McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston

08/31/2026

The fall 2026 semester begins today at McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston. We look forward to seeing our returning students back in class, and we wish our new students all the best as they start their academic journeys here.

08/28/2026

Opioid overdoses are preventable, and recovery is possible.

In the latest “Ask the Expert,” James Langabeer, PhD, EdD, MBA, of McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston, explains the risks of illicit opioids, signs of opioid use disorder, the importance of rapid treatment, and how Honor’s HEROES is connecting people with recovery resources across Texas.

Learn more about overdose prevention, treatment, and recovery: go.uth.edu/OverdosePrevention

08/25/2026

Access to specialized healthcare shouldn't depend on where you live. Technology could help close that gap.

As a Doctor of Health Informatics student at McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston, Asha Poulose Johnson is studying how tools such as smartphone-based screenings, AI, and medical devices can help bring earlier diagnosis and better care to communities where specialists are scarce.

With support from the James Turley Endowed Scholarship for Global Health, she's building on her experience to explore solutions designed to reach more people.

Read more: go.uth.edu/AshaStory

08/18/2026

We are proud to announce that our Doctorate in Health Informatics (DHI) program is the first doctoral degree to earn CAHIIM: Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management accreditation. Visit our news page to learn more about this important milestone.

McWilliams earns the first doctoral program CAHIIM accreditation McWilliams earns the first doctoral program CAHIIM accreditation The Doctorate in Health Informatics (DHI) program at McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston is the first doctoral program to earn accreditation f...

08/14/2026

DHI Student Asha Poulose Johnson is a chief digital officer at GE HealthCare living in Bangalore, India. Read her story to learn how the James Turley Endowed Scholarship for Global Health has helped Asha work towards solving important health care challenges in her country.

Data with Purpose: Student leverages health informatics to expand global care access Asha Poulose Johnson has seen firsthand how limited access to diagnostics, expert clinicians and critical health services can delay diagnosis and treatment for millions of people in developing nations. She has also....

08/12/2026

The 2026 UT REAL Health AI Symposium is currently accepting abstracts. If you are interested in presenting at the event, we encourage you to apply by the Sept. 10th deadline.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionize biomedical research, health care, and education. However, amid this exciting landscape...

08/03/2026

We cannot wait for the Annual AMIA Symposium happening in Dallas this November.

📆 Save the Date for our annual AMIA Mixer on Monday, Nov. 9th! Details will be shared in the coming weeks.

07/28/2026

UTHealth Houston’s iDFax solution automates HIPAA-compliant medical fax input/processing to reduce processing times by 50-70% while maintaining over 95% accuracy. To learn more about this project and the success it has seen, check out this new blog post.

How UTHealth Houston built HIPAA-compliant generative AI at scale: iDFax's 2-year journey with Amazon Bedrock

07/22/2026

Join us at 12 pm CDT TODAY for an admissions information session!

https://UTHealth.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_H4SDWYQLRouqf_37KuYDtA

07/15/2026

Vice Dean for Education Susan Fenton, PhD will serve as a panel member for a Department of Labor AI Integration in Healthcare webinar slated for July 29th, from 1:30 - 2:30 pm CT.

They will discuss how AI is integrated into healthcare education and workforce development programs.

More details to come, but you can register via this link:

Industry Benefits: AI Integration in Healthcare