McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston

06/02/2026

Our Admissions Team is hosting an informational webinar at 12 PM (CDT) tomorrow. Join us to learn more as you prepare for the July 1st application deadline.

Register at sbmi.uth.edu/prospective-students/admission-session.htm

06/01/2026

Attention all High School Informaticians: In July, AMIA will begin accepting applications for the 2026 Annual Symposium's High School Scholars Competition. We encourage all interested HS students to visit AMIA's website to learn more in advance of the application opening.

AMIA 2026 Annual Symposium High School Scholars The AMIA 2026 Annual Symposium will include a dedicated presentation session, educational activities, and networking events for high school students and high school teachers participating in educational and research partnerships with biomedical informa...

05/27/2026

We hope you will join us in the fall as we celebrate the 2026 Glaser Award Winner: Dr. David Blumenthal. This year's Glaser Society Proceedings will take place on Friday, October 30, 2026. Visit sbmi.uth.edu/Glaser-Society to learn more.

05/26/2026

Professor Zhongming Zhao, PhD received $4 million in renewed funding for the Biomedical Informatics, Genomics, and Translational Cancer Research (BIG-TCR) Training Program. Visit UTHealth Houston's news page to learn more.

Research CPRIT awards more than $6M to UTHealth Houston researchers By Roman Petrowski May 22, 2026 L-R: Zhongming Zhao, PhD, MS; Qingyun Liu, PhD ; and Xiaoming Du, PhD. (Photo by UTHealth Houston) From training future cancer researchers to advancing next-generation therapies and developing new app...

05/25/2026

Today, and every day, we honor and pay homage to service members for their incredible sacrifice.

05/22/2026

🎉Congratulations are in order for PhD Candidate Ran Hu. Yesterday afternoon, he successfully defended his dissertation! He is pictured here with his committee chair Dr. Licong Cui. 🎉

05/21/2026

👩‍🎓 Photos from last week's Commencement Ceremony are now available. Congratulations again to the . 👨‍🎓

Explore this photo album by McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics on Flickr!

05/13/2026

Wow! Another class of informaticians about to get out there and improve healthcare. 2026 commencement is in the books. Join us in congratulating the !

05/11/2026

Our summer 2026 semester starts one week from today! If any students are still looking for an interesting course, we encourage them to register for Dr. Julie Brixey's course.

05/08/2026

We are very proud of our Class of 2026 Graduate Samantha Smith! We cannot commend her enough for her perseverance and dedication during her master's studies. We look forward to honoring Samantha and her peers at our Commencement Ceremony on Tuesday evening. 👩🏽‍🎓✨

Read about her journey here: sbmi.uth.edu/news/story/adversity-to-purpose-samantha-smiths-path-to-biomedical-informatics