This is a compendium of government programs and initiatives, and public-private partnerships, that have a significant component of biomedical informatics and computational biology.

NIH Roadmap/Blueprint
NIH Neuroscience Information Framework—Karen Skinner
Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) —William Riley
Molecular Libraries Cheminformatics Research Centers (initiative under the NIH Roadmap)—Dr. Ajay
Blueprint Informatics Team (BIT)—Michael Huerta
Technology Centers for Networks and Pathways — Doug Sheeley
Clinical Networks — Jody Sachs
Nanomedicine — Richard Fisher
Neuroimaging Tools and Resources Clearinghouse — Yantian Zhang National Centers for Biomedical Computing (NCBC) — John Whitmarsh

Interagency Initiatives
Multiscale Modeling — Grace Peng
NSF-NIH Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience (CRCNS)—Yuan Liu
Dynamic Data Driven Applications Systems (DDDAS)—Frederica Darema
Metabolic Engineering Working Group—Frederick Heineken
NSF Simulation-Based Engineering Science (SBES)—Clark Cooper

Networked Science
Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN) – Greg Farber
Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caBIG) — Peter Covitz
Neuroimaging Informatics Technology Initiative (NIfTI)—Michael Huerta
Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study—Irene Eckstrand
Genetic Association Information Network Program (GAIN) — Teri Manolio, David Wholley
Genes and Environment Initiative (GEI) — David Balshaw

Centers
The NIGMS Funded Glue Grants—Pamela Marino
Bioinformatics Resource Centers (BRC)—Valentina Di Francesco
Computational Research Resources — Greg Farber
Systems Biology (NCI) — Jennifer Couch
Systems Biology (NIGMS) — Jerry Li

Institute- and Agency-specific Initiatives
NIH Intramural Program — Michael Gottesman
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) — David Lipman
Systems Biology (NHLBI) — Jennie Larkin
Pediatric Neuroimaging Initiative — Judith Rumsey
Molecular and Cell Imaging — Cathy Lewis
Imaging Technology Development and Public Private Partnerships – Laurence Clarke
NHGRI Genome Informatics Program—Peter Good
National Library of Medicine Grant Programs in Informatics and Knowledge Management—Valerie Florance
Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience Research Program—Dennis Glanzman
Department of Energy Genomics: GTL Systems Biology for Energy and Environment—John Houghton
NASA Digital Astronaut—Ron White
Department of Veterans Affairs Research and Development—Danielle Kerkovich
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) — Arlin Stoltzfus
National Science Foundation Biological Databases and Informatics and the Office of Cyberinfrastructure — Chris Greer
The Telemedicine and Advanced Technologies Research Center (TATRC) Health Grid – Mary Kratz
National Coordinating Office for Networking and Information Technology Research and Development — Simon Szykman
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

 

 

 

Updated 09/25/2006/9:03 am/KL