Every institute has a founding myth, but not every institute can point to the exact night it began. Andrea Krussel, MA, can. Her final interview for what would become the Institute for Informatics, Da...

When Sean Yu arrived at Washington University, there was no clinical informatics PhD program waiting for him. There was barely a department. He had followed his OSU advisor, Albert Lai, PhD, who had f...

Great scientific breakthroughs rarely happen in isolation. They happen at the intersections—where a clinician’s diagnostic headache meets a data scientist’s algorithm, where public health policy align...

In late October 2016, Aditi Gupta, PhD, sent an email that would forever change her career path. She attached her cover letter and CV and emailed about a postdoctoral position at the new Institute for...

Researchers at WashU Medicine and the Knight Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center led the development of a scalable platform that links research, real-world patient data and genetic data to uncover new...

The morning began, as July mornings often do, with coffee, muffins, and the particular quiet of people who had woken earlier than they wished. At 8:45 on a Wednesday, the midd...

Seunghwan (Nigel) Kim, came to WashU with a computer science degree, a passion for medicine, and a hunch that the two belonged together. He had started in biomedical sciences, cros...

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2026 I2DB Scientific Symposium  Shaping the Future of Biomedical Informatics: Education, Innovation, and Career Pathways in the Age of AI  The Institute for Informatics, Data Science and Bio...

2026 I2DB Scientific Symposium  Shaping the Future of Biomedical Informatics: Education, Innovation, and Career Pathways in the Age of AI  The Institute for Informatics, Data Science and Bio...

This Datathon focuses on building risk prediction models using synthetic medical data (IRB pre-approved). Participants will receive a training dataset at the start of the event and will have three wee...

This Datathon focuses on building risk prediction models using synthetic medical data (IRB pre-approved). Participants will receive a training dataset at the start of the event and will have three wee...

Scheduled Hours 40 Position Summary The Associate Director, Education reports to the Deputy Director of Education and provides oversight for graduate training programs and other program initiatives wi...

Scheduled Hours 40 Position Summary This position reports to the Associate Director, Education in the Institute for Informatics, Data Science and Biostatistics (I2DB). Position is responsible for dire...

WashU Medicine’s new BDS-AI master’s program offered through the I2DB is designed to meet the growing demand for expertise in biostatistics, data science, and biomedical informatics. It is accepting a...

Several members of WashU Medicine’s bioinformatics team have taken Olin executive education courses, creating a ripple effect of excellence on their team.

Philip Payne's election as AMIA president represents a critical juncture for medical informatics as artificial intelligence transforms from academic concept to clinical reality. His dual role bridging...

Major electronic health record vendors now provide a wide variety of artificial intelligence functionality.

A recent study published in PLOS One explores the connection between depression and weight loss during an integrated behavioral treatment program. The research, part of the RAINBOW trial, provides val...

Philip Payne, PhD, the vice chancellor for Biomedical Informatics and Data Science at WashU Medicine and the chief health AI officer for BJC Health and WashU Medicine, has been elected president and c...

Chih-Hung Chang, PhD, has been awarded a Yushan Fellowship from Taiwan’s Ministry of Education, a competitive international appointment recognizing outstanding scholarly achievement and research leade...

A newly published study in Sage Journals explored the effectiveness and refinement of the Yale Swallow Protocol for identifying dysphagia in high-risk hospitalized patients. Led by Yu-Chun Chang, PhD,...

Yiqiao Jin, a PhD student in Statistics and Data Science, has been selected to receive one of the International Biometric Society Eastern North American Region’s (ENAR) Distinguished Student Paper Awa...

Apply Today The Internship in Biomedical Informatics and Data Science – better known as “BIDS@I2DB” – is a funded, 11-week internship opportunity that allows undergraduate and master’s students from a...

Chris Xie, a PhD student in Biomedical Informatics and Data Science (BIDS), has been selected to receive one of the International Biometric Society Eastern North American Region’s (ENAR) Distinguished...

Last week, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis was at the forefront of significant discussions on artificial intelligence (AI), hosting a major event that showcased AI’s transformati...