Sounds like a viable path. Do you have any university or contacts in mind? Perhaps there is a forum where I can post about this?

Sadly I dropped out of college and have no relationships with my alma mater (Virginia Commonwealth University). However, they are historically known (regionally, and somewhat nationally) as a medical school and have translated that into a bioinformatics program which produces research (no idea where it ranks in the grand scheme of things), so perhaps you could look there (or search for other universities with bioinformatics programs!)