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University of Minnesota Institute for Health Informatics

The Institute for Health Informatics (IHI) is an academic unit reporting to the Office of Academic Clinical
Programs overseen by the Vice President for Clinical Affairs at the University of Minnesota. It is an
interdisciplinary collaboration of faculty from the six health?related schools: Dentistry, Medicine,
Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health, and Veterinary Medicine. The Institute aims to lead the inter-
professional discovery, application, and teaching of health information science to improve the health of
individuals and communities by creating a vibrant collaborative environment with a strong sense of
community whose members are intellectually curious and are not afraid to take risks as they strive
toward the future in health informatics research. The IHI works closely with the CTSI to promote
multidisciplinary, collaborative translational medical research. The University recognizes the critical role
of health informatics in the care of patients, the conduct of research, and the education of its students.
Currently the IHI is housing research programs and experts at the forefront of several established as well
as several emerging and forward-looking informatics thematic areas. IHI covers the full spectrum of
informatics from basic science to translational to medical/clinical informatics. IHI investigators
individually and in collaborative teams conduct foundational research that spans the spectrum from
data science, algorithms, theoretical properties of machine learning, AI, etc., all the way to applied
research with EHR and other data, and trials with human subjects. IHI faculty are at the forefront of
many critical informatics areas nationally and are making significant contributions to science.