NLM's University-based Biomedical Informatics and Data Science Research Training Programs

The National Library of Medicine supports research training in biomedical informatics and data science at 18 educational institutions in the United States. NLM’s T15 program offers graduate education and postdoctoral training and research experiences in a wide range of areas including health care informatics, translational bioinformatics, clinical informatics, public health informatics, and consumer health informatics. Trainees will receive exposure to a core curriculum focused on biomedical data science concepts and methods as well as develop skills needed to lead independent future research. Some T15 programs offer an additional area of training in HIV/AIDS.

Each NLM research training program makes special efforts to recruit individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, individuals with disabilities, women, and those from economically, socially, culturally, or educationally disadvantaged backgrounds. Those interested in receiving predoctoral or postdoctoral training are encouraged to reach out to T15 institutions directly.

Please contact T15 awarded institutions for questions related to trainee selection, eligibility, program specifics, and levels of support. The location of NLM T15 training institutions and contact information for awardees is provided below. For general information about NLM's University-based Biomedical Informatics and Data Science Research Training Programs, please contact: Clayton Bingham, PhD (clayton.bingham@nih.gov).

T15 Biomedical Informatics and Data Science Research Training Program Sites

T15 Sites and Contact Information (Principal Investigator)

1. Columbia University (Noemie Elhadad/George Hripcsak)
2. Harvard University (Nils Gehlenborg)
3. Indiana University – Regenstreif Institute (Brian Dixon/Titus Schleyer)
4. Johns Hopkins University (Christopher Chute and Hadi Kharrazi)
5. Medical University of South Carolina (Alexander Alekseyenko/Brian Dean)
6. Oregon Health & Science University (William Hersh)
7. Rice University (Lydia Kavraki)
8. Stanford University (Sylvia Plevritis)
9. State University of New York at Buffalo (Peter Elkin)
10. University of California Los Angeles (Alex Bui)
11. University of California San Diego (Shamim Nemati)
12. University of Colorado (Arjun Krishnan/Katerina Kechris)
13. University of Pittsburgh (Harry Hochheiser)
14. University of Utah (Karen Eilbeck)
15. University of Washington (Peter Tarczy-Hornoch)
16. University of Wisconsin (Mark Craven and Colin Dewey)
17. Vanderbilt University (Jessica Ancker/Bradley Malin/Kim Unertl)
18. Yale University (Cynthia Brandt/Mark Gerstein)