The NIH/NLM-funded UCI Biomedical Informatics Training Program (BIT) provides graduate education to students and postdoctoral fellows in either the computational or life sciences. This training is designed to facilitate collaborations at a scholarly level with professionals in the cross-discipline. The program coordinates with existing graduate degree programs in the Schools of Information and Computer Sciences (ICS), Biological Sciences/Medicine, Physical Sciences, and Engineering at UC Irvine.

BIT training faculty from each of these five schools participate in the Program. Research projects are performed under the mentorship of both a life and a computational scientist, often in collaboration with another student or fellow in the cross-discipline. These collaborations help overcome language and cultural barriers that often impede interdisciplinary research efforts.

For more information on the BIT Program please send e-mail to:  jko@uci.edu