Applicant Information
All interested UCLA Pediatric subspecialty fellows and Pediatric residents who are or will be engaged in child health basic science, translational, or clinical research that requires big data analysis in the areas of bioinformatics, omics, and computational biology are encouraged to apply.
External individuals (not a UCLA medical education trainee) interested in the program materials are encouraged to contact training grant coordinator Annabelle Au (AnAu@mednet.ucla.edu) for more information on how to participate.
Application Process
The announcement for trainee applications will be released in March 2024 and applications will be accepted until the deadline of September 30th, 2024, for participation in the 2024 Fall program. The program will run the weeks of October 1-December 20, 2024.
Applications require the following:
- Personal statement stating career goals
- Description of the proposed research project demonstrating the need for educational training in big data analysis in bioinformatics, omics, computational biology
- Two faculty support letters to demonstrate the applicant’s motivation to participate in the program. Please include a letter from the training program director to verify that the applicant has protected time to complete the 12-week program and a letter from the research mentor verifying participation in the research.
Additional Information can be found here: Application Guidelines
Research Support
Each internal appointed UCLA medical trainee scholar is awarded a voucher of:
- $2,000 to cover costs for resources needed for the trainee’s research
- $1,500 for in-person or virtual registration and attendance at one research conference where the trainee has an abstract accepted for presentation of their research
Examples of funding use:
- Reimbursements for lodging and local or national airfare or other transportation
- Cover attendance, material, and presentation costs at scientific meetings, conferences and other subspecialty conferences
- Purchasing relevant software
- Registration for additional bioinformatics, omics courses or other relevant short-term courses or workshops