Biomedical Informatics Program
The OHSU Biomedical Informatics Graduate Program offers a variety of Graduate Certificates and degrees in three tracks: clinical informatics (CI), bioinformatics and computational biology (BCB), and health information management (HIM). The CI and HIM tracks are focused on the healthcare and public health arenas, while the BCB track is focused on translational bioinformatics and personalized medicine. The ONC funding is limited to the CI and HIM tracks.
The Graduate Certificate and degree programs are implemented on a building-block model, where courses at any level can be carried to programs at higher levels. The most basic program is the Graduate Certificate program, which is offered for the CI and HIM tracks. (The health information and management Graduate Certificate is CAHIIM-accredited and allows graduates to sit for the examination for the RHIA credential.) OHSU offers two master's degree programs which differ only in the culminating project being a thesis (Master of Science) or a capstone or internship (MBI). The master's degree programs are offered for the CI, BCB, HIM tracks. OHSU's PhD program is offered for the CI and BCB tracks. All CI track programs up to and including the master's degree programs are available both on-campus and via distance learning. The BCB track and PhD program are only available on the OHSU campus.
The introductory course in the CI track (BMI 510 - Introduction to Biomedical and Health Informatics) was also adapted to be the original course in the AMIA 10x10 ("ten by ten") program, which aims to education 10,000 professionals in informatics by the year 2010. It has been the most subscribed course in the 10x10 program, and about 15% of graduates have gone on to further study in the OHSU Biomedical Informatics Graduate Program. The HIM track is only available online.
Recent funding from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT enables the department to fund 135 Graduate Certificate and 13 MBI students in the CI and HIM tracks over the next three years. Other financial aid is available for PhD and postdoctoral MS students through our National Library of Medicine Fellowship Program.
Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Informatics (available on campus only)
Master of Science in Biomedical Informatics
- Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Track (available on campus)
- Clinical Informatics Track (available on-campus)
- Health Information Management (available on-campus)
Master of Biomedical Informatics
- Clinical Informatics Track (available on-campus and via distance learning)
- Health Information Management (available on-campus and via distance learning)
Graduate Certificate in Biomedical Informatics (available via distance learning)
Funding Opportunities
- National Library of Medicine Fellowship Program
- Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT University-Based Training (UBT)
