Bioinformatics Programs Summary Go Back

Date Compiled: June 2002

This page summarizes the major bioinformatics programs that were operating in the United States in the summer of 2002. It was compiled for the 2002 American Society of Information Science and Technology (ASIST) Annual Meeting. It is maintained by Brad Hemminger at the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This information is continually updated.

Program	Degree	Host Department
Boston University	MS, PhD	Bioinformatics
Indiana University School of Informatics	MS	School of Informatics
Northeastern	MS	Bioinformatics
Pittsburgh University	MS, PhD	Center for Biomedical Informatics (CBMI)
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia	BS, MS	Bioinformatics
University of North Carolina School of Information & Library Science	PhD certificate	School of Pharmacy and the Department of Biomedical Engineering; School of Information and Library Science is a participating program
University of Washington Bioinformatics program	MS	Department of Medical Education and Biomedical Informatics (MEBI); Information School is closely affiliated
Vanderbilt University	MS, PhD	Biomedical Informatics
Arizona State	MS	Computational biosciences
Carnegie Mellon	BS, MS, PhD	Computer Science, Biology, Chemistry
George Mason School of Computational Studies	MS, PhD	Biology
Georgia Tech	MS, PhD	School of Biology
Harvard and MIT Bioinformatics and Integrated Genomics	PhD	Harvard/MIT division of Health Sciences and Technology’s medical engineering and medical physics program
Iowa State Bioinformatics & Computational Biology	MS, PhD	Participating departments include: animal science, botany, chemical engineering, computer science, electrical & computer engineering, math, physics & astronomy, plant pathology, statistics, veterinary microbiology, zoology & genetics
Medical College of Wisconsin Bioinformatics graduate program	MS	Departments included: Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science; Electrical and Computer Engineering; Biology; and Biomedical Engineering at Marquette. Bioinformatics research at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
NC State statistical genetics & bioinformatics	MS, PhD	Program in Genomic Science
Northern Illinois University	MS specialization	Administered by the Dept. of Biological Sciences
Renneselear bioinformatics and molecular biology	BS, MS, PhD	Rensselaer-Wadsworth Center for Bioinformatics (CB), Biology
Rice University	MS Concentration	Computer Science
Stanford bioinformatics certificate program	Certificate program only	Stanford Center for Professional Development
University of California, Irvine	MS, PhD concentration	Information and Computer Science
UCLA	BS, MS, PhD	Math / Statistics; Computer Science; Biological Sciences
UCSD Interdisciplinary Bioinformatics program	PhD specialization	Bioengineering, biology, biomedical sciences, chemistry, biochemistry, computer science & engineering, math, physics
UCSF Biological & medical informatics	MS, PhD	Quantitative biology
University of Memphis	MS concentration	Computer Science
University of Minnesota	BS minor, MS, PhD	Biology, Computer Science
VA Tech Graduate Option in bioinformatics	MS, PhD option	Biochemistry, Biology, CS, Crop & Soil Environ-mental Science, Genetics, Plant Pathology, Statistics

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