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Academic Catalog 2020-2021
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Engineering and Applied Science (College of)

  • Biomedical and Health Informatics
    • Biomedical and Health Informatics, PhD
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Computer Engineering, BS
  • Computer Science
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Engineering and Applied Science (Graduate Programs)
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Integrated BS-​MS Degree
  • Materials Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
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College of Engineering & Applied Science

Biomedical and Health Informatics

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Programs

The PhD in Biomedical and Health Informatics is an interdisciplinary doctoral program offered by UWM through collaboration between several academic units at UWM and the Medical College of Wisconsin. The Program is housed in the UWM Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. It is guided by a Steering Committee consisting of faculty from the academic units participating in the Program.

Biomedical and health informatics is a field that is concerned with the cognitive, information processing, and communication aspects of medicine and healthcare including the information sciences and technology to support these tasks. The field covers the application of information technology in clinical medicine, medical record keeping, medical instrumentation, and healthcare management.

NameRankDegreeSchoolGraduate FacultyEmeritus Faculty
Paul Auer Assistant Professor (Zilber School of Public Health) PhD Purdue University Yes No
Nicole Carnegie Assistant Professor (Zilber School of Public Health) PhD University of Washington Yes No
Roshan D'Souza Associate Professor (College of Engineering and Applied Science) PhD University of California Berkeley Yes No
Adam Greenberg Assistant Professor (Medical College of Wisconsin faculty) PhD Johns Hopkins University No No
Yi Hu Assistant Professor (College of Engineering and Applied Science) PhD University of Texas at Dallas Yes No
Chiang-Ching Huang Associate Professor (Zilber School of Public Health) PhD University of Michigan-AnnArbor Yes No
Rohit Kate Assistant Professor (College of Health Sciences) PhD University of Texas at Austin Yes No
Chiu-tai Law Associate Professor (College of Engineering and Applied Science) PhD Purdue University Yes No
Jake Luo Assistant Professor (College of Health Sciences) PhD Queen’s University, Belfast, U.K. Yes No
Amol Mali Associate Professor (College of Engineering and Applied Science) PhD Arizona State University Yes No
Susan McRoy Professor (College of Engineering and Applied Science) PhD University of Toronto Yes No
Devendra Misra Professor (College of Engineering and Applied Science) PhD Michigan State University Yes No
Ethan Munson Professor (College of Engineering and Applied Science) PhD University of California-Berkeley Yes No
Derek Nazareth Associate Professor (Lubar School of Business) PhD Case Western Reserve University Yes No
Jessica Olson Assistant Professor (Medical College of Wisconsin faculty) PhD Medical College of Wisconsin No No
Anna Palatnik MD, Obstetrics and Gynecology MD Sackler School of Medicine at Tel-Aviv University No No
Mohammad Habib Rahman Assistant Professor (College of Engineering and Applied Science) PhD Université of Québec, Canada Yes No
Nathan Salowitz Assistant Professor (College of Engineering and Applied Science) PhD Stanford University Yes No
Mathew Scanlon Professor (Medical College of Wisconsin faculty) MD Loyola Stritch School of Medicine, Chicago No No
Atish Sinha Professor (Lubar School of Business) PhD University of Pittsburgh Yes No
Ehsan S. Soofi Professor (Lubar School of Business) PhD University of California-Riverside Yes No
Yongjin Sung Assistant Professor (College of Engineering and Applied Science) PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology Yes No
AkkeNeel Talsma Associate Professor (College of Nursing) PhD University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Yes No
Weizhong Wang Associate Professor (College of Engineering and Applied Science) PhD University of Maryland Yes No
Charles Welzig Associate Professor (Medical College of Wisconsin faculty) MD Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany Yes No
Min Wu Associate Professor (College of Health Sciences) PhD University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Yes No
Guangwu Xu Associate Professor (College of Engineering and Applied Science) PhD State University of New York-Buffalo Yes No
Alice Fang Yan Assistant Professor (Zilber School of Public Health) PhD University of Maryland Yes No
Zeyun Yu Associate Professor (College of Engineering and Applied Science) PhD University of Texas-Austin Yes No
Jun Zhang Professor (College of Engineering and Applied Science) PhD Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Yes No
Tian Zhao Associate Professor (College of Engineering and Applied Science) PhD Purdue University Yes No
Cheng Zheng Assistant Professor (Zilber School of Public Health) PhD University of Washington Yes No
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Engineering and Applied Science (College of)

  • Biomedical and Health Informatics
    • Biomedical and Health Informatics, PhD
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Computer Engineering, BS
  • Computer Science
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Engineering and Applied Science (Graduate Programs)
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Integrated BS-​MS Degree
  • Materials Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
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