IUPUI INFORMATICS PROFESSOR IS RECIPIENT OF PRESTIGIOUS INTERCAMPUS RESEARCH AWARD
A research proposal submitted by Gunther Schadow, associate professor, IU School of Informatics, is one of five projects selected recently for funding by the Intercampus Applied Research Program (IARP) Awards. IARP is a joint initiative between Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) and Purdue University-West Lafayette to support practical, world-class research. Dr. Schadow is also a Regenstrief Institute investigator, and co-director of the Signature Center for Computational Diagnostics.
Joining Schadow as Co-Investigator is Olga Vitek, assistant professor of statistics and computer science at Purdue University. 21 collaborative proposals were considered in a rigorous peer review process that involved faculty reviewers from both the IUPUI and Purdue campuses. Each year, only five such proposals are selected to receive IARP funding.
The research project, Interfacing Biological Knowledge and Statistical Analysis for Rapid Interpretation of Clinical Proteomics Experiments, will develop structures and statistical methodology for rapid interpretation of clinical proteomic data.
"This project will streamline the connection between interdisciplinary research teams including clinical researchers, informaticians and statisticians," said Schadow.
Applied high-tech clinical research depends on people with very different skills and viewpoints to work together and pass information between each other said Schadow, explaining the project. Each member of the team contributes to a growing body of information.
"For example, the informatician integrates data and translates it into a form that the clinical researcher can read. The clinical researcher adds interpretations to the data, and those need to flow into the statistical analysis, and the statistical results need to flow back to the clinical researcher. In this project we are now able to improve this information hand-off between all those parties," declared Schadow.
Both universities have invested in translating research findings from the laboratory/clinic to both for-profit and not-for-profit sectors, according to the IARP Web site. It is expected that these collaborative projects will accelerate discoveries that have the potential to change people's lives. For additional information contact:
Gunther Schadow, 317.423.5521; gschadow@regenstrief.org.
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