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| https://www.indiana.edu/ | Education and Research | |
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Indiana University is home to top-ranked business and music schools, the world’s first school of philanthropy, the nation’s first school of informatics, and the country’s largest medical school. To better prepare students for the careers of tomorrow, IU has launched or reconfigured 10 schools in the last decade, and is constantly adding new academic programs, like IU Bloomington’s Intelligent Systems Engineering program and IU Online’s 100% virtual Master of Science in Educational Technology for Learning. In April 2023, IU announced that they are creating a more effective and efficient "front door" to discover, access and share research data and services through the newly created IU Research Data Commons, thereby exponentially growing the impact of IU’s research output. The initiative grew from a comprehensive taskforce report that last year gathered IU community input and surveyed peer institutions and national movements engaged in strengthening research infrastructure. In the first year, the Research Data Commons will focus on two key areas to enhance discoverability, access and utility of university data resources. The first will center around creating web-based tools that allow research teams to discover what data sets are available, where they might be applicable and what internal or external compliance measures might be required for access. The second key area will be to provide centralized infrastructure to house, search and serve the data. More information will be shared as the data commons is created. Read more about the IU Research Data Commons at https://research.impact.iu.edu/for-faculty/data-commons.html. This section highlights various Centers and Institutes at Indiana University on three campuses – IU-Bloomington, IUPUI, and IU School of Medicine to highlight work impacting the health-data intersection and invite collaboration. Founded in 1820, Indiana University Bloomington is the flagship campus of IU’s seven campuses and two regional centers statewide. Innovation, creativity, and academic freedom are hallmarks of our world-class contributions in research and the arts. |
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| Center for Business of Life Sciences (CBLS) | Kelley School's Center for the Business of Life Sciences was started with the belief that life sciences companies are essential economic drivers for growth and employment. To ensure the success of the industry as a whole, however, requires a broad collaboration of science and business acumen. CBLS brings together students, faculty, life science companies, and other corporate partners to: • attract top students interested in careers in life sciences and develop them into strong future leaders for the life sciences industry • support research on significant issues and questions faced by the industry • provide a forum allowing companies and other corporate partners to connect with industry-focused students • create significant networking opportunities for students, faculty, companies, and friends to connect in order to strengthen Indiana's life science industry |
lifesc@indiana.edu |
| Center for Survey Research (CSR) |
Since the early 1980’s, the Center for Survey Research (CSR) has partnered with researchers to plan for, gather, and analyze data that advance knowledge and humankind. The CSR has conducted thousands of quantitative and qualitative research projects, using surveys, interviews, focus groups, and a wide range of other methods, including collection of medical specimens and environmental samples. Our partners include collaborators from universities, governmental agencies, nonprofit organizations, and businesses. |
csr@indiana.edu |
IUPUI is the product of a partnership between Indiana University and Purdue University. In Fall 2024, IUPUI will split into two separate institutions, and the current campus will be known as IU Indianapolis. The two Centers highlighted in this section have provided substantial data and insights to the health-data community.
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| Indiana Business Research Center (IBRC) | Provide metric-intensive, research-powered reports, analytics, and data through partnerships, collaborations and multiple websites, dashboards, and analytical tools to the people of Indiana. | www.ibrc.indiana.edu |
| The Polis Center |
The Polis Center–a unit in the IU School of Informatics and Computing at IUPUI—works with community partners in Indiana and beyond to develop innovative place-based policies and practices for healthier and more resilient communities. It supports community development and quality-of-life efforts, natural disaster resiliency, and population health management using geospatial technologies to integrate, manage, and visualize the rapidly growing information on the places where we live and work. We do this through place-based research, analysis, collaborations, and advanced information technologies. We help communities and organizations build capacity, provide actionable information, and develop knowledge platforms. |
polis@iupui.edu |
The Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM) is the largest medical school in the country with nearly 3000 full time faculty and 1500 medical students. Starting as the medical department with just a handful of students in 1903, IUSM has grown into a research-intensive school training the next generation of medical practitioners and researchers.
