U of Mich. creates computational medicine, bioinformatics dept

The University of Michigan Medical School is establishing a computational medicine and bioinformatics department, following action by the Ann Arbor-based university’s board of regents.

The school is bringing together into a single department the areas of bioinformatics, computational biology and bioinformatics building on the U-M Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics.

This new department will enable further academic growth of the faculty and trainees of this discipline and help the medical school attract the best new faculty and trainees to the university, a statement said.

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