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Intramural Research Program (IRP)

Administrative Management Branch

Biomedical Informatics Section

Mission Statement
To provide, coordinate and manage information technology throughout the IRP, advance the application and use of information and computational sciences within the program, and provide informatics services and resources to the general staff.

To conduct research in theoretical and applied areas of medical and clinical informatics and study new methods for acquiring, representing, processing, and managing knowledge and data within the IRP’s clinical and research programs.



Program Areas
• Information Resources Management
• Clinical Informatics
• Multimedia (Visual Media)

Name: Massoud Vahabzadeh, Ph.D.
Title: Biomedical Informatics Section, Chief
Telephone Number: (410) 550-2219



Synopsis of Research
Development of a comprehensive intelligent clinical decision support system through application of knowledge discovery in databases and data mining techniques.

Administrative Management Branch



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