1. Training Directors’ Business Breakfast - Updates 2007 NLM Training Conference 27 June 2007

2. NIH Heads-up NIH Reauthorization leads to new reporting requirements for training programs in 2008  Trainees on R01 grants – budget form changes  Training of Graduate Students for Doctoral Degrees Institutions receiving NIH funding for the training of graduate students must report on percentage of students who successfully attain a doctoral degree and length of time to obtain

3. NIH Heads-UP Recruitment and Retention Plan to enhance Diversity  Will be part of future training grant applications  Groups: Racial and ethnic minorities underrepresented in health- related sciences Individuals with disabilities Individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (C1: low family income; C2: social/cultural or educational except for graduate and postdoctoral fellows)

4. Informatics Tracks Training tracks at NLM programs:  Health care/clinical informatics – 12 sites  Bioinformatics/computational biology – 13 sites  Clinical research/translational informatics – 10 sites  Public health informatics – 7 sites  Other special tracks – 4 sites Monitor track cohorts through progress reports

5. Website Redesign Better marketing & outreach  Add text on what tracks are available at each program  Add special link for minority outreach initiative  University icons on the map  More about the overall purpose of the programs More useful  ‘for the T-15 directors’ or ‘for the T-15 grant administrator’  T-15 directors listserv  Report template for annual progress reports, budget reports, trainee lists, etc.  FAQ

6. University Biomedical Informatics Research Training Programs Supported by NLM

7. Program Listings University of California Irvine (Irvine, CA) Informatics training site Informatics training site University of California Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA) Informatics training site Informatics training site Stanford University (Stanford, CA) Informatics training site Informatics training site University of Colorado Denver/HSC Aurora (Denver, CO) Informatics training site Informatics training site Yale University (New Haven, CT) Informatics training site Informatics training site Regenstrief/Indiana University (Indianapolis, IN) Informatics training site Informatics training site Harvard University (Medical School) (Boston, MA) Informatics training site Informatics training site Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD) Informatics training site Informatics training site University of Minnesota Twin Cities (Minneapolis, MN) Informatics training site University of Missouri-Columbia (Columbia, MO) Informatics training site Columbia University Health Sciences (New York, NY) Informatics training site Informatics training site Oregon Health & Science University (Portland, OR) Informatics training site Informatics training site University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA) Informatics training site Informatics training site Medical University of South Carolina (Charleston, SC) Informatics training site Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN) Informatics training site Informatics training site Rice University (Houston, TX) Informatics training site Informatics training site University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT) Informatics training site Informatics training site University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA) Informatics training site Informatics training site University of Washington (Seattle, WA) Informatics training site Informatics training site University of Wisconsin Madison (Madison, WI) Informatics training site Informatics training site

8. Training Outcomes – Informatics Fellowships Goal: expand the pool of professionals with expertise in informatics through individual informatics fellowships. Looked at F38 awarded 1998-2002  Are they pursuing a career in informatics 5 years after their fellowship? 10/11 have academic appointments  Did they receive grants, awards, publish, make conference presentations, contribute to the field. 8 published;4 received grants.

9. Training Outcomes - Research Grants Question: Are we training people ‘on the job’ in research grant projects?  54 R01 grants awarded between 1998-2002  31 supported 97 pre or post-doctoral students 52% predoctoral, 30% post-doctoral; 18% undetermined  49% of trainees were listed as co-authors in peer reviewed papers or abstracts with the PI or other project faculty  6 had 11-15 papers; most had 1-5 papers or presentations

10. Training Outcomes: Training Programs Goal: Increase trained researchers in informatics  Admissions, credentials, completions, projects Goal: Increase institutional capacity in biomedical informatics research  Research grants of faculty  Curriculum development & refinement  Other informatics training grants or support Goal: Advance knowledge in biomedical informatics  Publications, awards, products/inventions

11. National Network for Biomedical Informatics Recruiting – 2006 proposal NLM training programs outreach to undergrad minority & disadvantaged students  Create calendar of key meetings and have a poster or booth about opportunities  Summer undergraduate match program – central application center  Programs create special web pages  Link on NLM page

12. Action to date Several teleconferences (Altman, Shortliffe, NLM staff)  Content to come from training directors; Need boilerplate about why students should consider this field  Considerations: getting a domain name; opening up training conf to undergrads; link to AMIA; placement on NLM site; need lists of example opportunities

13. Next Steps Set up an e-mail distribution list (ready) Set up preliminary site, look into high profile search metadata Content Model: Institution, director info, e- mail for graduate program; URL for informatics; degrees offered, description of the overall program, availability of summer research programs – develop a couple of sample entries

14. You: Commit to perform research for 2 years; NIH Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs) are a vital component of our nation's efforts to attract health professionals to careers in research. + Increase in our nation’s stock of biomedical research scientists. How LRP Works NIH: Repays up to $35,000 per year of your qualified educational debt and covers the resulting taxes. 14

15. Extramural Loan Repayment Programs For health professionals conducting research in non-profit institutions:  Clinical Research  Pediatric Research  Contraception & Infertility Research  Health Disparities Research  Clinical Research for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds APPLICATIONS: Dec 1 each year Success Rates: 40%, 70% for amended apps  www.LRP.nih.gov for applications www.LRP.nih.gov  at NLM: Dr. Hua-Chuan Sim, simh@mail.nih.gov 15

16. K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Five years of support  Phase I - 1-2 years of mentored support for post-docs 5 yrs or less from degree.75% FTE. Salary of up to $75,000 plus fringe benefits plus $20,000 research fund /yr; 8% indirects  Phase II - 3 years of independent research support contingent upon securing an independent research position. EP staff make decision for phase II award. Total cost of $249,000 per award including full indirects U.S. citizens and non-citizens are eligible to apply Update research plan at transition

17. K-99 Program and Years of Permissible Support Previous: Pre-doctoral support from NLM limited to 4 years; Post-doctoral support from NLM limited to 3 years; not additive Now: an NLM trainee can apply for a K-99. The K-99 award has 2 years of mentored funding. This will not be counted against the Permissible support limit. Predoc could have 4 plus 2 K99 years; postdoc could have 3 plus 2 K99 years

18. K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Mentored phase: mentor commitment and mentoring plan are important review factors Research phase: once K99 awardee has found a research position, internal review of revised research plan and the institution’s commitment to the investigator  Expectation that there is no gap between K and R phases