Arizona State University will offer the first undergraduate degree program in biomedical informatics, beginning in the 2009 fall semester. Biomedical informatics involves the integration of computer and information sciences with basic biological and medical research, clinical practice, medical imaging and public health disciplines. The American Medical Informatics Association foresees 10,000 new jobs being created in the field by 2010. Phoenix employers, including Banner Health, United Health Care and Mayo Clinic, predict a local need for at least 200 new employees in the field within 5 years.
An undergraduate degree in biomedical informatics is also a viable choice for a pre-med program because it provides students with a solid background in life sciences as well as information technology that plays an increasing important role in medical care, said Robert Greenes, chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics. For more information about the degree program, see the web site http://bmi.asu.edu/undergraduate/index.php
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