Welcome

The mission of the Vanderbilt DBMI is to develop, study, implement and disseminate informatics innovations that are paradigm-shifting, policy-changing, practice-transforming, equity-enabling, and health-improving. 

We envision a world where informatics innovations and solutions accelerate biomedical discoveries, enable a data-driven learning health system, and improve the health of people and populations. 

Welcome

Vanderbilt's Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) is one of the largest academic departments of biomedical informatics in the country. DBMI has more than 140 faculty members, an excellent graduate training program and a well-respected portfolio of research and development projects related to clinical, computational and translational informatics; bioinformatics (genomics, proteomics, metabolomics and more); pharmacogenomics; systems biology; personalized medicine and more. 

  • Read more our about us here
  • Learn more about the different centers within DBMI here.
  • DBMI faculty regularly publish critical research in informatics, AI, health equity and more. Check out our recent publications here!

If you are interested pursuing a master's degree, PhD, postdoctoral or internship opportunity in biomedical informaticsvisit our Education page for more information and discover the core domains within biomedical informatics!

Contact Us

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Department of Biomedical Informatics 
2525 West End Avenue
Suite 1475
Nashville, Tennessee 37203
Phone: (615) 936-6867; Fax: (615) 936-0102

Jennifer Martellotti, DBMI Administrative Officer
jennifer.martellotti@vumc.org
Mia Garchitorena, Sr. Communications Specialist
mia.garchitorena@vumc.org 

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Members of the media who wish to speak with experts in the Department of Biomedical Informatics should contact the Office of News and Communications at (615) 322-4747.

Interested in learning more about our research, faculty and staff? Check out the VUMC Reporter and our monthly newsletter, the DBMI Digest!

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