Spring 2023 Semester Schedule

The courses included on this webpage are for the UTHealth Houston School of Biomedical Informatics certificate, masters, and doctoral (PhD and DHI) programs. Note that classes will be taught in-person (on-campus) and/or web-based (100% online) for spring 2023. Some courses are taught in both instructional formats so please refer to the course offerings below to confirm.

Students enrolled in in-person/on-campus classes must attend each weekly class session at SBMI's building space (6th floor of 7000 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030). Each class is offered on a specific weekday and held in a designated SBMI classroom, as noted below. Attendance in-person is mandatory and any student in an on-campus course missing more than three class meetings may be dropped at the discretion of the instructor. Please refer to SBMI's attendance policy for more details.

Students enrolled in web-based/online classes will complete all coursework 100% online and asynchronously, unless otherwise noted by the instructor(s). There is no requirement to visit campus during the spring semester for any SBMI web-based course.

Web-based courses with quizzes and exams may require students to use a webcam and the Google Chrome browser. See the complete list technical requirements.

The spring 2023 textbook list will be added prior to the start of the spring 2023 semester.

Check back later for Spring 2023 textbook information.

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Course	Title	Type	Time	Credits	Location	Instructor
BMI 5004	Intro to Clinical Healthcare	Research	1-4 PM Thursday	3	E614 - Austin	Elmer Bernstam, MD, MSE
BMI 5007	Methods in Health Data Science	Research Track/Python quiz required/Instructor Approval	1-4 PM Thursday	3	E620 - Galveston	Deevakar Rogith, MBBS, PhD
BMI 5007W	Methods in Health Data Science	Research Track/Python quiz required/Instructor Approval	WEB	3	Canvas	Deevakar Rogith, MBBS, PhD
BMI 5300	Introduction to Biomedical Informatics	Research/Applied	9 AM-12 PM Tuesday	3	E614/618 - Austin/Dallas	Tiffany Champagne-Langabeer, PhD, Kimberly A. Smith, PhD, MT(ASCP), Dean Sittig, PhD
BMI 5300W	Introduction to Biomedical Informatics	Research/Applied	WEB	3	Canvas	Tiffany Champagne-Langabeer, PhD, Kimberly A. Smith, PhD, MT(ASCP), Dean Sittig, PhD
BMI 5301W	The U.S. Healthcare System	Applied Track	WEB	3	Canvas	Tiffany Champagne-Langabeer, PhD
BMI 5302W	Introduction to Human Factors in Healthcare	Research Track	WEB	3	Canvas	Deevakar Rogith, MBBS, PhD
BMI 5303	Methods in Human Factors	Research Track/Pre-req BMI 5302 or concurrent enrollment	1-4 PM  Tuesday	3	E612 - San Antonio	Amy Franklin, PhD
BMI 5303W	Methods in Human Factors	Research Track/Pre-req BMI 5302 or concurrent enrollment	WEB	3	Canvas	Amy Franklin, PhD
BMI 5304	Advanced Database Concepts	Research Track/Pre-req BMI 5007	9 AM-12 PM Thursday	3	E618 - Dallas	Assaf Gottlieb, PhD
BMI 5304W	Advanced Database Concepts	Research Track/Pre-req BMI 5007	WEB	3	Canvas	Assaf Gottlieb, PhD
BMI 5305W	Legal and Ethical Aspects of Health Informatics	Applied Track	WEB	3	Canvas	Jonathan Ishee, JD, MPH, MS, LLM
BMI 5310	Foundations of Biomedical Information Sciences I	Research/ Pre-req BMI 5300 or instructor consent	1-4 PM Tuesday	3	E614 - Austin	Yang Gong, MD, PhD
BMI 5310W	Foundations of Biomedical Information Sciences I	Research/ Pre-req BMI 5300 or instructor consent	WEB	3	Canvas	Yang Gong, MD, PhD
BMI 5311	Foundations of Biomedical Information Sciences II	Research Track/Pre-Req BMI 5310	1-4 PM Wednesday	3	E612/614 - San Antonio/Austin	Xiaoqian Jiang, PhD and Debora Simmons, PhD, RN, CCNS, FAAN
BMI 5311W	Foundations of Biomedical Information Sciences II	Research Track/Pre-Req BMI 5310	WEB	3	Canvas	Xiaoqian Jiang, PhD and Debora Simmons, PhD, RN, CCNS, FAAN
BMI 5313	Foundations of Electronic Health Records and Clinical Information Systems	Research/Applied	1-4 PM Tuesday	3	E620 - Galveston	Angela Ross, DNP, MPH, PMP, PHCNS-BC
BMI 5313W	Foundations of Electronic Health Records and Clinical Information Systems	Research/Applied	WEB	3	Canvas	Angela Ross, DNP, MPH, PMP, PHCNS-BC
BMI 5317W	Applied Data Management	Applied Track/Pre-req 5300 or instructor consent	WEB	3	Canvas	Juliana Brixey, PhD, MPH, RN
BMI 5328W	Systems Analysis and Project Management	Applied Track	WEB	3	Canvas	Angela Ross, DNP, MPH, PMP, PHCNS-BC
