Today, biological research is entering a new and exciting phase, one in which computational methodologies and modeling will play a critical role in revealing the causes and treatment of human disease. At the forefront of this frontier is the Institute of Computational Medicine (ICM).
The Institute is an extraordinary initiative that builds on groundbreaking research at both The Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of engineering and the School of Medicine. ICM’s mission is to develop quantitative approaches for understanding the mechanisms, diagnosis and treatment of human disease through applications of mathematics, engineering and computer science. Specific research areas include modeling of human disease processes, algorithms-based disease risk prediction, and biomedical image understanding.
As ICM’s research activities continue to expand, the need for both more staff and space have become critical. With the opening of the new CSE Building, a solution now has been found. With room available to accommodate ICM’s additional staff, the Whiting School has secured significant corporate and government support to hire six new ICM faculty, who will be appointed within the School.
The launch of ICM is significant not only to the Whiting School and Johns Hopkins, but to global healthcare. By taking the leadership position in this new and evolving discipline, ICM research will transform the future of medical research and clinical practice—for the benefit of all. Having such a prestigious program in the new CSE Building clearly speaks to the pivotal position the building plays in advancing tomorrow’s research today.
In addition to endowed chairs and other traditional giving opportunities, there are exciting ways to assist our researchers at ICM:
Fellowships:
Having the best graduate students to pursue cutting edge research is at the heart of our efforts. Endowed gifts of $100,000 or current-use gifts of $50,000 over three years allow us to attract the finest graduate students in the world.
Diagnosis Discovery Fund:
This fund is designed to directly support research for the discovery of the cures for disease. Gifts are used by our research team to explore areas of promise and potential for dramatically improved disease diagnosis. Donors can invest in one of the three research thrusts of ICM:
- Biological Systems Modeling, where computer models can also allow researchers to and test large numbers of potential treatments to see which is most effective.
- Computational Anatomy, where researchers use computers and mathematical algorithms to analyze the structure of healthy and diseased segments of the body with the goal of earlier diagnosis and treatment of disease.
- Bioinformatics, where scientists are developing new ways to mathematically represent and manage biomedical data as well as new approaches for discovering features of these data that are predictive of disease risk.
We are seeking gifts of $10,000 and above for this fund, with Director’s Circle gifts at the $50,000 level.
For more information contact the Development Office at the Whiting School of Engineering at
410-516-8723 or
wse-dar@jhu.edu.
