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AY 22/23 BHI Cohort
2022 End of Year Celebration
2022 End of Year Celebration
IPHIE Master Class 2022: Seattle, Washington
2021 New Student Orientation at SLU
Clinical Informatics Fellows
BHI Holiday Gathering
TRAIL Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
AY 23/24 BHI Cohort

Welcome to BIME

Welcome to the Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education.
Our vision is to unleash the potential for information to improve biomedicine, health and medical education. We do this via a three-pronged approach leveraging the bidirectional synergies between a) basic and applied research, b) training the next generation of researchers and practitioners, and c) applying our expertise to the broader operations of UW Medicine including research, clinical care and medical education through the practice of Biomedical Informatics and the practice of Medical Education and Evaluation. See our News and Events page for current activities.

Cordially,

Peter Tarczy-Hornoch, MD
Chair and Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education

News Highlights

Following are some recent BIME news highlights. For more BIME news, publications, and events, check out our News and Events page.

Current faculty position opening:
Chief Research Information Officer (CRIO)

UW ranked most innovative public universities by Reuters
The University of Washington is listed at No. 5 on the Reuters Top 100: The World’s Most Innovative Universities, released Fall 2019. For the third consecutive year, the UW leads the list among public institutions.

UW is No. 7 on global rankings
In June of 2024, the University of Washington rose to become No. 7 on the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Global Universities rankings. The UW also placed in the top 10 in eight subject areas ranked by U.S. News, including many health and life sciences. “It’s an honor for the University of Washington to once more be recognized for the strength of our research and scholarship. This ranking is a testament to both our outstanding faculty across many disciplines and to the opportunities for research and discovery that bring our talented students here,” UW President Ana Mari Cauce said.

In Fall of 2019 Eric Tham MD, Adjunct BIME faculty, was elected a Fellow of AMIA which “signals to patients, employers, and colleagues that you are an expert in evidence-based informatics practice and engaged with a community of life-long learners who apply the latest advances in informatics to improve health and health care.

BIME faculty members Trevor Cohen and Meliha Yetisgen served on the Journal of Biomedical Informatics Editorial Board in 2022. BIME Chair Peter Tarczy-Hornoch served as the informatics editor for Genetics in Medicine.

Trevor Cohen was elected to ACMI in Fall of 2019.  ACMI members are: “Individuals that have demonstrated major contributions in biomedical and health informatics, have achieved national recognition in the field, and are committed to advancing the charitable, scientific, literary and educational purposes of ACMI are eligible for membership as a fellow. Each year, new fellows are elected by the voting members of ACMI. Fellows are elected for life and upon election are named Fellows of ACMI and may use the designation “FACMI”.  https://www.amia.org/acmi-fellowship