University of Missouri Informatics Institute

Education

Building on a tradition of outstanding informatics education and research at Missouri, the doctoral program is a joint program of the various departments of School of Medicine, College of Engineering, and the Bond Life Sciences Center who make up the University of Missouri Informatics Institute (MUII). The Institute currently offers concentrations in health informatics and bioinformatics. Each emphasis area stresses the skill sets and research appropriate to the subfield within the broad area of informatics.

A core curriculum provides all students with a foundation of knowledge and tools in computation, genomics, statistics and health systems, after which they complete further coursework in their chosen emphasis area. The integrated program assures broad exposure to the field and fosters new insights and innovate research concepts.

INFORMATICS CORE COURSES - 15 CREDITS

BIOINFORMATICS CONCENTRATION - 15 CREDITS	HEALTH INFORMATICS CONCENTRATION - 15 CREDITS
INFO INST8010: Problem Solving in Bioinformatics (F10, F12) INFO INST8210: Structural Bioinformatics of Proteins, Complexes, and Systems (F10, F12) INFO INST8310: Computational Genomics INFO INST8350: Integrative Methods in Bioinformatics (SP12) INFO INST8390: Computational Systems Biology (SP11, SP13) Up to 6 credit hours of computational courses approved by MUII	HMI7410: Design of Health and Human Services Systems (F10) HMI8437: Data Warehousing and Data/Text Mining for HealthCare (F10) HMI8571: Decision Support Systems for Healthcare (SP11) HMI8610: Consumer Health Informatics up to 9 credit hours of health management and informatics courses approved by MUII
SHARED COURSES
INFO INST8860: Content Management in Biomedical Informatics (SP12) INFO INST8870: Knowledge Representation in Biology and Medicine INFO INST8880: Statistical Machine Learning Methods for Biomedical Informatics (SP11, SP12) Courses from life sciences, medicine, statistics, physics, biology, and other disciplines approved by MUII

REQUIREMENTS FOR ROTATIONS, SEMINAR, TEACHING AND JOURNAL CLUB

All students will have to rotate 2-4 labs for the first year. At least one rotation should be in a wet (or experimental) lab approved by the Institute. It is mandatory for the students to attend Institute's approved seminar series. In addition, they are expected to participate in journal reading club, and teaching activities, including instruction or curriculum development.