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    Interview with Bruce Blazar
    (2015-06-30) Blazar, Bruce; Tobbell, Dominique
    Dr. Blazar begins by discussing the establishment of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Translational Medicine and the Clinical and Translational Science Institute, and the relationship between the two centers. He next goes on to describe the application process for the National Institutes of Health Clinical and Translation Science Award and the major achievements that have resulted from the CTSA grant. Blazar goes on to discuss the importance of biomedical informatics within the CTSA program; the significance of the appointment of Constantin Aliferis, MD, Ph.D., FACMI as director of the Institute for Health Informatics, director of the CTSI Biomedical Informatics program, and the University of Minnesota chief research informatics officer; and the ongoing support and investment of the Academic Health Center leadership in biomedical and health informatics. Next, Blazar reflects on the distinctiveness of the University of Minnesota’s program among the sixty institutions within the CTSA consortium, and discusses the training initiatives that are part of the CTSA program.