Education and Training

The BMI-CE core provides clinical and translational research training opportunities to clinicians, faculty members, students, and staff in an effort to further educate and enhance CTR leadership in the Midwest.

Seminars and Workshops

Please check back at a later time for future seminars. We have multiple events scheduled for early 2020. 

To view our past seminars and workshops please visit the CTR Seminar Series page.

Graduate Education

Peter Kiewit Institute, UNO

Interested in pursuing educational opportunities in medical informatics? Along with the University of Nebraska Omaha, UNMC offers MS and PhD programs in Biomedical Informatics. This complex, multidisciplinary program integrates information technology, computer science, and decision support systems with clinical science, biological science, and public health.

 

To learn more about the BMI educational opportunities at UNMC, please contact program director Jim McClay, MD, or visit the UNMC Graduate Program homepage.

 

To learn more about the BMI educational opportunities at UNO, please contact program director Ann Fruhling, PhD, or visit the UNO Biomedical Informatics and Bioinformatics program.

 

To learn more about the Bioinformatics offerings at USD, please visit the USD Bioinformatics and Computation homepage.

Summer 2020 Course Offerings:

UNO:

BMI-8896: GENETIC SEQUENCE ANALYSIS (3 hrs)

BMI-8900: INDEPENDENT RESEARCH IN BMI (1-3 hrs)

BMI-8910: INTERNSHIP (1-3 hrs)

BMI-8970: INDEPENDENT STUDY (1-3 hrs)

BMI-8990: THESIS-BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS (1-6 hrs)

BMI 9900: METAGENOMICS AND THE HUMAN MICROBIOME (3 hrs)

BMI-9980: INDEPENDENT RESEARCH (1-3 hrs)

BMI-9990: DISSERTATION (1-12 hrs)

UNMC:

BMI-850: CRANE SUPERUSER TRAINING (1 hr)

BMI-896: RSCH OTHER THAN THESIS (1-9 hrs)

BMI-899: MASTERS THESIS (1-9 hrs)

BMI-998: SPECIAL TOPICS BIOMED INFO (1-9 hrs)

BMI-999: DOCTORAL DISSERTATION (1-9 hrs)

Educational Resources

American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) – The American Medical Informatics Association connects informatics professionals and students through education, meetings, research programs and policy. For over 35 years AMIA has worked to transform health care through knowledge and collaboration between research, consumers and public health.

 

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology – Information technology news.

 

International Conference on Health Informatics  –The International Conference on Health Informatics is for researchers and practitioners who have an interest in applying information and communication technologies in healthcare. Topics covered include issues health informatics pros need to address. They include certification, privacy issues, specialized programming languages, graphical interfaces and intelligent decision support systems.

 

International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) – IMIA is a bridge between organizations working in health informatics and biomedical informatics. IMIA offers leadership and expert guidance to associations and policy makers as a way to improve healthcare.