Regular registration for fall 2024 is currently open and ends on Aug. 23 in myUTH. If you have questions regarding registration, email the Office of Academic Affairs at [email protected].

For fall 2024, McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston courses will be taught both in-person and online. Students registered for in-person classes are expected to attend the on-campus sessions during the scheduled time and day each week. Students enrolled in web-based classes will complete all coursework 100% online.

The fall 2024 semester will begin on Aug. 26. For a full list of courses offered in the fall, visit the Semester Schedule webpage.

Members of the McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics Community have recently achieved noteworthy accomplishments. We want to recognize and applaud these individuals.

• Assistant Professor Dr. Angela Ross has been named a 2024 Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.
• In late June, Tongtong Huang was successful in the defense of her dissertation. She will officially earn her PhD next month.

• McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics is proud to announce our new partnership with Tuskegee University. Certain undergraduate students at Tuskegee can now participate in our 4+1 program.

DSHS Internships for Fall 2024

• Interested in an internship with the Texas Department of State Health Services? There are numerous opportunities located across the state. Click here for more: https://www.dshs.texas.gov/internships-at-dshs/internship-opportunities.

Emergency Loan in the Aftermath of Beryl

• Living Expense Emergency Loans are available to McWilliams Students. Those loans are offered via the Student Financial Services Office and more information can be found on this website: https://www.uth.edu/sfs/financial-aid/emergency-loans.htm. If students have questions about those loans, please notify [email protected].

Registration for the #THIA2024 conference is currently open. The event will be held at the University of Texas at Arlington.

The conference is on Sept. 20th but visit https://michi.uta.edu/conferences/thia-2024/ for more information and to register.

The McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics Travel Request Form has been moved to QuestionPro. We want to remind all faculty members to submit the form well in advance of any work-related trips or travel.

The form is available via this link: https://go.uth.edu/travel-mcwilliams.

• Professor James Langabeer, PhD, EdD, MBA, EMT, was interviewed by MoneyGeek for two stories in June and July. The first story is about navigating insurance for mental health care and the second story explores how to get out of medical debt.
• Dr. Langabeer was also interviewed by ABC13 Houston in late June as he discussed the dangers of counterfeit drugs.
• Chair Xiaoqian Jiang, PhD, of the Department of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, was recently interviewed by the Houston Chronicle. He discussed how clinicians across the Texas Medical Center are embracing AI in health care.