Biomedical Informatics The University of Utah

Biomedical Informatics Chair, Joyce A. Mitchell, Ph.D., Named to National Library of Medicine Board of Regents
Joyce A. Mitchell, Ph.D., professor and chair of the University of Utah Department of Biomedical Informatics, has received a national appointment to the Board of Regents of the world's largest repository and distributor of medical information - the National Library of Medicine (NLM).

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How many students are admitted each year?
Approximately 25 students (total) are admitted. 15 to the M.S. and Ph.D. programs and an additional 10 students to the Certificate Program.
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Welcome to the Department of Biomedical Informatics at the University of Utah.

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News and Announcements

BMI Research-in-Progress for the week of November 9, 2009 | BMI 6950-004 Research-in-Progress for Public Health Informatics (Gundlapalli)
Monday, November 9, 2009, 2:00 pm, HSEB 5100A
Per Gesteland: "Public Health Informatics and Population-Based Clinical Practice in Utah"

BMI 6950-002 Research-in-Progress for Clinical Informatics (Meystre)
Monday, November 9, 2009, 11:00 am, HSEB 5100A
Jeanmarie Mayer: Inductive Creation of an Annotation Schema and a Reference for De-identification of VA Electronic Notes

BMI 6950-003 Research-in-Progress for Translational Informatics (Allen-Brady)
Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 2:00 pm, HSEB 5100A
Karl Diedrich: Enhanced Visualization of Intracranial Aneurysms (AMIA prep)

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Event Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 : 11:00 AM MST
Location: HSEB 5100A

Post Doctoral Position | Open to individuals holding a PhD degree in Biomedical Informatics or related fields (e.g. Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Biology or Cognitive Science). Research is to be carried out under the supervision of Dr. Qing Zeng-Treitler.

[read more] Nov 3, 2009

BMI Research-in-Progress for the week of November 2, 2009 | BMI 6950-004 Research-in-Progress for Public Health Informatics (Gundlapalli)
Monday, November 2, 2009, 2:00 pm, HSEB 5100A
Yuling Jiang: "Evaluation of Risk Scores Derived from the Health Family Tree Program"

BMI 6950-002 Research-in-Progress for Clinical Informatics (Meystre)
Monday, November 2, 2009, 11:00 am, HSEB 5100A
Olga Patterson: "Building a Domain Information Schema using Semisupervised Machine Learning"

BMI 6950-003 Research-in-Progress for Translational Informatics (Allen-Brady)
Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 2:00 pm, HSEB 5100A
Karl Diedrich: "Computer Enhanced Diagnosis of Intracranial Aneurysms"

[read more] Oct 30, 2009

U Center of Excellence Will Improve Public Health Response to Outbreaks of Disease | After a national competition, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) chose the University of Utah as the home of a new center of excellence (COE) in public health informatics.

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DBMI Professor plays key roles on the national and local scene. | Stanley M. Huff, Physician and Chief Medical Informatics Officer Intermountain Healthcare and Professor here at the Department of Biomedical Informatics recently participated in two milestone efforts.

[read more] Oct 9, 2009

IHTSDO reelects Susan Matney, R.N., M.S., to Quality Assurance Committee. | Susan Matney, R.N., M.S., Senior Content Engineer - FURTHeR, was reelected to serve another two-year term on the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO(r)) Quality Assurance Committee. The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is the U.S. member of the IHTSDO.

[read more] Oct 9, 2009

About the Department

The Department of Biomedical Informatics was established in 1964 at the University of Utah and in 1972 became a department of the School of Medicine. Located in beautiful Salt Lake City, the department is internationally recognized for its contributions to biomedical informatics research and training.
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