University at Buffalo (UB)
Curriculum
Our curriculum will prepare you to be a biomedical informatician and research leader.
As a trainee in our program, you will undertake a data science training program and work alongside a skilled mentor to complete a summer project.
Your initial orientation will consist of:
- IRB training
- research ethics and ethical data management
- introduction to working in a dry lab environment
Starting on your second week of the 12-week experience, we’ll provide you with a wide range of courses.
Tailor Training to Your Interests
The ability to harness rich information from advancing biomedical technologies and patient-generated data will depend, in large part, on the skills and insights of medical informaticists. That’s why our program focuses on training future biomedical and clinical personnel who can use these data to improve the world’s understanding of disease and resilience and to advance individualized treatment, precision medicine and prevention options.
BRIGHT short-term trainees receive a solid foundation of course work, application development projects and valuable experience in core areas of biomedical informatics and data science.
We enable you to specialize your short-term experience based on your interest in any of these areas by choosing a specific project and corresponding mentor.
Our program strongly reflects the national competency recommendations published by the American Medical Informatics Association and the International Society for Computational Biology.
Our Mentors Guide You
One of the most exciting elements of our program is the work you’ll do with your research mentor, who will guide you as you:
- attend seminars, workshops, journal clubs, meetings, presentations
- develop a research project in three months, producing an opportunity to present findings and write a short report
In addition to close work with your mentor, you can get to know methodologists, biostatisticians, publicly available databases, statistical programs, and the fellows and graduate students in our department.
Paving the Way for Your Future
Maybe you thought research in biomedical informatics was never an option for you? That’s where our program comes into play.
Programming skills are not a prerequisite for our program. And although candidates will ideally have some relevant background experience — such as knowledge of engineering, mathematics, computer science, physics, chemistry, biology, psychology, sociology, or public health — if you’ve been studying outside of these disciplines, we encourage you to apply.