content for the specialty MHS requirements + electives
Activities Project-focused research Defined rotations Project-focused research
Application CV, personal statement + 3 letters of reference CV, personal statement + 3 letters of reference CV, personal statement + 3 letters of reference CV and letter of interest
Clinical Time 40 hrs/wk non-clinical effort required. Moonlighting permitted thereafter Fellows are encouraged to maintain primary specialty certification subject to 80 duty hrs limits 40 hrs/wk non-clinical effort required. Moonlighting permitted thereafter
Focus Bioinformatics, translational informatics, clinical informatics, public health informatics Clinical informatics Clinical informatics, public health informatics