Overview

Department of Biomedical Informatics / Department of Biomedical Informatics is located in Buffalo, NY, in a suburban setting.

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree	Concentration
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Biomedical ontology
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Bioinformatics and translational research informatics
Master of Science (MS)	Biomedical informatics
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Clinical informatics and decision support

Degrees Awarded

Degree	Number Awarded
Master's Degrees	6

Earning Your Degree

Part-time study available?
Evening/weekend programs available?	No
Distance learning programs available?	No
Terminal master's degree available?

Degree Requirements

Degree	Requirement
Master's Degrees	Thesis Alternate accepted
Doctoral Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE, MCAT Comp Exam Required for some Thesis Required

Admissions

Acceptance Rate

38

Applied

7

Accepted

7

Enrolled

Applying

85

Application Fee - Domestic

Yes

Electronic
applications accepted?

Yes

Applications processed
on a rolling basis?

Entrance Requirements

Exam	Details
Master's Degree Requirements	3 letters of recommendation
Doctoral Degree Exam	GRE, MCAT
Doctoral Degree Requirements	3 letters of recommendation

International Students

Exam	Details
TOEFL: Required	TOEFL Paper score: 550 TOEFL IBT score: 79
IELTS: Required	IELTS Paper score: 6.5

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Types of financial support available	Fellowships Research Assistantships Health Care Benefits Traineership Graduate Assistantships

Student Body

19

Total Graduate Students

Not Reported

International Breakout (representing other countries)

Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino	10.53%
Black or African American	5.26%
White or Caucasian	42%
American Indian or Alaska Native	Not Reported
Asian	36.84%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	Not Reported
Two or more races	5.26%
Unknown	Not Reported

Gender

Male (42%)

Female (57%)

Faculty

8

Total faculty

Full-time - 6

Part-time - 2

Male (7)

Female (1)

Research

Focus of faculty research:

Integrated information systems planning and evaluation, management of knowledge-based information resources, scholarly communication in the health sciences , the economic value of health information, electronic health records, natural language understanding, ontologies, telemedicine/telehealth systems of healthcare, quality management information systems, implementation and evaluation of electronic health record systems, ethical and social issues in informatics

Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:

0

Location & Contact

Address 77 Goodell Street
Suite 540
Buffalo, NY  14260
United States

Contact Dr. Peter L. Elkin MD
Professor and Chair
Email: elkinp@buffalo.edu
Phone: 716-816-7292
Fax: 716-842-4170

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