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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">This is a call for Ph.D. student (predoctoral) applications for the National Library of Medicine
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.gulfcoastconsortia.org/home/training/bmi-nlm/__;!!LkSTlj0I!H2rBp06w7oRWGk_wMqTMXAnbuDCxX2rF3mrwSsrA0V-WpTl2S5r4vwC0cEEFVBVRfwVqf_JTINMo8jy2lBAP$">
<span style="color:#0563C1">(NLM) Training Program in Biomedical Informatics and Data Science</span></a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Applicants must be U.S. citizens, or permanent residents already in possession of a green card, who are affiliated with a
<u><span style="color:#0563C1"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.gulfcoastconsortia.org/about/__;!!LkSTlj0I!H2rBp06w7oRWGk_wMqTMXAnbuDCxX2rF3mrwSsrA0V-WpTl2S5r4vwC0cEEFVBVRfwVqf_JTINMo8lxaiU-5$"><span style="color:#0563C1">GCC member institution</span></a>.</span></u>
(Note: For <u>HMRI, Ph.D. students are not eligible to apply, only postdocs</u>.)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Deadlines</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Before Thursday, January 30</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">:<span style="color:red">
</span>Applicants must discuss their proposed project with the NLM Steering Committee member from their institution, to ensure it is appropriate for this training program. See the list under the
<u><span style="color:#0563C1"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.gulfcoastconsortia.org/home/training/bmi-nlm/*1556808353573-b6a59b50-87a6__;Iw!!LkSTlj0I!H2rBp06w7oRWGk_wMqTMXAnbuDCxX2rF3mrwSsrA0V-WpTl2S5r4vwC0cEEFVBVRfwVqf_JTINMo8m5c2XC2$"><span style="color:#0563C1">NLM
Steering Committee and Training Faculty</span></a></span></u> section.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">UH Contact:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> Badri Roysam (<a href="mailto:broysam@uh.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">broysam@uh.edu</span></a>,
713-743-1773)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Thursday, January 30 before 11:59 p.m.
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">(just before midnight Thursday-to-Friday):
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Required
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<span style="color:#0563C1">Letters of Intent</span></a> are due</span></u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">;
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Also due are any
<u>faculty requests for new membership</u> in the NLM training faculty in order to sponsor a candidate (see
<u><span style="color:#0563C1"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.gulfcoastconsortia.org/home/training/bmi-nlm/*1556808353573-bb3f1459-2252__;Iw!!LkSTlj0I!H2rBp06w7oRWGk_wMqTMXAnbuDCxX2rF3mrwSsrA0V-WpTl2S5r4vwC0cEEFVBVRfwVqf_JTINMo8uQjIUxc$"><span style="color:#0563C1">“Faculty
Eligibility”</span></a></span></u> section). Faculty can be provisionally approved, but are only added to the training faculty if their candidate is awarded a fellowship. Faculty must be tenure-track or tenured.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Thursday, February 6 before 11:59 pm</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">:
<u><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.gulfcoastconsortia.org/home/training/bmi-nlm/*1556808051464-984abb94-1eff__;Iw!!LkSTlj0I!H2rBp06w7oRWGk_wMqTMXAnbuDCxX2rF3mrwSsrA0V-WpTl2S5r4vwC0cEEFVBVRfwVqf_JTINMo8iLtXsB9$"><span style="color:#0563C1">Applications,
mentor recommendations, and all required materials</span></a></u> are due, including letters of recommendation and unofficial transcripts.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Interviews</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> for all selected applicants will be held on one day (no
exceptions) via Zoom – <u>Monday, February 17 ~late morning-early afternoon</u>. Interviews are a total of 20 minutes long (presentation 8 minutes; 12 minutes Q&A), and timeslots will be assigned in advance.
<u>Both mentors</u> are expected to attend the interview in support of their candidate.<b>
</b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">May 1, June 1, or June 30: Ph.D. students must be able to begin their appointments on these dates to be eligible to apply.
