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  • UC Davis
    Health Informatics Program
    Sacramento, CA 95817
    Tel: (916) 734-8710
    Fax: (916) 734-3486
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  • 250 Mrak Hall
    One Shields Avenue
    Davis, CA 95616

    Phone: (530) 752-0650
    Fax: (530) 752-6222
Health Informatics

Application Deadline

  • 2013 ADMISSION
  • Priority: Jan. 15
  • Final: May 31

  • 2013 FELLOWSHIP
  • Prospective Student Fellowship: Jan. 15
  • Continuing Student Fellowship: Dec. 1

Degrees Offered

  • M.S. Plan I

Designated Emphases

Admission Requirements

  • Statement of Purpose
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Three letters of recommendation from academic references

Degree Requirements

Administrative Bylaws

Students gain advanced knowledge of storing, retrieving, and interpreting medical and health information essential for health professionals and scientists, including: disease management and the Internet; decision support; the human-computer interaction and interfaces; the electronic medical record; HIPAA; telemedicine; standardized medical terminology and messaging systems; security of health care systems; and the privacy of patient data essential for careers as health informaticists.

This program is an interdisciplinary Graduate Group.

For more information, visit the Health Informatics website.

Contacts

Program Chair
Peter M Yellowlees Academic Information Systems/Department of Psychiatry (916) 734-2496
Academic Advisers
Estella Geraghty
(Adviser: General) 		Health Informatics 9/1/12 - 8/31/14
Michael A Hogarth
(Adviser: General) 		Med Pathology 9/1/12 - 8/31/14
Alberto Odor
(Adviser: General) 		9/1/12 - 8/31/14 (916) 734-8373
Peter M Yellowlees
(Adviser: Admissions and Primary Contact) 		Academic Information Systems/Department of Psychiatry 9/1/12 - 8/31/14 (916) 734-2496
Graduate Program Staff Coordinator
Jennifer Bannister Health Informatics (916) 734-2639
Student Affairs Officer (SAO) in the Office of Graduate Studies
Laura Young Office of Graduate Studies (530) 752-2772