Table 1.
Timeline of key milestones in bioinformatics and data science at USTTB culminating with a bioinformatics and data science training program.
| Year | Key development in bioinformatics and data science capacity building, training, or research | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Malaria Research and Training Center (MRTC) | NIH/NIAID/National School of Medicine and Pharmacy of Bamako |
| 1999 | International Training in Medical Informatics (ITMI) program | NIH/FIC |
| 2002 | International Centers for Excellence in Research (ICER) | NIH/NIAID |
| 2003 | African Center for Training in Functional Genomics of Insect Vectors of Human Disease (AFRO VECTGEN) | WHO/TDR |
| 2004 | Informatics Training in Global Health (ITGH); Mali Service Center | NIH/FIC/NIAID |
| 2004–2007 | Short term training for bioinformatics and functional genomics (USTTB hosted 1 of 5 such training centers) | WHO |
| 2010 | West Africa ICEMR | NIH/NIAID |
| 2013 | Funded as lead institution for H3Africa initiative | NIH/Wellcome Trust |
| 2015 | Master of science in bioinformatics program | NIH/H3ABioNet/H3Africa NIH/NIAID/BioTeam/EMC |
| 2016 | African Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics (ACE) | Corporation/Hewlett Packard Corporation/Intel Corporation Health and Life Sciences Group |
| 2017 | West African Center of Excellence for Global Health Bioinformatics Research Training program | NIH/FIC/H3Africa |
FIC, Fogarty International Center; H3Africa, Human Heredity and Health in Africa; ICEMR, West Africa International Centers of Excellence for Malaria Research; NIAID, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; NIH, National Institutes of Health; TDR, Special Program for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases; USTTB, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako, Mali; WHO, World Health Organization.