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">This means that any other fellowship support
<u>must be completed </u>before then, and PhD students must be in their mentor’s labs by the appointment start date.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Please pay particular attention to the research areas of biomedical informatics and data science that NLM supports, and in the
<b>required curriculum</b>. See the “<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.gulfcoastconsortia.org/home/training/bmi-nlm/*1556808353571-e0954b29-8f5a__;Iw!!LkSTlj0I!H2rBp06w7oRWGk_wMqTMXAnbuDCxX2rF3mrwSsrA0V-WpTl2S5r4vwC0cEEFVBVRfwVqf_JTINMo8hrZNZbr$"><span style="color:#0563C1">Purpose
of the NLM Training Program</span></a>” and “<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.gulfcoastconsortia.org/home/training/bmi-nlm/*1556808331831-e73d12e0-7efe__;Iw!!LkSTlj0I!H2rBp06w7oRWGk_wMqTMXAnbuDCxX2rF3mrwSsrA0V-WpTl2S5r4vwC0cEEFVBVRfwVqf_JTINMo8kJpGObz$"><span style="color:#0563C1">NLM
Curriculum Plan</span></a>” sections on the </span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.gulfcoastconsortia.org/home/training/bmi-nlm/__;!!LkSTlj0I!H2rBp06w7oRWGk_wMqTMXAnbuDCxX2rF3mrwSsrA0V-WpTl2S5r4vwC0cEEFVBVRfwVqf_JTINMo8o19ygyd$"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">NLM
web site</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">. The website includes the projects of
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.gulfcoastconsortia.org/home/training/bmi-nlm/*1556808353574-9847d119-9c21__;Iw!!LkSTlj0I!H2rBp06w7oRWGk_wMqTMXAnbuDCxX2rF3mrwSsrA0V-WpTl2S5r4vwC0cEEFVBVRfwVqf_JTINMo8hOkQZK4$">
<span style="color:#0563C1">current and former NLM trainees</span></a>. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
Each trainee must have two tenure-track or tenured mentors who are members of the NLM Training Faculty, or who are applying to join the training faculty because they are supporting a candidate in the current round of applications. It is preferable, although
not required, for the mentors to be affiliated with two separate institutions in the GCC, or at least two departments at the same institution. It is not necessary for the mentors to have an existing collaboration.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">A faculty mentor may be a primary mentor for only one NLM trainee at a time. Faculty may be secondary mentor for two NLM trainees at one time.<br>
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Ph.D. students are eligible for up to three years of support. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">All re-appointments are dependent upon a satisfactory progress review and continued funding from the agency.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Fellowships provide NIH-level stipends, partial tuition and health insurance benefits, and travel to approved conferences. See the
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.gulfcoastconsortia.org/home/training/bmi-nlm/*1556808353572-e7dfc016-01a7__;Iw!!LkSTlj0I!H2rBp06w7oRWGk_wMqTMXAnbuDCxX2rF3mrwSsrA0V-WpTl2S5r4vwC0cEEFVBVRfwVqf_JTINMo8jk1Ek8m$">
<span style="color:#0563C1">“What the NLM Fellowship Provides</span></a>” section on the website.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">For questions related to applications, please contact the NLM program administrator Melissa Glueck,
</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:glueck@rice.edu"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">glueck@rice.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Best regards,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Lydia Kavraki</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Noah Harding Professor of Computer Science, Professor of Bioengineering, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Professor of Mechanical Engineering
<br>
Rice University <br>
Program Director, National Library of Medicine (NLM) Training Grant in Biomedical Informatics T15LM007093</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Elmer Bernstam</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Internal Medicine and The Reynolds and Reynolds Professor in Clinical Informatics<br>
UT Health Science Center at Houston<br>
Program Co-Director</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Administrator:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Melissa Glueck, MS, Keck Center Director, Gulf Coast Consortia<br>
BioScience Research Collaborative (BRC) Suite 160, 6500 Main St. (@ University), Houston, Texas 77030</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Tel. 713-348-4563
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:glueck@rice.edu"><span style="color:blue">glueck@rice.edu</span></a>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">GCC member institutions: Baylor College of Medicine, Rice University, University of Houston, UT Health Science Center at Houston, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, UT Medical Branch
at Galveston, Institute of Biosciences and Technology-TAMU, and Houston Methodist Research Institute. For more information, visit:
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