Summary
The aim of the center is to bring together like-minded research faculty with different backgrounds including biology, medicine, biostatistics/informatics, mathematical modeling and big-data analytics to perform cutting-edge research with direct policy relevance. In particular, we aim to work collaboratively on the intersection of biomedicine and artificial intelligence (AI) to generate policy recommendations.
The Center for Biomedical Science and Policy directors are: Naoru Koizumi and Jim Olds.
OnAir Post: CBSP – Center for Biomedical Science and Policy
About
Goal: I) biomedicine/healthcare; II) bioinformatics and other big data analytics; and III) medical/health policies. The current discordant policy response to the COVID-19 epidemic is a clear example of how a policy disconnect from scientific evidence and proper analytical tools can lead to disastrous public health outcomes. The problem of using scientific evidence to drive good policy decisions has been challenged recently by hyper-partisanship in the United States and elsewhere by parochial political aims and the rise of populist autocratic leaders. In a polity saturated with contradictory policy prescriptions in both the mass and social media, policy analysis based on that evidence can be entirely lost in the noise.
Mission: To bring together like-minded research faculty with different backgrounds including biology, medicine, biostatistics/informatics, mathematical modeling and big-data analytics to perform cutting-edge research with direct policy relevance. In particular, we aim to work collaboratively on the intersection of biomedicine and artificial intelligence (AI) to generate policy recommendations. We expect that these research projects will be supported by extramural research grants from top research funding agencies such as National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Science Foundation (NSF), as well as other private and public sources including foundations, industry partners and other governmental agencies.
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Contact
Email: School
Locations
George Mason University
Mason Square, Van Metre Hall, Room 520
3351 Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA 22201
Phone: 703-993-8380
Fax: 703-993-8215
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Training/Education
Project perspective(Or/And)Education perspective, K-12, Undergraduate, Master, PHD (Introduction for training/education team and courses)
- The center will organize various seminars where students will actively participate and can be benefited from the exposure to various finest scholars in the field of biomedical science and data analytics. These seminars will offer them unique networking opportunities with the scholars working in the related fields
- The students will also work on research projects undertaken by the center members in various capacity including graduate research assistantship (GRA) and summer research internships. They will be active members of the centers, performing data collection, management and analysis, manuscript writing, and developing proposal concept and framework.
- The center will also create postdoc fellowship opportunities, which will, in turn, help them pursue career with unique expertise.
The center also plans to offer a summer biomedical data analytics camp for undergraduate students at Mason. This will be done by piggybacking on Dr. Koizumi’s ongoing service to the STEP-UP Summer Internship Program supported by the Office of Minority Health Research Co-ordination in NIH-NIDDK (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases). The program has been offering mentorship to nationally selected underrepresented high school and undergraduate students, and Dr. Koizumi has been serving as a mentor of the program for the last 3 years. The proposed center will expand Dr. Koizumi’s mentorship effort to provide mentorship to include underrepresented undergraduate students at Mason.
