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Biomedical Informatics and Data Science Research Training Program (BIRT)

Award Number: T15LM007092
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP

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Biomedical Informatics and Data Science Research Training Program (BIRT) - PROJECT SUMMARY The National Library of Medicine ﬁrst funded the Biomedical Informatics and Data Science Research Training (BIRT) program at Harvard Medical School (HMS) in 1992. The program continues to be a driving force in the education of future leaders in the ﬁeld of computationally-enabled biomedicine. As data-driven research increasingly enables critical innovation across the whole spectrum of healthcare, we need to train individuals from a wide range of disciplines to participate in this process. Through rigorous scientiﬁc training, the proposed program will prepare these individuals to integrate, interpret, and act on large-scale, high-throughput, and complex data resulting from biomedical research and the practice of medicine. The Department of Biomedical Informatics at HMS will be the administrative and intellectual home for the proposed program. Faculty in the department have expertise in artiﬁcial intelligence, biomedical discovery infrastructure including computational statistics and data visualization, clinical decision support, computational omics, evolutionary genetics, integration of genotypes, phenotypes and environmental exposures, learning health systems, microbial genomics, and taxonomies of disease. Additionally, other Harvard faculty, members of the Broad Institute, and faculty based at aﬃliated teaching hospitals such Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston Children’s Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Dana-Farber Cancer Center will participate in the training of the fellows. Furthermore, the program will continue to coordinate its training eﬀorts with other data science programs at Harvard and the Harvard Data Science Initiative. The proposed program will focus on areas of informatics with direct health-related application domains: translational bioinformatics, healthcare/clinical informatics, clinical research informatics, and public health informatics. Combining the broad expertise and deep knowledge of informatics in our research laboratories with the clinical data generated in the daily practice of medicine at the aﬃliated institutions will provide an exceptional training environment. The program will be open to trainees at the predoctoral and postdoctoral level who will enroll in academically rigorous degree-granting programs. Predoctoral fellows will enroll in a PhD program, and postdoctoral fellows will enroll in a Master’s program. Through these programs, the academic progress of the trainees will be assessed regularly. In addition, trainees will conduct full-time research with internationally recognized faculty on high-proﬁle grants and research projects. We will also oﬀer these research opportunities to short-term trainees.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $570,164 )
2024	2024	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	25 SHATTUCK ST	BOSTON	MA	02115	SUFFOLK	USA	Medical Library Assistance	000	33	7/2/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$570,164
														Subtotal = $570,164

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $244,562 )
2023	2023	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	25 SHATTUCK ST	BOSTON	MA	02115	SUFFOLK	USA	Medical Library Assistance	003	32	5/23/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$244,562
2023	2023	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	25 SHATTUCK ST	BOSTON	MA	02115	SUFFOLK	USA	Medical Library Assistance	004	32	8/23/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2023	2022	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	25 SHATTUCK ST	BOSTON	MA	02115	SUFFOLK	USA	Medical Library Assistance	002	31	10/17/2022	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2023	2022	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	25 SHATTUCK ST	BOSTON	MA	02115	SUFFOLK	USA	Medical Library Assistance	001	31	10/13/2022	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$473,001
2023	2021	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	25 SHATTUCK ST	BOSTON	MA	02115	SUFFOLK	USA	Medical Library Assistance	000	30	10/13/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$473,001
														Subtotal = $244,562

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $840,278 )
2022	2022	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	25 SHATTUCK ST	BOSTON	MA	02115	SUFFOLK	USA	Medical Library Assistance	001	31	5/2/2022	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$840,244
2022	2022	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	25 SHATTUCK ST	BOSTON	MA	02115	SUFFOLK	USA	Medical Library Assistance	002	31	6/3/2022	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$34
2022	2021	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	25 SHATTUCK ST	BOSTON	MA	02115	SUFFOLK	USA	Medical Library Assistance	000	30	2/17/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $840,278

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $869,481 )
2021	2021	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	25 SHATTUCK ST	BOSTON	MA	02115	SUFFOLK	USA	Medical Library Assistance	002	30	7/1/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$869,481
2021	2017	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	25 SHATTUCK ST	BOSTON	MA	02115	SUFFOLK	USA	Medical Library Assistance	001	26	10/8/2020	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$147,719
2021	2016	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	25 SHATTUCK ST	BOSTON	MA	02115	SUFFOLK	USA	Medical Library Assistance	000	25	10/8/2020	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	-$147,719
														Subtotal = $869,481

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $1,287,065 )
2020	2020	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	25 SHATTUCK ST	BOSTON	MA	02115	SUFFOLK	USA	Medical Library Assistance	002	29	8/13/2020	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2020	2020	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	25 SHATTUCK ST	BOSTON	MA	02115	SUFFOLK	USA	Medical Library Assistance	000	29	7/2/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$1,112,070
2020	2020	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	25 SHATTUCK ST	BOSTON	MA	02115	SUFFOLK	USA	Medical Library Assistance	001	29	7/21/2020	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$174,995
														Subtotal = $1,287,065

