OBJECTIVE: To discuss interdisciplinary research and education in the context of informatics and medicine by commenting on the paper of Kuhn et al. "Informatics and Medicine: From Molecules to Populations". METHOD: Inviting an international group of experts in biomedical and health informatics and related disciplines to comment on this paper. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: The commentaries include a wide range of reasoned arguments and original position statements which, while strongly endorsing the educational needs identified by Kuhn et al., also point out fundamental challenges that are very specific to the unusual combination of scientific, technological, personal and social problems characterizing biomedical informatics. They point to the ultimate objectives of managing difficult human health problems, which are unlikely to yield to technological solutions alone. The psychological, societal, and environmental components of health and disease are emphasized by several of the commentators, setting the stage for further debate and constructive suggestions.
OBJECTIVE: To discuss interdisciplinary research and education in the context of informatics and medicine by commenting on the paper of Kuhn et al. "Informatics and Medicine: From Molecules to Populations". METHOD: Inviting an international group of experts in biomedical and health informatics and related disciplines to comment on this paper. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: The commentaries include a wide range of reasoned arguments and original position statements which, while strongly endorsing the educational needs identified by Kuhn et al., also point out fundamental challenges that are very specific to the unusual combination of scientific, technological, personal and social problems characterizing biomedical informatics. They point to the ultimate objectives of managing difficult human health problems, which are unlikely to yield to technological solutions alone. The psychological, societal, and environmental components of health and disease are emphasized by several of the commentators, setting the stage for further debate and constructive suggestions.
Authors: Craig A Poland; Rodger Duffin; Ian Kinloch; Andrew Maynard; William A H Wallace; Anthony Seaton; Vicki Stone; Simon Brown; William Macnee; Ken Donaldson Journal: Nat Nanotechnol Date: 2008-05-20 Impact factor: 39.213
Authors: David Requena; Patrick Maffucci; Benedetta Bigio; Lei Shang; Avinash Abhyankar; Bertrand Boisson; Peter D Stenson; David N Cooper; Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles; Jean-Laurent Casanova; Laurent Abel; Yuval Itan Journal: Front Immunol Date: 2018-06-27 Impact factor: 7.561