BMI 5329W	Workflow Process Modeling	Applied Track	WEB	3	Canvas	Juliana Brixey, PhD, MPH, RN
BMI 5330	Introduction to Bioinformatics	Research Track/Instructor Consent	1-4 PM Tuesday	3	E618 - Dallas	Jim Zheng, PhD
BMI 5330W	Introduction to Bioinformatics	Research Track/Instructor Consent	WEB	3	Canvas	Jim Zheng, PhD
BMI 5332	Statistical Genomic Analysis	Research Track/Pre-req BMI 5330 & 5352	1-4 PM Monday	3	E612 - San Antonio	Arif Harmanci, PhD
BMI 5332W	Statistical Genomic Analysis	Research Track/Pre-req BMI 5330 & 5352	WEB	3	Canvas	Arif Harmanci, PhD
BMI 5334	BMI Data Privacy	Research Track / Instructor consent>	1-4 PM Thursday	3	E612 - San Antonio	Arif Harmanci, PhD
BMI 5334W	BMI Data Privacy	Research Track / Instructor consent	WEB	3	Canvas	Arif Harmanci, PhD
BMI 5351W	Research Design and Evaluation in Biomedical Informatics	Research/Pre-req BMI 5300	WEB	3	Canvas	Amy Franklin, PhD
BMI 5354	Cognitive Engineering in BMI	Research Track/Pre-req 5302 or instructor consent	9 AM-12 PM Wednesday	3	E618 - Dallas	Amy Franklin, PhD
BMI 5354W	Cognitive Engineering in BMI	Research/Applied	WEB	3	Canvas	Amy Franklin, PhD
BMI 5360W	Clinical Decision Support Systems	Research/Applied	WEB	3	Canvas	Yang Gong, MD, PhD
BMI 5371W	Business and Technical Writing	Applied Track/Class limited to 15 students	WEB	3	Canvas	Kimberly A. Smith, PhD, MT(ASCP)
BMI 5380W	Principles and Methods of Public Health Informatics	Research Track	WEB	3	Canvas	Isela De La Cerda, PhD
BMI 5381	Methods in Public Health Informatics	Research Track	9 AM-12 PM Monday	3	E618  - Dallas	Sahiti Myneni, PhD, Mse
BMI 5381W	Methods in Public Health Informatics	Research Track	WEB	3	Canvas	Sahiti Myneni, PhD, Mse
BMI 5390W	Methods in Pharmacy Informatics	Research/Applied	WEB	3	Canvas	Julie C. Forcum, Pharm D, MHA
BMI 5391W	Synthesis Project in Pharmacy Informatics	Research/Applied	WEB	3	Canvas	Julie C. Forcum, Pharm D, MHA
BMI 6306W	Information and Knowledge Representation in BMI	Research Track	WEB	3	Canvas	Cui Tao, PhD
BMI 6311W	Leadership and Decision Making	Applied Track	WEB	3	Canvas	James Langabeer, PHD, MBA, FHIMSS and Karima Lalani, PhD, MBA, FACHE, RHIA
BMI 6316W	Change Management in Health Informatics	Applied Track	WEB	3	Canvas	Robert Murphy, MD
BMI 6318	Big Data in BMI	Research Track/Pre-req BMI 5007 or instructor consent	1-4 PM Friday	3	E620 - Galveston	Licong Cui, PhD
BMI 6318W	Big Data in BMI	Research Track/Pre-req BMI 5007 or instructor consent	WEB	3	Canvas	Licong Cui, PhD
BMI 6319	Data Analysis for Scientific Research in Biomedical Informatics	Research Track/Pre-req BMI 5007 or instructor consent	1-4 PM Wednesday	3	E620 - Galveston	Pora Kim, PhD, MS and Yejin Kim, PhD
BMI 6323	Machine Learning in BMI	Research Track	9 AM-12 PM Wednesday	3	E620 - Galveston	Kirk Roberts, PhD, MS
BMI 6323W	Machine Learning in BMI	Research Track	WEB	3	Canvas	Kirk Roberts, PhD, MS
BMI 6328W	Health Care Delivery in an EHR Enabled Environment	Research Track/Pre-req BMI 5300	WEB	3	Canvas	Julie C. Forcum, Pharm D, MHA and Debora Simmons, PhD, RN, CCNS, FAAN
BMI 6340W	Health Information Visualization and Visual Analytics	Research/Applied	WEB	3	Canvas	Todd Johnson, PhD
BMI 7301	Grant Writing	PhD Students ONLY	1-4 PM Thursday	3	E618 - Dallas	Lex Frieden, MA, LLD (hon)
BMI 7304	Advanced Research Design	PhD Students ONLY/Pre-req BMI 5300, 5352, 5310 & 5311	1-4 PM Monday	3	E620 - Galveston	Susan Fenton, PhD, RHIA, FAHIMA
BMI 7360W	Advanced Project Management	DHI Students ONLY	WEB	3	Canvas	Angela Ross, DNP, MPH, PMP, PHCNS-BC
BMI 7150	Research Seminar	PhD Students Only/Instructor Consent	12-1 PM Wednesday	1	E612/614 - San Antonio/Austin	Elmer Bernstam, MD, MSE
BMI 7151	Seminar in Precision Medicine	PhD Students ONLY/Instructor Consent	12-1 PM Friday	1	E618 - Dallas	Zhongming Zhao, PhD, MS
BMI 6000	Practicum		Arrange	1-3	Arrange	All instructors
BMI 6002	Directed Study		Arrange	1-9	Arrange	All instructors
BMI 7000	Preceptorship		Arrange	1-9	Arrange	All instructors
BMI 7050	Research Health Informatics		Arrange	1-9	Arrange	All instructors
BMI 7070	Fellowship in Health Informatics		Arrange	1-9	Arrange	All instructors
BMI 7170	DHI Project Advisement	DHI Students ONLY	Arrange	1	Arrange	All instructors
BMI 9950	Project Evaluation and Writing	DHI Students ONLY	Arrange	1	Arrange	All instructors
BMI 9999	Dissertation		Arrange	1-9	Arrange	All instructors