Biomedical Informatics Training Program

The Biomedical Informatics Training Program supports diverse educational options suited for a wide range of academic goals. Some of these programs are unusual and specially designed to offer flexible opportunies for interdisciplinary training at an advanced level.

For an overview about our program, including our mission statement, educational and research focus and history, see the section "About Biomedical Informatics" on the left hand navigation bar.

Programs in Biomedical Informatics include:

• Graduate Degree programs
  • Ph.D.
  • Masters - both academic (full time/residential) and distance education
  • Coterminal Masters for Stanford undergraduates
  • the Masters in Medicine and Ph.D.

• Postdoctoral Training
  • Graduate track Postdoctoral training (leading to the Masters or PhD)
  • Research track Postdoctoral training for PhD's, MD's, RN's and others

• Scholarly Options for Stanford Medical Students
  • the Scholarly Area and Concentration
  • the MD/MS
  • the MD/PhD

• Professional Education - online, distance education programs
  • Biomedical Informatics Training Program and the AMIA 10 x 10 Program
  • Non-degree Option - sign up for individual graduate level classes
  • Certificate Program - offers specialized training at the graduate level
    • Bioinformatics Certificate
    • Clinical Informatics Certificate
  • The Professional Masters - a part-time distance education Masters in Biomedical Informatics with the same academic requirements as the full-time program

• International Programs
  • See the Stanford-South Africa Biomedical Informatics Program - this program is primarily intended for graduate students in South Africa, not for Stanford students.

For details about each program, please follow links under "Prospective Students" (see the navigation bar to the left).