Biomedical Informatics

The Biomedical Informatics baccalaureate program is designed to provide well-rounded, interdisciplinary training for a new generation of biomedical and healthcare workers prepared to meet the challenges of today and the future. A rigorous core of courses provides students with a strong foundation from which to develop competencies in two interrelated component areas of Biomedical Informatics: Molecular Bioinformatics, centered on the use of conformational and genomic data to elucidate biological phenomena; and Health Informatics, focused on the secure electronic storage, retrieval, and use of biomedical information in healthcare delivery and research. This dual focus gives students a broad understanding of the critical importance of informatics for a wide range of biomedical and health applications. These two subfields are seeing an exciting integration in cutting edge medicine as genomic information is used increasingly in medical diagnosis and care. The program seeks to prepare students for a range of career options and to adapt to changing conditions in the field.

Student knowledge acquired in the college classroom and laboratory is reinforced by college-sponsored internships (for credit) at clinical and research locations in the region. Because biomedical informatics is a rapidly evolving field, it is important that students benefit from City Tech’s strong General Education requirements and courses, so as to be able to adapt to changes in this field as creative thinkers and lifelong learners. The goal of the program is not only to provide students with the training they need to enter this growing field in its current state, but also with the personal and intellectual resources to participate in and lead its inevitable advances and transformations.

Learning Outcomes

General Education Learning Outcomes

1. Employ scientific reasoning and logical thinking.

2. Communicate in diverse settings and groups, using written, oral, and visual means.

3. Demonstrate an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.

4. Acquire tools for lifelong learning – how to learn, how they learn, knowledge of resources.

Discipline-Specific Learning Outcomes

1. Acquire competency in general biological sciences.

2. Employ knowledge of the fundamentals of computer programming and databases.

3. Use quantitative reasoning to apply statistical methods and mathematical modeling in the analysis of biomedical datasets.

4. Demonstrate the ability to apply the process of science to develop problem-solving strategies, including hypothesis generation, evaluation of results, and formulation of potential applications.

5. Demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate complex biomedical concepts within and across disciplinary boundaries.

6. Apply fundamental biomedical informatics principles and methods within an area of practice.

Advisement Information

Students seeking program specific information or advisement should email BIBcoordinator@citytech.cuny.edu.