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $1,016,107 )
2019	2019	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	25 SHATTUCK ST	BOSTON	MA	02115	SUFFOLK	USA	Medical Library Assistance	006	28	7/25/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2019	2019	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	25 SHATTUCK ST	BOSTON	MA	02115	SUFFOLK	USA	Medical Library Assistance	005	28	7/1/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$1,016,107
2019	2018	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	25 SHATTUCK ST	BOSTON	MA	02115	SUFFOLK	USA	Medical Library Assistance	000	27	2/4/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2019	2017	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	25 SHATTUCK ST	BOSTON	MA	02115	SUFFOLK	USA	Medical Library Assistance	004	26	3/19/2019	COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$8,399
2019	2017	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	25 SHATTUCK ST	BOSTON	MA	02115	SUFFOLK	USA	Medical Library Assistance	002	26	3/13/2019	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$15,016
2019	2016	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	25 SHATTUCK ST	BOSTON	MA	02115	SUFFOLK	USA	Medical Library Assistance	001	25	3/13/2019	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	-$15,016
2019	2016	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	25 SHATTUCK ST	BOSTON	MA	02115	SUFFOLK	USA	Medical Library Assistance	003	25	3/19/2019	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$8,399
														Subtotal = $1,016,107

Issue Date FY: 2018 ( Subtotal = $1,026,844 )
2018	2018	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	25 SHATTUCK ST	BOSTON	MA	02115	SUFFOLK	USA	Medical Library Assistance	001	27	8/31/2018	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$100,000
2018	2018	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	25 SHATTUCK ST	BOSTON	MA	02115	SUFFOLK	USA	Medical Library Assistance	000	27	6/29/2018	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$926,844
2018	2018	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	25 SHATTUCK ST	BOSTON	MA	02115	SUFFOLK	USA	Medical Library Assistance	003	27	9/27/2018	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2018	2018	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	25 SHATTUCK ST	BOSTON	MA	02115	SUFFOLK	USA	Medical Library Assistance	002	27	9/20/2018	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $1,026,844

Issue Date FY: 2017 ( Subtotal = $896,299 )
2017	2017	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	25 SHATTUCK ST	BOSTON	MA	02115	SUFFOLK	USA	Medical Library Assistance	002	25	6/23/2017	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$8,399
2017	2017	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	25 SHATTUCK ST	BOSTON	MA	02115	SUFFOLK	USA	Medical Library Assistance	008	25	9/28/2017	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	-$8,399
2017	2017	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	25 SHATTUCK ST	BOSTON	MA	02115	SUFFOLK	USA	Medical Library Assistance	006	26	9/8/2017	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$99,821
2017	2017	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	25 SHATTUCK ST	BOSTON	MA	02115	SUFFOLK	USA	Medical Library Assistance	010	26	9/29/2017	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$746,146
2017	2017	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	25 SHATTUCK ST	BOSTON	MA	02115	SUFFOLK	USA	Medical Library Assistance	009	26	9/29/2017	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$8,399
2017	2017	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	25 SHATTUCK ST	BOSTON	MA	02115	SUFFOLK	USA	Medical Library Assistance	004	26	7/14/2017	COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$777,153
2017	2017	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	25 SHATTUCK ST	BOSTON	MA	02115	SUFFOLK	USA	Medical Library Assistance	005	26	7/21/2017	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$779,680
2017	2017	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	25 SHATTUCK ST	BOSTON	MA	02115	SUFFOLK	USA	Medical Library Assistance	003	26	6/29/2017	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$777,153
2017	2016	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	25 SHATTUCK ST	BOSTON	MA	02115	SUFFOLK	USA	Medical Library Assistance	007	25	9/28/2017	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	-$737,747
2017	2016	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	25 SHATTUCK ST	BOSTON	MA	02115	SUFFOLK	USA	Medical Library Assistance	001	25	10/26/2016	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$670,652
2017	2015	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	25 SHATTUCK ST	BOSTON	MA	02115	SUFFOLK	USA	Medical Library Assistance	000	24	10/26/2016	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$670,652
														Subtotal = $896,299

Issue Date FY: 2016 ( Subtotal = $1,181,261 )
2016	2016	HARVARD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL	643 HUNTINGTON AVENUE	BOSTON	MA	02115	SUFFOLK	USA	Medical Library Assistance	001	25	9/20/2016	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$31,775
2016	2016	HARVARD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL	643 HUNTINGTON AVENUE	BOSTON	MA	02115	SUFFOLK	USA	Medical Library Assistance	000	25	6/4/2016	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$1,149,486
														Subtotal = $1,181,261

Issue Date FY: 2015 ( Subtotal = $1,149,005 )
2015	2015	HARVARD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL	643 HUNTINGTON AVENUE	BOSTON	MA	02115	SUFFOLK	USA	Medical Library Assistance	000	24	6/11/2015	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$1,149,005
														Subtotal = $1,149,005

Grand Total All Awards = $34,320,393

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Biomedical Informatics and Data Science Research Training Program (BIRT)

Award Number: T15LM007092

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP

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