Summer School in Computational Bio-Medicine

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The International Course in Computational Bio-Medicine will be held between January 14 and 26 of 2013 in the framework of the Partnership in Medical Informatics between Universidad de Chile and Heidelberg University in Germany.

The course is divided in four thematic modules which make a total of 176 hours of which 50 are in the classroom. The course will span 2 weeks, taking most of the day. It is possible to attend only some modules in order to accommodate the tight schedule of professionals.

TARGET STUDENTS

Professionals in medical sciences, biomedicine research, computation and mathematics as well as students and researchers in this inter-disciplinary field.

OBJECTIVES BY MODULE

1. Mathematical modeling in Biology: To introduce Systems Biology and its applications to multiple domains of Biology and Medicine
2. Systems Biology: To provide students with the fundamentals of mathematical modeling of biological processes and structures

4. Computational Medicine: To introduce fundamentals of Computational Medicine based on image and signal data

5. Applications of signal processing in biomedicine: To enable participants to understand typical procedures, steps and approaches of biomedical image and signal processing and pattern recognition

Modules 1-3 will be taught mostly in Spanish. Module 4 will be entirely in English.

COURSE LECTURERS
Dr. Vicente Acuña (FCFM, U-Chile)
Dr. Daniel Almonacid (CBIB, U-Andres Bello)
Dr. Ricardo Armisen (CITC, FMed, U-Chile)
Dr. Rodrigo Assar (FCFM, U-Chile)
MSc. Raúl Berríos-Loyola (FMed, U-Chile)
Dr. Enzo Brunetti (BNI, FMed, U-Chile)
Dr. Víctor Castañeda (BNI, FMed, U-Chile)
Dra. Ziomara Gerdtzen (FCFM, U-Chile)
Dr. Danilo Gonzalez Nilo (CBIB, U-Andres Bello)
Dr. Steffen Härtel (BNI, FMed, U-Chile)
Dr. Nicolas Loira (FCFM, U-Chile)
Dr. Christoph Maier (U-Heidelberg)
Dra. Vania Martínez (FMed, U-Chile)
Dra. Bettina Müller (INC)
Dra. Andrea Paula-Lima (FOUCH, U-Chile)
MSc. Raquel Pezoa (UTFSM)
Dra. Graciela Rojas (FMed, U-Chile)
Dr. Enrique Schisterman (NICHD-NIH)
Dr. Ricardo Verdugo (FMed, U-Chile)

INSTITUTIONS
CITC: Centro de Investigación y Tratamiento del Cáncer , Universidad de Chile
FCFM: Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile
FMed: Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile
FOUCH: Facultad de Odontología, Universidad de Chile
INC: Instituto Nacional del Cáncer
NICHD-NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health
UAB: Universidad Andrés Bello
UCSF: University of California, San Francisco
UTFSM: Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
UH: Universität Heidelberg

SCHEDULE
Monday – Friday: 9.00am – 5.00pm. Saturday: 9:00am – 1:30pm. There is a one-day field trip to Valparaiso.

PROGRAM
Download the full Program.

FEES
Full course: CL$ 200.000
3 Modules CL$ 170.000
2 Modules: CL$ 120.000
1 Module: CL$ 70.000
Places are limited. There will be some fellowships available for outstanding students needing funding assistance. Interested should send full CV, motivation letter, and one recommendation letter from adviser or thesis tutor, if applicable.

VENUE
Heidelberg Center para América Latina
Las Hortensias 2340, Providencia

Sala de Seminarios Danko Brncic
Prog. de Genética Humana, ICBM
Bloque C, Primer Piso
Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile
Av. Independencia 1027, Independencia

REGISTRATION DEADLINE
7 de enero de 2013

REGISTRATION AND INFORMATION
Heidelberg Center para América Latina
Las Hortensias 2340, Providencia
Tel.: +56 2 234 3466
summerschool@heidelbergcenter.cl
http://www.heidelbergcenter.cl
http://www.scian.cl