DCMB Education
Join Our Quest for Life-Changing Information
Are you geeked up about the power of data? Do you want to lead the next medical revolution? In our Department, you will never stop exploring how to extract the information that matters.
Exploring the Frontier of Research: Bioinformatics Graduate Program
Bioinformatics combines rigorous coursework with research opportunities to give students a unique understanding that bridges knowledge between wet and dry labs. Students in the U-M Medical School Department of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics study closely with the leaders as they engage in collaborations across campus.
At every level, our students can take courses in advanced math, mathematical modeling, statistics, computer programming, machine learning and informatics, as well as comprehensive courses in introductory biology, genomics, proteomics, clinical informatics, environmental health and many more.
Bioinformatics Graduate Programs
Bioinformatics Tracks & Alignment with T32 Programs
Summary of the four possible tracks and subtracks/concentrations (example lab PIs):
- Genomics/transcriptomics/regulomics (e.g. Kim, Athey, Parker, Boyle, Sartor, Burmeister, Welch, Rao, Freddolino, J. Liu, Willer, Rajapakse, Kitzman, Chinnaiyan, Burant, Moran, Au)
- Genetics/evolution (e.g. Jun Li, Mills, Kidd, Au, Boehnke, Speliotes, Zoellner, Wittkopp, Dick, J. Zhang)
- Machine learning/omics predictions (e.g. Guan, J. Liu, Ye, Baladandayuthapani, Kretzler, Sartor, Dinov, Hero, Draelos, Au)
- Signal/image processing (e.g. Najarian, Rao, Srinivasan, Sripada, Athey, Draelos, Au)
- Clinical / Health informatics / NLP (e.g. Draelos, Dinov, Nallasamy, Singh)
- Electronic Health Records/Genetics/Precision Medicine (e.g. Shi, Hanauer, Taylor, Najarian, Athey)
CCMB - A Hub for Collaborative Research
At the Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics (CCMB), students have an abundance of opportunities to perform research under the mentorship of approximately 130 affiliated faculty members from the U-M Medical School, the College of Engineering, the College of Literature, Arts and Sciences, the School of Public Health, the School of Nursing and the School of Information.
Leadership
Program Directors
Margit Burmeister, PhD
Program Director, Bioinformatics Graduate Program
Professor of Human Genetics
Professor of Psychiatry
Research Professor, Michigan Neuroscience Institute and Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Medical School
Alla Karnovsky, PhD
Bioinformatics Master's Program
Associate Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Medical School
Maureen Sartor, PhD
Bioinformatics Graduate Program
Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Medical School
Professor of Biostatistics
School of Public Health
Administrative Guidance
Julia Eussen
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Upcoming Events
Bioinformatics PhD Defense: Xinhai Hou
Summer Deep Reading on Deep Learning (Transformer Circuits)
CCMB Tuesday Popup: Gen AI Workshop (Session 2)
Summer Deep Reading on Deep Learning (Transformer Circuits)
Summer Deep Reading on Deep Learning (Transformer Circuits)
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