Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI)at the University of Washington

Peter Tarczy-Hornoch

bhi.washington.edu

IPHIE 2008 – Salt Lake City, UT

Seattle

Population: ~600,000 Key Industries

Boeing, Starbucks Technology: Microsoft, Amazon.com, RealNetworks Biomedical Industry: Zymogenetics, Amgen, Phillips Biomedical Research: Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Institute, Allen Brain Institute, Institute for Systems Biology, Children’s Hospital, Univ. of Wash.

University of Washington

Founded 1861 27,000 Faculty & Staff 25,000 Undergrad 12,000 Grad/Prof 17 Schools & Colleges

Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health, & Social Work University of Washington Medical Center, Harborview Medical Center,

UW Physicans Neighborhood Clinics, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

Total research funding 2006: $1,020M UW -> School of Medicine -> Department of Medical

Education and Biomedical Informatics -> Division of BHI

BHI Partnerships and Translation Intersect computational technology, biology, health care,

information science, and humanism Leverage synergy between methods and applications Translational focus: serve as interpreters and “culture brokers” In partnership advance the trans-disciplinary nature of the field

Nursing Public Health Computer Science

Applications Methods

A Bit of Our History

1997 Formal establishment of Division of BHI 1999 UW funding for BHI Graduate Program 2001 Formal approval of BHI MS Degree Program 2002 First MS Graduate (23 more to date) 2002 NLM Training Grant Funded 2003 Formal approval of BHI PhD program 2005 First PhD Graduate (5 more to date) 2006 Joined IPHIE

BHI People and Programs Faculty (n=46)

17 Core faculty & 29 Adjunct/affiliate faculty 6 in The American College of Medical Informatics

Students (n=37, Fall 2008) 4 Masters, 32 PhD, 3 Postdoctoral Active collaborators and drivers of collaborations

Training Programs Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Research M.S., Ph.D., post-doctoral program M.S. in Clinical Informatics and Patient Centered Technologies

(in partnership with the School of Nursing) Research Programs (n ~100 research grants)

www.bhi.washington.edu

Curriculum Overview: Foundational (Methods):

Introduction to Biomedical Informatics Biomedical Informatics Research Methods Biomedical Data and Knowledge Representation Biomedical Information Interactions & Design Teaching & Communication in Biomedical Informatics

Domain Areas (Applications): Biology and Informatics Clinical Topics for Informaticists Public Health and Informatics Note: NOT silos

Diverse BHI research colloquia Electives drawn from partners & across campus

Some of Our Research

Biomediator – biological & biomedical data integration Structural Informatics Group – ontology management Institute of Genetic Medicine – genetic association studies Institute of Translational Health Sciences (CTSA, 2006-)

Integration of clinical, biological, and study data for research e-health and home-based patient-centered technologies ITS – Information Technology Services for UW Medicine iMed – patients managing the cancer experience Center of Excellence in Public Health Informatics

Summary

Rich & diverse resources: Seattle area, University of Washington, UW Health Sciences, Biomedical and Health Informatics program

Collaborative translational research & training (bridging across disciplines, between methods and applications)

Interested in IPHIE collaborations/exchanges Contacts

Peter Tarczy-Hornoch MD, Head and Professor, DBHI George Demiris PhD, Associate Professor, IPHIE Liaison, Director of

Graduate Program, DBHI

www.bhi.washington.edu