I2DB Centers
I2DB is home to three centers that carry out its research and teaching missions.
Center for Applied Health Informatics
Collaborating with informatics researchers, we define and employ methods for applying data and information to clinical care and population health. Innovations in informatics are developed and studied to enhance both clinical and population health outcomes, with efforts spanning multiple disciplines to leverage data and technology.
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Engaging in research, biostatistical consultation, teaching, and training, the focus is on achieving biostatistical excellence in clinical, epidemiological, and genetic studies. This academic mission encompasses a comprehensive approach to advance these studies.
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Center for Translational Bioinformatics
Standing at the forefront of transforming patient care, we are dedicated to making applied precision medicine a reality on an institutional scale. Efforts are focused on seamlessly bridging data from all facets of medical care and research, facilitating both foundational and advanced analytics.
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Office of Health Information and Data Science
The Office of Health Information and Data Science (OHIDS) is the umbrella administrative structure that connects the Institute for Informatics, Data Science and Biostatistics) I2DB to the following parallel entities, all under the leadership of Associate Dean for Health Information and Data Science and Chief Data Scientist for the School of Medicine Philip Payne. OHIDS comprises the following entities.
See OHIDS leadership in the Operational Leadership and Key Staff heading under People →
Office of the Chief Research Information Officer
In his role as Chief Research Information Officer, Albert M. Lai, PhD, oversees the Informatics Core Services group, which serves as the informatics services arm for the Institute for Informatics. Lai specializes in the development of research informatics infrastructure and is well recognized in the fields of clinical research informatics and consumer health informatics.
Bernard Becker Medical Library
Becker Medical Library serves as an information resource and services hub for the Washington University Medical Center and the global health sciences community, providing access to world-class collections of scholarly journals, databases and clinical information resources, as well as archives and rare books. The library works closely with I2DB under the OHIDS umbrella to offer an “on-ramp to informatics and data science” for the campus community.
Governance
As Chief Data Officer for the School of Medicine, Dr. Payne leads the Human Data Review Committee (HDRC), which was jointly developed by WashU Executive Faculty and BJC leadership to provide a structure and economic model for leveraging data assets in situations where de-identified human data can help advance science and medicine via for-profit companies in alignment with institutional missions.