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Biomedical Informatics and Data Science Research Training (BIRT) Program


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Academic Level:
Postdoc & Early Career

Description:
The Biomedical Informatics and Data Science Research Training (BIRT) Program is a consortium of leading informatics laboratories at Harvard. It is supported by a grant from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health. For United States citizens and permanent residents, this postdoctoral fellowship provides a stipend, tuition, and travel funds. Selected fellows are provided with many opportunities for training, research, interaction, and collaboration. All fellows also pursue the two-year part-time Harvard Medical School Master of Biomedical Informatics degree.

To apply for a BIRT fellowship, candidates submit an application to the MBI program. No additional materials are required. Offers to join the BIRT fellowship program are contingent on available program funding from the National Library of Medicine.

Eligibility Criteria- U.S. citizen or Permanent Resident at the time of application, and hold a doctoral-level degree (MD, PhD, MBBS, DMD, DVM) by the time of program matriculation.


Participating Institution(s):
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Harvard Medical School (Lead)

Program Materials:
 • Postdoc Website this link takes you to a different website
movie  Program Video

This Program can be Described by:
Academic Disciplines:
Artificial Intelligence
Bioinformatics & Genomics
Computational Sciences
Computer Sciences
Medical Sciences

Keywords:
Artificial Intelligence
Big Data Science
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Data Science
Medical Informatics

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This program is funded by:
National Institute of Health (NIH)


Page last updated 3/15/2023
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