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 the Yale Center for Medical Informatics. The National Library of Medicine funded 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.
+Comparison of NIH Research Fellowship, ACGME Clinical Informatics Fellowship and VA Special Informatics Fellowship
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NIH/NLM Informatics Research Fellowship |
ACGME Clinical Informatics Fellowship |
VA Special Informatics Fellowship |
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Director |
Cynthia Brandt, MD, MPH Michael Krauthammer, MD, PhD |
Edward Melnick, MD, MHS |
Cynthia Brandt, MD, MPH Amy Justice, MD, PhD |
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Funding |
NIH, NLM |
Departmental, VA |
VA |
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Stipend |
Calculated from NIH norms based on PGY |
Calculated from NIH norms based on PGY |
Calculated from NIH norms based on PGY |
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Duration |
2 years (Optional 3rd year) |
2 years |
2 years (Optional 3rd year) |
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Degree |
Master of Health Sciences or Masters Computational Bioinformatics (required if not already trained in BMI) |
MHS Optional |
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Eligible for Board Certification |
No |
Yes |
No |
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Eligibility |
1.US citizen or green card holder 2.Postdoc in health-related field (or predoc in computational biology/ bioinformatics) |
BC/BE in any ABMS specialty
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1.US citizen 2.Postdoc in health-related field (or predoc in computational biology/ bioinformatics) |
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Classes |
MHS requirements + electives |
Coursework relevant to Core Content for the specialty |
MHS requirements + electives |
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Activities |
Project-focused research |
Defined rotations |
Project-focused research |
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Application |
CV, personal statement + 3 letters of reference |
CV, personal statement + 3 letters of reference |
CV, personal statement + 3 letters of reference |
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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 |
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Focus |
Bioinformatics, translational informatics, clinical informatics, public health informatics |
Clinical informatics |
Clinical informatics, public health informatics |