Albert Einstein College of Medicine has announced the launch of a new Data Science Institute, a dynamic, state-of-the-art resource that will strengthen researchers’ ability to harness vast amounts of data to drive biomedical breakthroughs and innovations in scientific discovery and patient care. Mimi Kim, ScD, Associate Director, Harold and Muriel Block Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Montefiore Einstein, and Director, Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design Core of the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Director, Quantitative Sciences, Biomedical Research Center, Division Head, Biostatistics, Harold and Muriel Block Chair and Professor, Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, has been named the institute’s inaugural director.
With seed funding from a $7 million anonymous philanthropic gift, Einstein joins other top medical institutions that have invested in establishing academic data science units to foster interdisciplinary collaborations and house an increasing variety of expertise, resources and tools.
“The growing field of medical data science uses advanced statistical, computational and informatics methods, as well as expertise in the relevant biological and clinical fields, to extract valuable knowledge and insights from data,” said Dr. Kim. “Increasingly massive data sets—such as those generated from high-throughput ‘-omics’ technologies, electronic health records, medical imaging, pathology, remote health monitoring devices and publicly available databases—offer immense opportunities for advancing research, education and healthcare. Our new institute will support the infrastructure and offer cutting-edge tools and academic knowledge that will make this possible.”
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