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PhD Biomedical Informatics at Columbia University

Columbia University, United States

Programme overview

A PhD training students to use data in medicine, with projects spanning basic science, clinical care and population health.

Faculty: Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons  |  Department: Department of Biomedical Informatics  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: New York, NY, United States

What you will study

Core courses include Intro to Computational Biomedicine & Health (BINF G4001), Machine Learning in Healthcare (G4002), Symbolic AI in Biomedical Informatics (G4003) and one of Research Methods, Biological Sequence Analysis or Computational Genomics. Students also complete Responsible Conduct of Research, five electives, a research seminar each term, two research rotations, two teaching assistantships, and a Breadth Exam and Depth Exam before the dissertation.

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