# Biomedical and Health Informatics Training Program

> **NIH NIH T15** · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · 2020 · $702,590

## Abstract

Abstract
The Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI) research training program at the University of Washington
(UW) has matured and expanded significantly since its inception in 1999. UW offers a highly collaborative
environment with a strong track record of interdisciplinary research initiatives, which has driven the culture
and priorities of the UW BHI activities. At its core the UW program recognizes that a key characteristic of
successful BHI researchers is the ability to play a leadership role in translating methods and models from
the computing, information and behavioral sciences into tools and solutions for information related
challenges and opportunities to improve health for individuals, communities, nationally and globally.
The vision of BHI at UW is to promote research and education unleashing the potential for electronic
biomedical data and information to advance research and improve health. In that context, BHI trains future
research leaders in the field with translational skills and interdisciplinary expertise across the domains of
bioinformatics, clinical informatics, and public health informatics. The UW training program consists of: a) a
core curriculum of foundational concepts in the field that reach across the discipline, b) core domain
courses (clinical, biological, consumer and public health), c) methodology courses (research methods,
knowledge representation, communication and teaching) including recently introduced modules focusing
on data science and data analytics, and d) individualized in depth electives in foundational and domain
areas. To maintain its success in recruiting and fostering success for students and faculty, UW BHI
proposes to continue the NLM training program, seeking funding to support 15 trainees for the next
funding cycle. As we continue to build our program we plan to expand our interdisciplinary research
collaborations while continuing to grow the faculty body, leveraging BHI's leadership role in the Precision
Medicine initiative on our campus and in our Institute of Translational Health Sciences, continuing to offer
formal practicum experiences for all our trainees and evaluating recent curricular enhancements.
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## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9955384
- **Project number:** 5T15LM007442-19
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
- **Principal Investigator:** PETER TARCZY-HORNOCH
- **Activity code:** T15 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $702,590
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2002-07-01 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9955384

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9955384, Biomedical and Health Informatics Training Program (5T15LM007442-19). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9955384. Licensed CC0.

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