Biomedical discovery, everyday patient health, and healthcare delivery are all entering a new era. AI, data streams from molecular to clinical to patient-generated, and new ways of understanding health are opening possibilities that didn’t exist a decade ago. We’re also learning how patients, scientists, and clinicians can build safe, productive partnerships with technology.
The Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) at Columbia University works to turn these possibilities into reality, through research, education, and our partnership with NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.
DBMI is one of the oldest informatics departments in the country, and our faculty helped establish the field itself. Early work here on clinical information systems, clinical natural language processing, and machine learning for health data shaped how the discipline developed. A collaborative, interdisciplinary department, DBMI faculty and students apply informatics to advance the field for the next generation of researchers, using AI to tackle the problems facing medicine today and get ahead of the ones still to come.
Our department is committed to carrying out rigorous and reproducible science, encouraging creativity and diversity in thought, promoting an inclusive and supportive environment, and making an impact in training, informatics research, biomedicine, and patient care within NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, ColumbiaDoctors and beyond.
Foundation models are accelerating discovery, strengthening clinical decision-making, and expanding the possibilities of personalized care. To guide this rapidly evolving landscape, DBMI convened leaders across disciplines to identify opportunities, challenges, and priorities for responsible development. Their shared vision helps shape how these models will advance biomedical research and clinical practice.
