The Department of Biomedical Informatics was established in 1964 at the University of Utah. Located in Salt Lake City, the department is internationally recognized as a leader in biomedical informatics research and education.
The department has a National Library of Medicine (NLM) training grant to support its educational programs. Master of Science (MS), Non-Thesis Master of Science, Certificate, and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree programs are offered along with short-term traineeships for students and visiting fellows. Read More
The breadth and depth of research opportunities at The University of Utah are unmatched because of our close relationships with collaborating institutions, state and local public health agencies. Our program is unique for its strength in each of the following areas: Read More
Exposomics
Translational Informatics
Population and Public Health Informatics
Clinical Informatics
Biomedical Data Science
Sociotechnical Behavioral Informatics
Dr. Shobha Phansalkar, an alumnus of our department (Class of 2007) and the current Chair of our department’s Alumni Committee, recently joined Innovaccer’s leadership team as the Senior Director of Health Outcomes to lead the clinical research field and define the company’s health outcomes portfolio. ... Read More
Biomedical Informatics
A special issue of the International Journal of Medical Informatics on “Leveraging Data and Information Systems on the Sustainable Development Goals” was recently published, DBMI faculty Damian Borbolla (Assistant Professor) and David Novillo Ortiz (DBMI Adjunct faculty and World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe) together with Heimar De Fatima Marin (Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil), Yuri Quintana (Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA) and John Holmes (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA) are the editors.... Read More
Biomedical Informatics
A new NLM-funded video series profiles unique career paths of graduates of biomedical informatics programs across the United States, including DBMI alumnus Lance Pflieger, PhD’17.... Read More
Biomedical Informatics
We had 4 PhD and 24 Masters students that graduated today. We are so proud of their accomplishments! ... Read More
Biomedical Informatics
Francine Stirling loves to get creative. Whether it’s finding time to read a good book while staying busy as a mom to three children or juggling full-time work with the challenge of completing graduate school, Stirling thrives on finding solutions. ... Read More
Biomedical Informatics
Congratulations to Adriana Payan-Medina, who is a Chemical Engineering undergrad and a Biomedical Informatics Research Assistant...... Read More
Biomedical Informatics