Department: Biomedical Informatics
Contacts
Office: Medical School Office Building (MSOB), 1265 Welch Road
Mail Code: 94305-5479
Email: bmi-contact@stanford.edu
Web Site: http://bmi.stanford.edu
Courses offered by the Program in Biomedical Informatics are listed under the subject code BIOMEDIN on the Stanford Bulletin's ExploreCourses web site.
The program in Biomedical Informatics emphasizes research to develop novel computational methods that can advance biomedicine. Students receive training in the investigation of new approaches to conceptual modeling and to development of new algorithms that address challenging problems in the biological sciences and clinical medicine. Students with a primary interest in developing new informatics methods and knowledge are best suited for this program. Students with a primary interest in the biological or medical application of existing informatics techniques may be better suited for training in the application areas themselves.
Graduate Programs in Biomedical Informatics
The Biomedical Informatics Program is interdisciplinary and offers instruction and research opportunities leading to M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Biomedical Informatics. All students are required to complete the core curriculum requirements, and also to complete additional course work to fulfill degree requirements and pursue their technical interests and goals as specified for each degree program.
The program can provide flexibility and can complement other opportunities in applied medical research at Stanford. Special arrangements may be made for those with unusual needs or those simultaneously enrolled in other degree programs within the University. Similarly, students with prior relevant training may have the curriculum adjusted to eliminate requirements met as part of prior training.
The GRE is not required for admission.
Faculty
Program Director and Chair: Sylvia Plevritis
Director of Graduate Studies: Dennis P. Wall
BMI Executive Committee: Sylvia Plevritis (Program Director and Chair), Karen Matthys (Executive Director), Manisha Desai, Ying Lu, Stephen Montgomery, Mark A. Musen, Daniel L. Rubin, Chiara Sabatti, Nigam Shah, Lu Tian, Robert Tibshirani, Dennis P. Wall, Barbara Engelhardt, Tina Hernandez-Boussard, Chiara Sabatti
Participating Faculty and Staff by Department*
Anesthesiology: Nima Aghaeepour (Assistant Professor)
Biochemistry: Douglas Brutlag (Professor Emeritus), Rhiju Das (Associate Professor), Ronald Davis (Professor), James Ferrell (Professor), Julia Salzman (Assistant Professor), Julie Theriot (Professor)
Bioengineering: Russ B. Altman (Professor), Kwabena Boahen (Professor), Markus Covert (Associate Professor), Scott Delp (Professor), Ingmar Riedel-Kruse (Consulting Assistant Professor), Vijay Pande (Adjunct Professor)
Biology: Hunter Fraser (Associate Professor), Dmitri Petrov (Professor), Jonathan Pritchard (Professor)
Biomedical Data Science: Russ B. Altman (Professor), Euan Ashley (Professor), Gill Bejerano (Associate Professor), Manisha Desai (Professor), Bradley Efron (Professor), Andrew Gentles (Assistant Professor), Olivier Gevaert (Assistant Professor), Trevor Hastie (Professor), Tina Hernandez-Boussard (Associate Professor), Iain Johnstone (Professor), Purvesh Khatri (Associate Professor), Teri Klein (Professor), Ying Lu (Professor), Mark A. Musen (Professor), Aaron Newman (Assistant Professor), Richard Olshen (Professor Emeritus), Julia Palacios (Assistant Professor), Sylvia Plevritis (Professor), Manuel Rivas (Assistant Professor), Daniel L. Rubin (Associate Professor), Chiara Sabatti (Professor), Julia Salzman (Assistant Professor), Nigam Shah (Associate Professor), Lu Tian (Professor), Robert Tibshirani (Professor), Dennis P. Wall (Associate Professor), Wing H Wong (Professor), James Zou (Assistant Professor)
Richard Olshen (Professor), Chiara Sabatti (Associate Professor), Robert Tibshirani (Professor), Dennis P. Wall (Associate Professor)
Chemical and Systems Biology: Joshua Elias (Assistant Professor), James Ferrell (Professor)
Chemistry: Vijay Pande (Professor)
