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  • From computing cluster to data warehouse, our infrastructure powers innovative research at Northwestern
  • Our bioinformatics tools are used by research labs around the world.
  • Northwestern is a national leader in Informatics Research, Education and Application
  • Diverse teams collaborate on projects ranging from genomics to population health

Education

Northwestern University provides a growing variety of educational opportunities.

The Walter S. and Lucienne Driskill Graduate Training Program (DGP) in Life Sciences offers an Informatics track tailored for students whose primary interests are within the sphere of bioinformatics.

The Health Sciences Integrated Program (HSIP) offers doctoral student training across multiple Informatics domains within the Heath Sciences.

The Research Master's in Health and Biomedical Informatics (HBMI) designed primarily for individuals who already possess a doctoral degree and are planning careers as researchers.

The Master of Science in Medical Informatics (MMI) program gives those with IT backgrounds and clinically trained health professionals the knowledge and experience needed for information services careers within healthcare organizations.

Selecting the right program for you

Research

Research projects are ongoing in many different areas of Biomedical and Health Informatics:

  • The Northwestern University Biomedical Informatics Center (NUBIC) Projects page provides an overview of projects in that group.

  • The Chicago Area Patient Centered Outcomes Research Network (CAPriCORN) will build a city-wide system of electronic health record sharing.

  • The PROMIS project is developing tools to measure patient reported outcomes.

  • Strategic Healthcare IT Advanced Research Projects on Security (SHARPS) is a multi-institutional and multidisciplinary research project aimed at reducing security and privacy barriers to the effective use of health information technology.

Groups and Services

Informatics Groups

  • Division of Health and Biomedical Informatics

  • The Department of Medical Social Sciences

  • Department of Radiology, Imaging Informatics

  • NU Transplant Outcomes Research Center, Health Informatics workgroup

  • Center For Behavior Intervention Technologies

Informatics Services

  • Data and Informatics Services

  • Analytic services

  • Enterprise Data Warehouse

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