[Asis-l] Postdoctoral Fellowship Positions in Biomedical Informatics available at OHSU

[Bill Hersh]

The Department of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology at Oregon
Health & Science University (OHSU) is pleased to announce the
availability of three Postdoctoral Fellowship positions in Biomedical
Informatics. These are full-time, on-campus positions with two of them
also having clinical practice components built in. The start date for
these positions is July-August, 2009.

 

1. NLM Fellowship

 

The first opportunity is through OHSU's National Library of Medicine
(NLM) Biomedical Informatics Training Grant. This position is open to
any qualified individual with a doctoral degree (MD, PhD, DDS, etc.).
The fellow is expected to pursue a research project and is strongly
encouraged to also pursue a master's degree in the OHSU program. The
fellowship package includes a stipend based on the NIH postdoctoral
fellowship salary, health insurance, conference travel, and all tuition
and fees.

 

By providing a structured research experience, with the option of course
work and/or pursuit of a degree, the program prepares fellows to enter
the academic community and undertake programs of independent biomedical
informatics research, or to take leadership positions in the growing
number of hospital and/or commercial efforts in biomedical informatics.
Fellows engage in a rigorous and dynamic program of study - though they
survey the field broadly during their fellowship, they also focus on and
complete a significant research project which is presented in both oral
and written form. All classes within the department are made available
to fellows, as well as courses throughout OHSU and our consortium of
other nearby universities.

 

2. Kaiser-Permanente Fellowship

 

The second opportunity is a new and innovative partnership between OHSU
and Kaiser Permanente Northwest. This position is open to an MD and has
a clinical practice component. The fellow is expected to work on a
project with Kaiser's advanced clinical information system. The
fellowship package includes a stipend, health insurance, conference
travel, and tuition and fees for one course per academic quarter.

 

The goal of this fellowship is to equip the trainee with knowledge and
skills in medical informatics, in order to become a leader in applying
information technology to clinical practice and to health care systems.
During the course of the fellowship, the Fellow is required to take a
minimum of six courses in the OHSU biomedical informatics graduate
program. The Fellow will also engage in a substantive medical
informatics project working with a Project Mentor at Kaiser Permanente
Northwest.  The project must involve an aspect involving information
technology, but may be research-oriented or oriented toward quality or
organizational improvement. In order to maintain a clinical orientation
and focus, the Fellow will be assigned to clinical care duties within
their specialty for approximately three half-days per week at a Kaiser
Permanente facility.  The Fellow will be expected to present a written
proposal for a medical-informatics related quality improvement project
based on experiences in the Kaiser clinical setting.

 

3. Veteran's Administration Fellowship

 

The third opportunity is through our existing collaborative fellowship
program between OHSU and the Portland Veteran's Administration (VA)
Medical Center. This position is open to an MD and has a clinical
practice component. The fellow is expected to work on a project with
VA's advanced clinical information system. The fellowship package
includes a stipend, health insurance, conference travel, and all tuition
and fees.

 

The application deadline for these positions is March 30, 2009. These
positions are only open to citizens of the United States. The
application should include a 1-2 page statement of interest, official
university transcripts from the doctoral degree, and three letters of
recommendation and should be sent to:

Andrea Ilg

Program Administrator, Biomedical Informatics

3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd.

BICC

Portland, OR   97239

 

For any questions, please contact Andrea Ilg at 503-494-4502 or
ilgan at ohsu.edu. Or visit the program Web site at
http://www.ohsu.edu/dmice/.

 

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