Harvard Medical School
From LIMSWiki
| Type | Medical school |
|---|---|
| Established | 1782 |
| Dean | Barbara J. McNeil |
| Location | Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | hms.harvard.edu |
| https://www.linkedin.com/edu/school?id=18482 |
Harvard Medical School (HMS) is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
The school has a large and distinguished faculty to support its missions of education, research, and clinical care. These faculty hold appointments in the basic science departments on the HMS Quadrangle, and in the clinical departments located in multiple Harvard-affiliated hospitals and institutions in Boston. The medical school ranked first in research and seventeenth in primary care in U.S. News & World Reports 2016 rankings.[1]
Informatics programs
Bioinformatics
The following bioinformatics-related options exist for potential students:
- M.S. in Biomedical Informatics
- 36 credit hours, completed in roughly two years
- Available online? No
- Program URL: http://informaticstraining.hms.harvard.edu/about/mmsc
- Ph.D. in Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics
- ?? credit hours; includes core courses, research rotations, TA requirements, qualifying examinations and a dissertation
- Available online? No
- Program URL: http://www.hms.harvard.edu/dms/BIG/prospective/index.html
- Fellowship in Biomedical Informatics
- Two to three years; "provide stipend, tuition, and travel funds"
- Available online? No
- Program URL: http://www.chip.org/training
Additional external links
References
- ↑ "Harvard University". U.S. News & World Report - Best Graduate Schools. U.S. News & World Report LLP. http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-medical-schools/harvard-university-04047. Retrieved 05 November 2016.
