Connectionists: Call for applications to PhD/Postdoc study in Data Science/Big Data for Health Informatics

[Gang Luo]

Call for applications to PhD/Postdoc study in Data Science/Big Data for Health Informatics  in the Department of Biomedical Informatics at the University of Utah

TheDepartment of Biomedical Informatics (http://medicine.utah.edu/bmi/) 
at the University of Utah was established in 1964 as the first one of 
its kind in the world. We have openings for PhD and Postdoc students to 
work on data science / big data projects for health informatics. The 
applicants for these projects should have formal education background in 
computer science or related fields, preferably in the areas of data 
science / big data, machine learning, data mining, database, and/or text 
processing.

The Department has a Biomedical Informatics Training Grant from the 
National Library of Medicine (NLM). The primary purpose of this grant is 
to train research investigators in Biomedical Informatics. The NLM 
funding for students is limited to US citizens and permanent residents. 
For Pre-doctoral students, this grant is designed to fund students to 
achieve the PhD degree. The NLM training grant pays a stipend, tuition 
expenses, health insurance premiums, and travel expenses to the annual 
NLM trainees meeting. Continuation of funding is made on a year-to-year 
basis and is contingent upon adequate student performance each year and 
the availability of funds.

Pre-doctoral Training Positions:

Eligible funding for 1-5 years for advanced informatics training and 
leads towards a PhD degree. Please follow the general application 
instructions at 
http://medicine.utah.edu/bmi/academics-education/application-instructions.php

Post-doctoral Training Positions (trainees from a non-health related 
field):

Eligible funding for 1-3 years for advanced informatics training, and 
typically do not lead to a degree. Applicants must have a PhD to apply. 
These positions are funded at the NLM stipend support rates 
(http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ep/trainingdirectors.html).

Application Requirements:

1.Statement of Research Interests

2.CV

3.Faculty member(s) you are interested in working with

4.Completion of Department Supplementary Application 
Form (http://medicine.utah.edu/bmi/documents/supplementary-form2014.pdf)


        Applicants interested in data science / big data projects for
        health informaticsare welcome to contact Gang Luo at gang dot
        luo at utah dot edu for more information. The application
        deadline is December 31, 2014.

Each NLM informatics research training program makes special efforts to 
recruit individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, 
individuals with disabilities, and those from economically, socially, 
culturally or educationally disadvantaged backgrounds, into careers in 
biomedical informatics. The positions are for US citizens and permanent 
residents. For more information, see 
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/trainedu.html

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