McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston

🎊 PhD Candidate Apollo McOwiti successfully defended his dissertation yesterday morning. Please congratulate him on this important milestone. 🎊

We are proud to congratulate Professor Lex Frieden. He has been named one of the Robert M. Ball Award for Outstanding Achievements in Social Insurance winners for 2026. Each year this award is given to leaders whose work reflects Ball’s enduring commitment to protecting and strengthening social insurance for future generations.

HIMSS is accepting proposals for the 2027 Global Conference happening in Chicago. June 30th is the deadline to submit.

https://www.himss.org/call-for-proposals

Congratulations to DHI Alumna Nikki Blaze, '24. She was named to Becker's Health IT's "170 women in health IT to know | 2026" list.

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/170-women-in-health-it-to-know-2026/

To learn more about Dr. Blaze, you can also read her Alumni Spotlight at this website: https://sbmi.uth.edu/alumni/alumni-spotlights/nikki-blaze.htm.

170 women in health IT to know | 2026 Discover 170 women health IT know who lead digital innovation and Epic implementations at major health systems across the U.S.

Our Admissions Team is hosting an informational webinar at 12 PM (CDT) tomorrow. Join us to learn more as you prepare for the July 1st application deadline.

Register at sbmi.uth.edu/prospective-students/admission-session.htm

Attention all High School Informaticians: In July, AMIA will begin accepting applications for the 2026 Annual Symposium's High School Scholars Competition. We encourage all interested HS students to visit AMIA's website to learn more in advance of the application opening.

AMIA 2026 Annual Symposium High School Scholars AMIA 2026 Annual Symposium High School Scholars The AMIA 2026 Annual Symposium will include a dedicated presentation session, educational activities, and networking events for high school students and high school teachers participating in educational and research partnerships with biomedical informa...

We hope you will join us in the fall as we celebrate the 2026 Glaser Award Winner: Dr. David Blumenthal. This year's Glaser Society Proceedings will take place on Friday, October 30, 2026. Visit sbmi.uth.edu/Glaser-Society to learn more.

Professor Zhongming Zhao, PhD received $4 million in renewed funding for the Biomedical Informatics, Genomics, and Translational Cancer Research (BIG-TCR) Training Program. Visit UTHealth Houston's news page to learn more.

CPRIT awards more than $6M to UTHealth Houston researchers Research CPRIT awards more than $6M to UTHealth Houston researchers By Roman Petrowski May 22, 2026 L-R: Zhongming Zhao, PhD, MS; Qingyun Liu, PhD ; and Xiaoming Du, PhD. (Photo by UTHealth Houston) From training future cancer researchers to advancing next-generation therapies and developing new app...

Today, and every day, we honor and pay homage to service members for their incredible sacrifice.

🎉Congratulations are in order for PhD Candidate Ran Hu. Yesterday afternoon, he successfully defended his dissertation! He is pictured here with his committee chair Dr. Licong Cui. 🎉