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    Invitation to project BECOMING International Online Event in Bialystok, April 2021.

    23.04.2021 12:21
    Author: Dział Współpracy Międzynarodowej

    On behalf of the International Cooperation Department and the Medical University of Bialystok, that we have an honour to represent, we have a pleasure to invite you as a guest at the project BECOMING International Online Event held on Tuesday, 27th April at 4.30 – 5.30pm (CET).

    Participation in the meeting is open to the public via the MS Teams platform:

     

    Join the meeting

     

    The BECOMING project “Educating Experts of the Future: Developing Bioinformatics and Biostatistics competencies of European Biomedical Students” started in September 2019 and is an excellent example of the cooperation between MUB and foreign partners, that are the University of Pecs (Hungary) and the Transnational University of Limburg, an example of one-of-a-kind partnerships of two Universities in two countries: Hasselt University (Belgium) and Maastricht University (the Netherlands).

    The demand for biomedical data scientists within and outside Europe is projected to grow 34% from 2014 to 2024, with bioinformaticians and biostatisticians as two of the highly demanded professions. This implies the need for proper education. While in the US and Western Europe there are already available academic programs at the Bachelor and Master levels that offer an adequate education in bioinformatics and biostatistics applied in life sciences, in Eastern and Central Europe there are unmet educational needs in this respect.

    The aim of the project is to support a change in the landscape related to the availability of well-trained bioinformaticians and biostatisticians. This will be achieved by the following activities:

    1. establishing a network of academics from three partner institutions from the Eastern, Central, and Western Europe, adequately positioned and capable of preparing educational programs aimed at training biostatisticians and applied bioinformaticians
    2. exchange of expertise and best practices between the partner institutions
    3. creating modular courses that can be used in educational programs
    4. developing the corresponding e-learning materials and their implementation allowing for their immediate use
    5. investigation and creation of a roadmap of the legal framework necessary for organization of transnational educational programs in biostatistics and/or bioinformatics applied in life sciences that will facilitate training in these domains.

    The expected results are:

    1. increased educational potential of the partner institutions in the domain of bioinformatics and biostatistics applied in life sciences
    2. creation of novel courses in the domain of bioinformatics and biostatistics applied in life sciences at the partner institutions
    3. establishing foundation for future educational initiatives such as joint programs, student exchange schemes, etc. in bioinformatics and biostatistics applied in life sciences. Additionally, the partner universities will engage in international partnership projects in which mainly activities will relate to implementing new study programs or modifying the existing ones.

    The direct beneficiaries of the project will be the academic staff and scientists of the partner universities, and their master students pursuing a career as bioinformaticians and biostatisticians. The groups indirectly benefiting from the project will include staff/physicians at university hospitals.

     

    BECOMING project is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union (Action 2, Projects KA203 - Strategic partnerships for higher education).

     

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