Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Science in
Biomedical Informatics and Computational Biology
The Biomedical Informatics and Computational Biology (BICB) graduate program is an interdisciplinary, all-University graduate program between the University of Minnesota Twin Cities and the University of Minnesota Rochester.
The program offers the Ph.D. and Master of Science (M.S. Plan A and Plan B) degrees and a Minor. The administrative home of the program is the University of Minnesota Rochester.
Its graduate faculty includes researchers from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, the University of Minnesota Rochester, the Hormel Institute, the Mayo Clinic, and IBM. Students are in residence on either the Rochester or Twin Cities campus. The program is suitable for full-time and part-time students.
Program Focus
The programmatic focus of the BICB graduate program is at the interface of quantitative sciences, medicine, and biology, and thus by its nature, highly interdisciplinary. The graduate program trains graduate students in the development and applications of computational methods and to work in interdisciplinary teams of life scientists and computational scientists. The program offers industrial and clinical internships and training in business leadership, technology management, and ethics to prepare students for the workplace. In addition, the program provides a mentoring program for students and junior faculty that will serve as a model for interdisciplinary graduate education. The Minor addresses the needs of the rapidly increasing user group that includes graduate students in the life and health sciences, physical and chemical sciences, and engineering and computer sciences.
A Brief History
In December 2007 the BICB Academic Planning Committee consisting of faculty and administrators from the University of Minnesota Rochester, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, and the collaborating institutions (Mayo Clinic, IBM, and Hormel Institute) submitted a proposal to the University of Minnesota Graduate School to establish new M.S. and Ph.D. graduate programs in Biomedical Informatics and Computational Biology. The program was approved by the University of Minnesota Board of Regents in July 2008. The BICB graduate program has admitted students for Fall 2008.
The next academic program goal is the development of University of Minnesota/Mayo Clinic Graduate School joint degrees in biomedical informatics and computational biology.
Contact Information
BICB Graduate Program
Professor Claudia Neuhauser
Director of Graduate Studies
University of Minnesota Rochester
300 University Square
111 South Broadway
Rochester, Minnesota 55904
Phone: 507-258-8006
Fax: 507-280-2820
E-mail: neuha001@umn.edu
Professor John Carlis
Associate Director of Graduate Studies
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
4-192 EECS Bldg.
200 Union Street S.E.
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
Phone: 612-625-6092
Fax: 612-625-0572
E-mail: carlis@cs.umn.edu