Summer 2026 Semester Schedule

The courses included on this webpage are for McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston certificate, masters, and doctoral (PhD and DHI) programs. Note that classes will only be taught web-based (100% online) for summer 2026.

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 summer semester for any course.

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

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Course	Title	Type	Time	Credits	Location	Instructor
BMI 5007W	Methods in Health Data Science	Research Track/Python quiz required/Instructor approval	WEB	3	web	Omar Anjum, PhD
BMI 5300W	Intro to Biomedical Informatics	Research/Applied	WEB	3	web	Erika. Cavazos-Juárez, DHI, MBBS, MS, PMP and V. Gail Turner, DNP, MBA, NI-BC, PMP
BMI 5313W	Foundations of EHR's	Research/Applied	WEB	3	web	V. Gail Turner, DNP, MBA, NI-BC, PMP
BMI 5315W	Quality and Outcomes Improvement	Applied Track	WEB	3	web	Erika Cavazos-Juarez, DHI, MBBS, MS, PMP
BMI 5317W	Applied Data Management	Applied Track/Pre-req BMI 5300 or instructor consent	WEB	3	web	Mahboubeh Marjan Madadi, PhD
BMI 5327W	Standards in Health Informatics	Applied Track	WEB	3	web	Julie Brixey, PhD, MPH, RN
BMI 5330W	Intro to Bioinformatics	Research Track/Instructor Consent	WEB	3	web	Arif Harmanci,PhD, MS
BMI 5351W	Research Design and Evaluation in BMI	Pre-req BMI 5300	WEB	3	web	Yang Gong, MD, PhD, FIAHSI
BMI 5352W	Statistical Methods in BMI	Research Track	WEB	3	web	Pora Kim, PhD, MS
BMI 5353W	Biomedical Data Analysis	Research Track/Pre-req BMI 5007 or instructor consent	WEB	3	web	Andrzej Kudlicki, PhD
BMI 5371W	Business & Technical Writing	Applied Track/Class limited to 15 Applied Track students only/Instructor consent	WEB	3	web	Christine Bakos-Block, PhD
BMI 5380W	Principles and Foundations of PHI	Research Track	WEB	3	web	Kelly Merriman, MPH, PhD and Sahiti Myneni, PhD, MSE
BMI 5390W	Methods in Pharmacy Informatics	Research/Applied	WEB	3	web	Felix Nguyen, PharmD, MS
BMI 6303W	Intro to Telehealth	Research/Applied/Pre-req BMI 5300 or instructor consent	WEB	3	web	Tiffany Champagne-Langabeer, PhD
BMI 6313W	Scientific Writing in Healthcare	Research	WEB	3	web	Lex Frieden, MA
BMI 6315W	EHR Analytics: Data Exploration and Visualization in HC	Pre-req BMI 5300 and BMI 5313 or instructor consent	WEB	3	web	Angie Hayes, DHI, MS
BMI 6332W	Genomics and Precision Medicine	Research/Pre-req BMI 5330 or instructor consent	WEB	3	web	Assaf Gottlieb, PhD; Ardalan Naseri,PhD
BMI 6340W	HI Visualization & Visual Analytics	Research/Applied	WEB	3	web	Todd Johnson, PhD
BMI 7350W	Scholarly Foundations of Advanced HI Practice	DHI Students ONLY/Pre-req BMI 5300	WEB	3	web	Susan Fenton, PhD, RHIA, ACHIP, FAMIA
BMI 7361W	Business, Contract and Vendor Management	DHI Students ONLY/Pre-req BMI 5300	WEB	3	web	Angela Ross, DNP, MS, MPH, RN, PHCNS-BC, FHIMSS, PMP, DASM, FAAN; Angela Hayes, DHI, MS
BMI 6000	Practicum	arrange	1-6			arrange
BMI 6002	Directed Study	arrange	1-9			arrange
BMI 7000	Preceptorship	arrange	1-9			arrange
BMI 7050	Research in HI	arrange	1-9			arrange
BMI 7070	Fellowship in HI	arrange	1-9			arrange
BMI 7170	DHI Project Advisement	arrange	1			arrange
BMI 9950	Project Evaluation & Writing	arrange	1-9			arrange
BMI 9999	Dissertation	arrange	1-9			arrange

Updated: 04/07/2026