Biostatistics and Medical Informatics

School of Medicine and Public Health
Zebrafish embryo image in green and blue taken with a confocal microscope

Mission

Advancing data science to accelerate biomedical research and improve human health

2024 Partners in Giving Campaign - October 7-December 3

The 2024 Partners in Giving Campaign has launched. This is an opportunity to support any of more than 500 charities and 11 umbrella groups currently participating in the campaign.

The most important metric for this campaign is participation - the SMPH goal is 8%. We encourage everyone to make a pledge, regardless of the amount. If you already donate to a participating charity, please consider making your donation through Partners in Giving.

You can also enter the Pet Costume Contest, the winner of which will get Mnookie Dough Babcock Hall ice cream.

Click on the headline to learn more, make a pledge, and enter the pet costume contest.

Thank you for your participation! Contact Sue Carlson for additional information.

Seeking Clinical Biostatistics Faculty with Expertise in Cancer

The Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics (BMI) and the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC) seek applicants for a tenure-track/tenured or clinical health sciences faculty member.

The successful applicant will lead the UWCCC Biostatistics Shared Resource (BSR), which is managed through BMI. The BSR is a critical research core for investigators interested in cancer and related topics within the School of Medicine and Public Health and across the University of Wisconsin campus.

If this sounds interesting to you, please learn more and apply by clicking on the title to this post.

About Us

The Department of Biostatistics & Medical Informatics (BMI) is the home of data science for the  University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine & Public Health (UW SMPH), an academic medical center. BMI is a leading research hub and training center for biomedical data sciences, including biostatistics and biomedical informatics. BMI investigators are engaged in basic discovery science, clinical trials, image analysis, genomics, computational biology, and population studies, and they advance research throughout the SMPH. This research is often multi-faceted and collaborative, and faculty have joint or affiliate appointments with many other campus units: Statistics, Computer Sciences, Population Health Sciences, Electrical and Computer Engineering, the Morgridge Institute for Research, and the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery.

UW Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics Staff Photo 2024

BMI faculty and research staff provide consultation and collaboration in the planning, design, conduct, and analysis of basic, translational, and clinical research.

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PhD in Biomedical Data Science

The current explosion of biomedical data, including Electronic medical records (EHR), biomedical imaging, and genomics/proteomics/metabolomics, provide an awesome opportunity to improve understanding of the mechanisms of disease and ultimately to improve human health care. The Doctoral Degree Program in Biomedical Data Science will provide you with a unique blend of skills including programming, data management, data analysis, and machine learning. Successful graduates will be prepared to fully harness the power of high-dimensional, heterogeneous data. Potential students include both students with bachelor’s degrees in an area of data-science (e.g., computer science, statistics), as well as health professionals, clinicians, and others with degrees related to biomedicine (e.g., biology, biochemistry, genetics). Consider applying today!

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