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Postdoctoral Training
Postdoctoral Training
The Department of Biomedical Informatics at the University of Utah anticipates the opening of one National Library of Medicine postdoctoral position in August 2009. [read more]
The Department of Biomedical Informatics offers training for postdoctoral candidates seeking experience in informatics development and research activities. Several avenues are available for doctorally prepared individuals interested in enhancing their expertise in this area.
They include:
A. Fellowships (1, 2, or 3 years)
B. Visitor/preceptor opportunities (typically 3 to 9 months)
C. Sabbatical leaves (featuring collaborative research for academics on sabbatical)
The goal of the postdoctoral fellowship program is to provide an in depth, research experience in some aspect of biomedical informatics, along with formal course work taken within the biomedical informatics department and/or other departments of the University of Utah. Fellows will interact with the entire biomedical informatics faculty, but will have an apprenticeship like relationship with only one faculty member who will direct their research activities. The curriculum will be tailored to the individual needs and desires of the fellow. While becoming expert in a given area, the student will have an opportunity to survey broadly the field of Biomedical Informatics by attending seminars, lectures, and journal club. Fellows are expected to complete a research project during their 1 to 3 year training program, and to produce publications and give oral presentations of their work at national meetings. The overall goal is to produce Biomedical Informaticists who can function as independent researchers, leaders, and developers in either academic or commercial settings.
The department also supports and encourages postdoctoral educational experiences that last less than one year. These experiences are arranged with individual faculty members in the department and are intended to meet the needs of physicians who are actively practicing medicine, but desire advanced training in Biomedical Informatics. The department will work to accommodate visits as short as a few weeks, preceptorships for a few months, or 6 to 9 month experiences to coincide with sabbatical leave.
Application procedure:
Applications are accepted at any time of the year since postdoctoral training is not necessarily tied to entry into the graduate program.
Applicants should:
- Identify the faculty member in the department whose interests match yours and with whom you would like to work.
- Send a statement of your research interests. The statement should be 2 to 3 pages describing your interests and plans for the next couple of years.
- Request 3 of letters of recommendation from researchers familiar with your work and ask that the letters be addressed to and sent directly to the Chair of the Department.