# Pittsburgh Biomedical Informatics Training Program

> **NIH NIH T15** · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · 2021 · $1,034,536

## Abstract

The University of Pittsburgh proposes a five-year renewal of its Biomedical Informatics (BMI) Training
Program. The T15 grant is currently entering its 30th consecutive year. Our program is notable for the long and
distinguished history of biomedical informatics research in Pittsburgh, the continuous evolution and refinement
of our educational programs, the strong institutional commitment to biomedical informatics and our training
program, and the rich biomedical and computational research environment in which our training program is set.
The program has an administrative home in the Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) within the
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. DBMI provides space, equipment, and financial support for training
program administration, faculty, graduate students and postdoctoral scholars. The program is supported by an
interdepartmental core faculty of 36 faculty members, including all 17 faculty members with primary
appointments in DBMI. The Training Program Director, a tightly knit leadership group of faculty co-directors,
and two experienced staff members support the overall operation of the program.
 The Pittsburgh BMI Training Program offers research training in all four sub-disciplines of Biomedical
Informatics: healthcare/clinical informatics, translational bioinformatics, clinical research informatics, and public
health informatics. Additionally, with this competitive renewal, we are proposing a new program in
environmental exposures informatics. Trainees in our T15-funded training programs may pursue an MS or PhD
in Biomedical Informatics, an MS or PhD in Intelligent Systems – Biomedical Informatics Track, an MD/PhD
through the Medical Scientist Training Program, or advanced postdoctoral research.
 The training program has undergone significant enhancements during the past funding period including a
move to new contiguous space, a new admissions and recruitment process, new courses, and additional new
efforts to recruit trainee candidates, including candidates from under-represented minorities and disadvantaged
backgrounds. Enhancements for the proposed funding period include new courses, new professional
development opportunities, and enhanced training in research reproducibility. A major focus will be to expand
on our already well developed research programs in data science to enhance the training of T15 funded
trainees.
 We have a strong track record of success in training biomedical informatics researchers in all sub-
disciplines. Trainees from our program are publishing research articles in high impact journals in the field,
winning national awards for their research, writing successful K grants and individual fellowship awards, and
securing research positions in academics, industry and government upon graduation.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10208965
- **Project number:** 5T15LM007059-35
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH
- **Principal Investigator:** HARRY S HOCHHEISER
- **Activity code:** T15 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $1,034,536
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1987-07-01 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10208965

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10208965, Pittsburgh Biomedical Informatics Training Program (5T15LM007059-35). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10208965. Licensed CC0.

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