Biomedical informatics is a relatively new discipline where state-of-the-art bioinformatics and computational biology research help analyze, model and understand complex biological systems.

The goal of the Division of Biomedical Informatics within the Department of Clinical Sciences, is to address the data management and data analysis needs of the already strong basic research and clinical research programs here at UT Southwestern, and to facilitate their integration in support of translational research, as well as educate the future generations of translational scientists who will need to be comfortable with statistics, information sciences and computer sciences in addition to biology and medicine.

The development an effective infrastructure that can support the current and future needs of the basic and clinical research communities is a top priority to facilitate the translational interface between the two. This support infrastructure involves the development of systems for effective data management, as well as the development of a system for consultative data analysis.