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CBMi, CHOP, Among Recipients of an NHGRI Four-Year Clinical Sequencing Exploratory Research Project Award
Philadelphia, Dec. 6, 2011 - The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is one of five U.S. centers, and the only one focusing on pediatrics, to receive a new four-year Clinical Sequencing Exploratory Research Project award. Children’s Hospital will receive $2.2 million per year for four years. The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) announced the grant today as part of an intensified focus on the medical applications of its flagship Genome Sequencing Program.
As part of the grant, CBMi's project "Sequencing, Analysis and Interpretation of Sequencing Data" aims to build a framework for systematically assessing the gene sequence data we collect, to integrate the data with medical care. Read More ...Grant Will Help Bridge Digital Divide For Disabled
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Center for Biomedical Informatics and the Inglis Foundation, also based in Philadelphia, are partnering with Boston public broadcaster WGBH’s Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) on a joint project to explore how adaptive technology can make personal health records accessible to people with disabilities. NCAM is the project leader and principal recipient of the three-year, $600,000 grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Education. Read More ...Genome Analysis Newsletter, Vol.3.0. October, 2011
Genome Analysis, (Vol.3.0. October, 2011) shares the latest news and developments from the Center for Biomedical Informatics(CBMi) in next generation sequencing (NGS) and bioinformatics including current project reports, upcoming events and staff news.
CBMi Offers Health Informatics Residency Elective
CBMi offers a health informatics residency elective to CHOP residents for those interested in clinical applications of technology, data, and the electronic health record and with a desire to learn more in a fun, interactive style.
The Human Genome - Now on the iPad
Genome Wowser provides an iPad-enabled view of the human genome.The app provides a functional presentation of the popular UCSC Genome Browser that is intuitive, highly portable, and allows a “Google Maps”-like navigation experience.
CBMi Collaborates with CHOP’s Center for Childhood Cancer Research
The Translational Informatics Unit (TiU) of the Center for Biomedical Informatics (CBMi) has developed a unique partnership with the Center for Childhood Cancer Research (CCCR).
Impact of EHR clinical alerts on routine urban childhood immunization.
Using the Care Assistant, clinical reminders for routine childhood vaccinations were programmed to appear prominently whenever any patient encounter was opened within the EHR for a child who was younger than 2 years.
Care Assistant Provides Clinical Decision Support for Immunizations and More
Developed by CBMi, Care Assistant provides clinical decision support using a web-service that functions independently of the vendor supplied electronic health record (EHR).
The AudGenDB Project
The objective of this project is to develop an integrated biomedical-computing infrastructure incorporating audiologic, otologic and genetic patient data to meet the needs of investigators pursuing patient-oriented pediatric hearing research.
Post-Bac Health Informatics Certificate - An Educational Collaboration with Temple University
Now Accepting Applications for the Next Class Starting in the Spring of 2013. Classes will take place on the CHOP campus. For more information, please contact Mark Diltz, CBMi's Education Manager.
