Doctor of Philosophy — ≥55 Credits
The Graduate Program in Biomedical Informatics offers a Doctor of Philosophy degree. The Doctor of Philosophy degree requires a minimum of 55 credit hours.
Program Objectives
The doctoral degree program’s main objective is to develop the ability to pose compelling scientific questions and propose new methods in Biomedical Informatics. Doctoral program objectives also include those at the master’s and graduate certificate programs.
Doctor of Philosophy Requirements
The PhD program is open to those who already hold a four-year undergraduate degree. Students with no previous graduate credit will be required to complete additional hours beyond the 55-credit hour minimum that are required for the degree to fulfill the 72 graduate semester credit hour requirement of the Arkansas Department of Higher Education.
Additional application requirements can be found here.
Coursework Summary
- Biomedical Informatics Background Courses: 0-9 hours
- Biomedical Informatics Core Courses: 6 hours
- Biomedical Informatics Project Rotations: 4 hours
- DBMI Seminar: 3 hours
- Directed Research: ≥18 hours
- Research Methods and Conduct: 0-7 hours
- Electives: 8-17 hours
| Biomedical Informatics Background Course | 0-9 hours required |
|---|---|
| BMIG 50103 Information Modelling – From Data to Knowledge | 3 |
| BMIG 50203 Biomedicine for Informaticists | 3 |
| BMIG 50303 Computational Methods for Informaticists | 3 |
| Biomedical Informatics Core Course | 6 hours required |
|---|---|
| BMIG 51002 Foundations of Biomedical Informatics: Sequences & Biological Information | 2 |
| BMIG 51102 Foundations of Biomedical Informatics: Clinical Information | 2 |
| BMIG 51202 Foundations of Biomedical Informatics: Population Health Information | 2 |
| Biomedical Informatics Project Rotations | 4 hours required |
|---|---|
| BMIG 50402 Project Rotation in Biomedical Informatics | 2 |
| BMIG 50402 Project Rotation in Biomedical Informatics | 2 |
| Biomedical Informatics Seminar | 3 hours required |
|---|---|
| BMIG 51801Biomedical Informatics Research & Application Seminar | 1 |
| BMIG 51801Biomedical Informatics Research & Application Seminar | 1 |
| BMIG 51801Biomedical Informatics Research & Application Seminar | 1 |
| Directed Research | ≥ 18 hours required |
|---|---|
| BMIG 6810V Dissertation Research | 18 |
| Research Methods and Conduct | 0-7 hours required |
|---|---|
| BMIG 60603 Research Design | 3 |
| BMIG 6207V Research | varies |
| BIOS 50133 Biostatistics I (B1) | 3 |
| BIOS 51131 Computing with R I (R1) Lab for Biostatistics I | 1 |
| BIOS 52103 Biostatistics II: Advanced Linear Models (B2) | 3 |
| BIOS 52001 Biostatistics Computing with R II (R2) | 1 |
| BIOS 52233 Biostatistics III: Multivariate Analysis & Linear Models (B3) | 3 |
| PHAR 51171 Scientific Communication and Ethics I – Dr. Prather and Dr. Sterba | 1 |
| PHAR 51191 Scientific Communication and Ethics II – Dr. Prather and Dr. Sterba | 1 |
| PHAR 51201 Scientific Communication and Ethics III – Dr. Alexei Basnakian | 1 |
| PHAR 51231 Scientific Communication and Ethics IV – Dr. Alexei Basnakian | 1 |
| Biomedical Informatics Electives | 8-17 hours required |
|---|---|
| BMIG 50603 Anatomy for Imaging | 3 |
| BMIG 50701 Introduction to Biological Network Analysis | 1 |
| BMIG 50801 Clinical Data Standards | 1 |
| BMIG 51303 Clinical Imaging Informatics | 3 |
| BMIG 51403 Bioconductor for Genomic Scale Data | 3 |
| BMIG 51801 Biomedical Informatics Research & Application Seminar | 1 |
| BMIG 52003 Genomics and Metagenomics | 3 |
| BMIG 52103 User Interface Design and Data Visualization | 3 |
| BMIG 52203 Cancer Genomics | 3 |
| BMIG 52303 Biomedical Ontologies | 3 |
| BMIG 60104 Clinical Trial Data Management | 4 |
| BMIG 60103 Database Systems and Data Warehousing | 3 |
| BMIG 60201 Healthcare Informatics of Quality and Pt. Safety | 1 |
| BMIG 60303 Natural Language Processing in Biomedical Informatics | 3 |
| BMIG 60603 Research Design | 3 |
| BMIG 61002 Clinical Decision Support | 2 |
| BMIG 61003 Comparative Microbial Genomics | 3 |
| BMIG 62003 Machine Learning | 3 |
| BMIG 62033 Fundamentals of the Human Microbiome | 3 |
| BMIG 62042 Genomic Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance | 1 |
| BMIG 62063 Research Imaging Informatics | 3 |
| BMIG 62083 Neuroimaging Informatics and Connectomics | 3 |
| BMIG 62092 Teaching, Learning, and Instructional Practice | 2 |
| BIOM 5170V Special Topics | varies |
| BINF 61043 Using Semantic Web Technology in Biomedical Research | 3 |
| BIOC 6120V Special Topics in Biochemistry | 3 |
| PHAR 51171 Scientific Communication and Ethics I – Dr. Prather and Dr. Sterba | 1 |
| PHAR 51191 Scientific Communication and Ethics II – Dr. Prather and Dr. Sterba | 1 |
| PHAR 51201 Scientific Communication and Ethics III – Dr. Alexei Basnakian | 1 |
| PHAR 51231 Scientific Communication and Ethics IV – Dr. Alexei Basnakian | 1 |
| Graduate School IPE Requirement |
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| IPE Exposure Workshop |
| IPE Exposure Bridge Activity |