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CBMI Administrative Structure
The CBMI has been granted campus-wide authority to review all decisions on major purchases, systems adoption, and implementation of clinically related BMI infrastructure. Our model is based on a successful program at Vanderbilt University (n.b., Dr. Dan Masys, the leader of the Vanderbilt program, is one of our consultants) whose informatics faculty provides resources to both the clinical service and the research faculty. This governance reflects the recognition by UC Irvine campus leadership of the critical role that BMI now plays in the clinical research enterprise. The CBMI is strategically positioned to put into effect policies that will improve research IT and BMI throughout the campus.
The organization and leadership structure of the CBMI contributes to its ongoing success by bringing together UC Irvine’s existing strengths in the fields of computer science, informatics, and computational biology.
CBMI Director/Co-Director. The Director, Prof. Padhraic Smyth, and Co-Director, Dr. Scott Rudkin, have the responsibility and authority to oversee all biomedical informatics systems for the ICTS, to manage the link between the academic and IT components of the UC Irvine Biomedical Informatics infrastructure, and to develop an ongoing strategic plan for implementation of CBMI goals.
A group of highly qualified personnel with national experience in BMI complement the leadership of the CBMI Management Team. One example is David Keator, who serves as Translational Research Architect for the CBMI and the Director of Scientific Computing for the NCRR-funded fBIRN project. Headquartered at UC Irvine, fBIRN is designed to establish national standards for using functional MRI to research conditions like schizophrenia. David provides technical, scientific, and data management experience to the CBMI. He also is pursuing his doctoral degree in computer science under the mentorship of CBMI Director Dr. Padhraic Smyth.
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