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    What is Informatics?

  • Creating 3-D animations to help explain surgery to patients
  • Accelerating drug discovery through information technology
  • Developing computer applications to manage disaster relief
  • Exploring human interactions with computers, mobile devices, and robots

Informatics is all of this – and so much more. Harnessing the power and possibility of technology, Informatics turns data and information into knowledge that people can use every day. In the world of information and technology, it’s the bridge to all things useful. Informatics is the future.

Informatics defined by faculty

Explore how Informatics transforms traditional fields of study.