# BIC TRAIN - Biomedical Informatics COVID-19 Training

> **NIH NIH T15** · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · 2020 · $174,995

## Abstract

Project Summary
For Parent Grant: Harvard Biomedical Informatics and Data Science Research Training (BIRT) program, April 2016.
This proposal for the Harvard Biomedical Informatics and Data Science Research Training (BIRT) program
recognizes that the field of biomedical informatics is an increasingly relevant, if not essential, field for medicine
and research in the health sciences. The practice of clinical care and biomedical investigation each constitute
complex enterprises that are dependent on the mastery of enormous data streams. There is a crucial need for
trained individuals who are able to integrate, interpret, and act upon the large-scale, high-throughput, and
complex data that are generated in the course of biomedical research and the practice of medicine. The primary
aim of this proposal is to contribute to the cadre of highly trained independent and successful researchers in
the field of biomedical informatics.
This proposal builds on the strengths of our many years of National Library of Medicine (NLM) fellowship
training. The current proposed program will be overseen and administered by the Department of Biomedical
Informatics at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and will involve collaboration with faculty at HMS and its
affiliated hospitals, including Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston Children’s Hospital, Brigham and
Women’s Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and Massachusetts General Hospital. In addition, the
program will work closely with other Harvard University Schools in the university-wide data science
initiative, and, in particular, with its Data Science Education Working Group, of which the proposed PI is a
member. We meet all requirements of the current NLM RFA, which focuses on those informatics areas that
directly pertain to health-related application domains. The breadth and depth of our research laboratories,
real-world clinical systems, research activities, academic programs, and experienced faculty provide an
outstanding environment to mentor and instruct trainees in all four of the NLM-identified focus areas –
healthcare informatics, translational bioinformatics, clinical research informatics, and public health
informatics.
We request support for a total of fifteen trainees per year: ten at the postdoctoral level and five at the
predoctoral level. In addition, we propose to train four short-term trainees each summer. BIRT trainees work
with internationally recognized faculty on high-profile grants and research projects. The program has a formal,
required academic component, which includes the Master’s degree for all postdoctoral trainees, and the PhD
degree for all predoctoral students. Trainees’ overall progression throughout the training period is closely
monitored. Trainees are regularly evaluated through their course work and through progress on their research
projects.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10204243
- **Project number:** 3T15LM007092-29S1
- **Recipient organization:** HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL
- **Principal Investigator:** Nils Gehlenborg
- **Activity code:** T15 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $174,995
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 1992-07-01 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10204243

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10204243, BIC TRAIN - Biomedical Informatics COVID-19 Training (3T15LM007092-29S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10204243. Licensed CC0.

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