Computer Science: Gill Bejerano (Associate Professor), David Dill (Professor Emeritus), Ronald Dror (Associate Professor), Leonidas Guibas (Professor), Anshul Kundaje (Assistant Professor), Terry Winograd (Professor Emeritus)
Dermatology: Paul Khavari (Professor)
Developmental Biology: Gill Bejerano (Associate Professor)
Electrical Engineering: Kwabena Boahen (Professor)
Energy Resources Engineering: Margot Gerritsen (Professor)
Genetics: Russ B. Altman (Professor), Euan Ashley (Professor), Michael Bassik (Assistant Professor), Ami Bhatt (Assistant Professor), J. Michael Cherry (Professor, Research), Stanley N. Cohen (Professor), Christina Curtis (Assistant Professor), Ronald Davis (Professor), William Greenleaf (Associate Professor), Karla Kirkegaard (Professor), Teri E. Klein (Senior Research Scientist), Anshul Kundaje (Assistant Professor), Jin Billy Li (Associate Professor), Stephen B. Montgomery (Assistant Professor), Jonathan Pritchard (Professor), Gavin Sherlock (Associate Professor), Arend Sidow (Professor), Michael P. Snyder (Professor), Hua Tang (Professor)
Health Research and Policy: Trevor Hastie (Professor), Mark Hlatky (Professor)
Management Science and Engineering: Margaret Brandeau (Professor), Ross D. Shachter (Associate Professor)
Mechanical Engineering: Scott Delp (Professor)
Medicine: Russ B. Altman (Professor), Euan Ashley (Professor), Mike Baiocchi (Assistant Professor), Sanjay Basu (Assistant Professor), Ami Bhatt (Assistant Professor), Jayanta Bhattacharya (Professor), Catherine Blish (Associate Professor), Carol Cain (Adjunct Assistant Professor), Jonathan Chen (Assistant Professor), Stanley Cohen (Professor), Christina Curtis (Assistant Professor), Manisha Desai (Professor), Michel Dumontier (Associate Professor), Andrew Gentles (Assistant Professor), Olivier Gevaert (Assistant Professor), Mary Goldstein (Professor), Summer Han (Assistant Professor), Tina Hernandez-Boussard (Associate Professor), Michael Higgins (Adjunct Associate Professor), Mark Hlatky (Professor), Hanlee P. Ji (Associate Professor), Purvesh Khatri (Associate Professor), Teri Klein (Professor), Lianne Kurina (Associate Professor, Teaching), Curtis Langlotz (Professor), Henry Lowe (Associate Professor), Mark A. Musen (Professor), Douglas K. Owens (Professor), Natalie Pageler (Clinical Associate Professor), David Relman (Professor), Daniel L. Rubin (Associate Professor), Robert W. Shafer (Professor, Research), Nigam Shah (Associate Professor), Samson Tu (Senior Research Engineer), P.J. Utz (Professor), Steven Bagley (Sr. Research Engineer), Eran Bendavid (Associate Professor), Zihuai He (Assistant Professor, Research)
Microbiology and Immunology: Karla Kirkegaard (Professor), Garry Nolan (Professor), David Relman (Professor), Julie Theriot (Professor)
Neurology: Zihuai He (Assistant Professor, Research)
Neurosurgery: Summer Han (Assistant Professor)
Operations, Information and Technology: Mohsen Bayati (Associate Professor)
Pathology: Stephen B. Montgomery (Associate Professor), Arend Sidow (Professor)
Pediatrics: Gill Bejerano (Associate Professor), Natalie Pageler (Clinical Associate Professor), Jonathan Palma (Clinical Associate Professor), Dennis P. Wall (Associate Professor)
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences: Vinod Menon (Professor, Research), Manish Saggar (Assistant Professor)
Psychology: Russell Poldrack (Professor)
Radiation Oncology: Ruijiang Li (Assistant Professor), Lei Xing (Professor)
Radiology: Sam (Sanjiv) Gambhir (Professor), Curtis Langlotz (Professor), Matt Lungren (Assistant Professor), Parag Mallick (Associate Professor, Research), Sandy A. Napel (Professor), David Paik (Adjunct Assistant Professor), Sylvia Plevritis (Professor/ Program Director), Daniel L. Rubin (Professor), Greg Zaharchuk (Professor)
Statistics: Bradley Efron (Professor), Trevor J. Hastie (Professor), Susan Holmes (Professor), Iain Johnstone (Professor), Art Owen (Professor), Julia Palacios (Assistant Professor), Chiara Sabatti (Professor), Robert Tibshirani (Professor), Wing H Wong (Professor)
Structural Biology: Michael Levitt (Professor)
Surgery: Tina Hernandez-Boussard (Associate Professor), Thomas Krumel (Professor)
* Research opportunities are not limited to faculty and departments listed.