Mission: It is the mission of IUSM to advance health in the state of Indiana and beyond by promoting innovation and excellence in education, research, and patient care.
Vision: IUSM will lead the transformation of health care through quality, innovation, and education and make Indiana one of the nation’s healthiest states
Core Values:
• Excellence that is reflected in the innovative conduct and advancement of education, research, and patient care.
• Respect for individuals who are affiliated with, or come in contact with, IUSM staff, students, residents, fellows, faculty, staff, partners, communities, patients, and families.
• Integrity that embraces the very highest standards of ethical behavior and exemplary moral character.
• Diversity that is reflected in actions that appreciate all individuals.
• Cooperation that is manifested by collegial communication and collaboration.
The research activity at IUSM is extremely broad including five basic science departments and 20 clinical departments. In connection to IUSM, the Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (CCBB), Department of Biostatistics and Health Data Science (BHDS), Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics (MMGE), Department of Biohealth Informatics, Department of Biochemistry, and Department of Medicine are all heavily involved in medical data science. Furthermore, IUSM contains one of only 70 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers, Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer (IUSCCC) with nearly 250 researchers conducting all phases of cancer research.
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Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (CCBB) |
The Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics at Indiana University School of Medicine is committed to conducting outstanding basic, clinical and translational research that promotes advanced computation and informatics approaches to increase the overall understanding of normal and disease-associated biological processes, drug development and therapeutic responses. The center stimulates and facilitates collaboration among computational scientists, laboratory and clinical investigators, and other health care researchers while simultaneously educating the next generation of bioinformaticians through coursework and direct participation in research activities. Areas for collaboration: Detailed profile upcoming. See https://medicine.iu.edu/research-centers/computational-biology-bioinformatics for more information. |
Yunlong Liu, PhD ssteele2@iu.edu |
| Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BMB) |
The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Indiana University School of Medicine comprises a vibrant community of talented scientists and educators. Research within the department is focused on uncovering the mechanisms of fundamental biological processes and the molecular bases of critical health problems including diabetes, cancer, neurological disorders, infectious diseases, immunological disorders, cardiovascular malfunctions and alcoholism. Students and faculty in this department thrive in a friendly scientific environment that is fundamentally based on intra- and- inter-departmental collaboration. Areas for collaboration: Detailed profile upcoming. See https://medicine.iu.edu/biochemistry-molecular-biology for more information. |
Michael A. Weiss, MD, PhD, MBA weissma@iu.edu |
| Department of BioHealth Informatics |
Biomedical research leads to a better understanding of health and the biomedical sciences, new standards of care and innovative treatments for disease. Informatics research seeks to apply informatics, data analytics and innovations in technology development and system sciences to drive improved health care delivery, quality, effectiveness, access and outcomes. Students have the opportunity to collaborate with faculty researchers who are exploring basic, clinical and applied research frontiers throughout the biomedical, clinical and population health and information sciences fields. Our primary research areas focus on: Areas for collaboration: Detailed profile upcoming. See https://soic.iupui.edu/biohealth/ for more information |
soicindy@iupui.edu |
| Department of Biostatistics and Health Data Science (BHDS) |
The mission of the Department of Biostatistics and Health Data Science has three parallel and synergistically-related components: • To provide first-rate biostatistical collaboration in biomedical research with the goal of using data to advance science and to improve health in Indiana and beyond The vision of the department is to become a national leader in biostatistics and data science and to advance science and improve health, through scientific collaboration, method development and quantitative education. Areas for collaboration: |
Kun Huang kunhuang@iu.edu |
| Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics |
One of the first human genetics departments in the country, the Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics at IU School of Medicine has a rich history of training geneticists and genetic counselors and providing genetic consultation and counseling services. The department contributes to the understanding of numerous genetic conditions through the integration of basic research in genetic and genomic mechanisms, translational research in disease models, and clinical trials in rare and common genetic diseases. Areas for collaboration: Detailed profile upcoming See https://medicine.iu.edu/genetics for more information. |
www.ibrc.indiana.edu |