Penn Institute for Biomedical Informatics

09/03/2022

Looking forward to a series of events to celebrate the inauguration of Penn's new President, Liz Magill on October 21st and 22nd. Hope to see many of you there.

It is my pleasure to invite you to join the University of Pennsylvania Board of Trustees in celebrating the Inauguration of President Liz Magill. A series of wonderful events has been planned for Friday and Saturday, October 21 and 22, to mark her official installation as the University’s ninth Pr...

10/18/2021

Congratulations to IBI Senior Fellows Drs. Marylyn Ritchie & Sarah Tishkoff on their election to the National Academy of Medicine!!! What an amazing honor!

The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) today announced the election of 90 regular members and 10 international members during its annual meeting. Election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine and recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outs...

10/05/2021

Congratulations to IBI Senior Fellows Drs. Blanca Himes, Pete Gabriel, and Danielle Mowery on their election as Fellows of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)!!!

The American Medical Informatics Association (A

10/04/2021

Amy Gutmann Hall, slated for completion in 2024, will centralize resources and support cross-disciplinary collaborations that harness expertise, research, and data across campus.

10/01/2021

The Penn Libraries has transformed its former Biomedical Library into a newly renovated space with a new name, the Biotech Commons.

09/09/2021

Episode 16 has dropped!

In this episode, Jason flies solo and announces his new position as founding Chair of the Department of Computational Biomedicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He is joined by Dr. Kevin Johnson from Vanderbilt University to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of changing instit...

07/29/2021

IBI Director Dr. Jason Moore pens op-ed in Scientific American on "The Question Medical AI Can’t Answer"

It’s unable to tell us why it came to a particular decision—and that’s crucial information

07/27/2021

In a move that will enhance Penn Medicine’s clinical, operational, and research and clinical capabilities, the health system is launching the Center for Applied Health Informatics to better facilitate and coordinate health data projects across the health system and grow its leadership in health in...

07/27/2021

Penn Medicine to launch health informatics center

Penn Medicine is launching a new health informatics center this fall that will focus on health data projects across the Philadelphia-based health system's innovation and information services departments, the health system said July 26.

06/28/2021

The Women in AMIA Leadership Program

With your help, the Women in AMIA Leadership program can offer scholarships to women who would otherwise be unable to seize this opportunity. We appreciate each and every donation we receive; thank you in advance! 

06/24/2021

Penn Medicine Makes Progress on Flow of Genetic Results into EHR

Philadelphia-based health system improves clinical work flows by enabling direct ordering and discrete genomic results in the EHR