Welcome to Stanford Biomedical
Informatics
The mission of the Biomedical Informatics program is
to train the next generation of researchers
in biomedical informatics. Our students gain a knowledge of the scholarly
informatics literature and the application requirements of specific areas within
biology and/or medicine. They learn to design and implement novel methods
that are generalizable to a defined class of problems--focusing on the acquisition,
representation, retrieval, and analysis of biomedical data and knowledge.
The BMI training program encompasses bioinformatics, clinical informatics,
and public health informatics. Bioinformatics focuses on methods for relevant
to basic biology. Clinical informatics focuses on methods relevant to
patient care. Public health informatics focuses on methods relevant to
entire health systems. Examples from these areas can be found in the list
of interests of our participating faculty.
US News & World Report recently ranked Stanford as #1 for graduate training in biological sciences. Stanford's Computer Science graduate department was ranked #1. In addition to excellent ratings in individual departments, Stanford was ranked #2 (tied with MIT) in "Genetics/Genomics/Bioinformatics." The BMI training program covers more than bioinformatics (all of biomedical informatics, but US News does not separate out this discipline), and we are happy that our efforts in this subfield are recognized by our peers.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Stanford Academic Calendar (for matriculated students)
Stanford Center for Professional Development Schedule (for distance education students)
BMI student Journal Club series
bmi Students in the news
Stanford Medical Informatics changed its name to Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research (BMIR) : BMIR is the research organization that administratively hosts the Biomedical Informatics (BMI) Program. The Biomedical Informatics Program offers education programs and grants graduate degrees in the field.
| October 9, 2008 |