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 NursingPublic HealthComputer Science ApplicationsMethods

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)

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 