UCSD Health Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA.
Division of Health Services Research & Development, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, USA.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2022 Feb 1;288:64-73. doi: 10.3233/SHTI210982.
The U.S. National Library of Medicine's (NLM) funding for biomedical informatics research in the 1980s and 1990s focused on clinical decision support systems, which were also the focus of research for Donald A.B. Lindberg M.D. prior to becoming NLM's director. The portfolio of projects expanded over the years. At NLM, Dr. Lindberg supported various large infrastructure programs that enabled biomedical informatics research, as well as investigator-initiated research projects that increasingly included biotechnology/bioinformatics and health services research. The authors review NLM's sponsorship of research during Dr. Lindberg's tenure as its Director. NLM's funding significantly increased in the 2000's and beyond. Authors report an analysis of R01 topics from 1985-2016 using data from NIH RePORTER. Dr. Lindberg's legacy for biomedical informatics research is reflected by the research NLM supported under his leadership. The number of R01s remained steady over the years, but the funds provided within awards increased over time. A significant amount of NLM funds listed in RePORTER went into various types of infrastructure projects that laid a solid foundation for biomedical informatics research over multiple decades.
美国国家医学图书馆（NLM）在 20 世纪 80 年代和 90 年代对生物医学信息学研究的资助重点是临床决策支持系统，这也是唐纳德·A·B·林德伯格医学博士（Donald A.B. Lindberg M.D.）在担任 NLM 主任之前的研究重点。多年来，项目组合不断扩大。在 NLM，林德伯格博士支持了各种大型基础设施项目，使生物医学信息学研究成为可能，同时还支持了由研究人员发起的研究项目，这些项目越来越多地包括生物技术/生物信息学和卫生服务研究。作者回顾了林德伯格博士担任主任期间 NLM 的赞助研究情况。NLM 的资助在 21 世纪及以后显著增加。作者使用 NIH RePORTER 的数据报告了对 1985-2016 年 R01 主题的分析。NLM 在他的领导下支持的研究反映了他在生物医学信息学研究方面的遗产。多年来，R01 的数量保持稳定，但奖项中的资金随着时间的推移而增加。报告中的相当一部分 NLM 资金用于各种类型的基础设施项目，这些项目为生物医学信息学研究奠定了几十年的坚实基础。
