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TRAINING OF TOOLMAKERS FOR BIO-MEDICAL INFORMATICS (TTB*

Award Number: T15LM007438
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 07/01/2002
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/30/2010

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TRAINING OF TOOLMAKERS FOR BIO-MEDICAL INFORMATICS (TTB* - DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The United States and other developed countries are experiencing a severe shortage of professionals trained in biological and medical informatics. To retain a leading position at the forefront of modern biology, medicine, pharmaceutical sciences and agriculture, this shortage must be alleviated through the interdisciplinary training of pre-doctoral and post-doctoral fellows. The trainees must be educated in the development and application of mathematical and computational tools that will later enable them effectively to exploit the unprecedented opportunities, and tackle the novel challenges, brought forth by advances in genome technology and molecular biology. To this end, the Department of Biometry and Epidemiology at the Medical University of South Carolina requests funds for an educational program dedicated to the Training of Toolmakers in BioMedical Informatics (TTBMI). This program will educate graduate students and post-doctoral fellows in one focused niche of biomedical information for which MUSC is particularly well equipped. This niche comprises the development and application of methods of computational systems science for connecting genes with their biochemical, physiological and clinical functions. The Department has an established infrastructure and has offered curricula in biostatistics and biomedical systems science since the early 1970's. In 2000, the Department obtained approval from the State of South Carolina to offer a graduate program in biomedical informatics. The requested funds will be used to implement this effort. The proposed program consists of classroom teaching in informatics methods and relevant biological topics, which is subsequently enriched and complemented with hands-on, specific informatics research in one of the numerous participating programs that already exist on campus. Individuals from these programs have expressed enthusiastic support for the proposed program and, in particular, for a mechanism of co-mentoring trainees with faculty from the Department of Biometry and Epidemiology. Through the dual mechanism of informatics training and real world application, graduates will be educated to become toolmakers capable of solving problems in biology and medicine of the 21st century.


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: 2008 ( Subtotal = $169,739 )
2008	2008	MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	19 HAGOOD AVE, SUITE 608	CHARLESTON	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	Medical Library Assistance	002	5	7/25/2008	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$169,739
														Subtotal = $169,739

Issue Date FY: 2007 ( Subtotal = $74,100 )
2007	2007	MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	19 HAGOOD AVE, SUITE 608	CHARLESTON	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	Medical Library Assistance	001	5	8/29/2007	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$74,100
														Subtotal = $74,100

Issue Date FY: 2006 ( Subtotal = $110,638 )
2006	2006	MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	19 HAGOOD AVE, SUITE 608	CHARLESTON	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	Medical Library Assistance	000	5	6/30/2006	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$110,638
														Subtotal = $110,638

Issue Date FY: 2005 ( Subtotal = $291,501 )
2005	2005	MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	19 HAGOOD AVE, SUITE 608	CHARLESTON	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	Medical Library Assistance	000	4	7/22/2005	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$291,501
														Subtotal = $291,501

Issue Date FY: 2004 ( Subtotal = $490,967 )
2004	2004	MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	19 HAGOOD AVE, SUITE 608	CHARLESTON	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	Medical Library Assistance	000	3	6/25/2004	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$490,967
														Subtotal = $490,967

Issue Date FY: 2003 ( Subtotal = $338,474 )
2003	2003	MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	19 HAGOOD AVE, SUITE 608	CHARLESTON	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	Medical Library Assistance	000	2	7/24/2003	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$338,474
														Subtotal = $338,474

Issue Date FY: 2002 ( Subtotal = $161,674 )
2002	2002	MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	19 HAGOOD AVE, SUITE 608	CHARLESTON	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	Medical Library Assistance	000	1	7/2/2002	NEW	$161,674
														Subtotal = $161,674

Grand Total All Awards = $1,637,093

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TRAINING OF TOOLMAKERS FOR BIO-MEDICAL INFORMATICS (TTB*

Award Number: T15LM007438

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 07/01/2002

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/30/2010

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