Ph.D. Curriculum, Biomedical Informatics
The Ph.D. in Medical Sciences with a concentration Biomedical Informatics is a minimum 90-credit-hour degree program, with at least 39 credits specific to the BMI concentration.
| Course | Title | Credits | |
| Core – All Required (20 credits) | |||
| GMS 6803 | Data Science for Clinical Research | 3 Letter-grade | |
| GMS 6804 | Translational Bioinformatics | 3 Letter-grade | |
| GMS 6805 | Introduction to Applied Ontology | 3 Letter-grade | |
| GMS 6850 | Foundations of Biomedical Informatics | 3 Letter-grade | |
| GMS 7877 | Responsible Conduct of Biomedical Research (Formerly GMS 7003) | 1 Letter-grade | |
| GMS 6806 | Security and Privacy in Clinical Research | 3 Letter-grade | |
| GMS 7887 | HOBI PhD Research Seminar (2 credits/summer semesters during years 1 & 2) | 4 S/U | |
| Foundation Courses – Select 3 courses (6 credits) | |||
| GMS 6856 | Introduction to Biomedical Natural Language Processing | 3 Letter-grade | |
| BME 6938 | Introduction to Biomedical Image Analysis and Imaging Informatics | 3 Letter-grade | |
| CEN 5035 | Software Engineering | 3 Letter-grade | |
| COP 5725 | Database Management Systems | 3 Letter-grade | |
| GMS 6822 | Measuring and Analyzing Health Outcomes | 3 Letter-grade | |
| GMS 7866 | Principles of Referent Tracking in Biomedical Informatics | 3 Letter-grade | |
| PHC 6405 | Theoretical Foundations of Public Health/ PHC 6001: Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health/ Other relevant graduate level course if approved by the program director | 3 Letter-grade | |
| Statistics Courses – Select 1 course (3 credits) | |||
| STA 6166 | Statistical Methods in Research | 3 Letter-grade | |
| STA 6826 | Stochastic Processes I | 3 Letter-grade | |
| PHC 6050 | Biostatistical Methods | 3 Letter-grade | |
| PHC 6052 | Introduction to Biostatistical Methods | 3 Letter-grade | |
| PHC 6053 | Regression Methods for the Health and Life Sciences | 3 Letter-grade | |
| Advanced Electives – 11 credits subject to mentor approval including but not limited to suggestions below | |||
| CAP 5100 | Human-Computer Interaction | 3 Letter-grade | |
| CAP 5510 | Bioinformatics | 3 Letter-grade | |
| CAP 5635 | Artificial Intelligence Concepts | 3 Letter-grade | |
| CAP 6610 | Machine Learning | 3 Letter-grade | |
| COP 5725 | Database Management Systems | 3 Letter-grade | |
| COT 5405 | Analysis of Algorithms | 3 Letter-grade | |
| COT 5615 | Mathematics for intelligent Systems | 3 Letter-grade | |
| COP 5618 | Concurrent Programming | 3 Letter-grade | |
| BME 6938 | Machine Learning for Health and Biomedical Applications | 3 Letter-grade | |
| STA 6167 | Statistical Methods in Research | 3 Letter-grade | |
| GMS 7093 | Introduction to Clinical and Translational Research | 2 Letter-grade | |
| STA 5325 | Fundamentals of Probability | 3 Letter-grade | |
| Research Credits (50 credits) | |||
| GMS 7979 & GMS 7980 | Advanced Research
Research for Doctoral Dissertation |
50 S/U | |
| Total: |
(90 credits minimum) |
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