Gilbert S. Omenn Department of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics
Developing Innovative Computational Methods and Tools to Advance Biomedical Research
We welcome students from a variety of backgrounds in four graduate programs and offer many research opportunities.
A research training program tailored to your goals & needs
The study of computational medicine and bioinformatics prepares students for careers in biomedical research in academia or in industry.
We pursue world-class interdisciplinary research and teach how to develop and apply leading-edge computational methods and tools.
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Gilbert S. Omenn Department of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics
Med Sci 1 B-Wing, 4B330
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2218
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2218
Email: [email protected]
The Center for Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics
Our interdisciplinary center is the home of innovative research and cross-campus collaboration. Here, experts from across schools and departments work together to advance biomedical knowledge and its therapeutic applications.
Department News
New CCMB Tuesday Popup Series builds community around cutting-edge computational research
This series will cover computational medicine and bioinformatics approaches that can help advance research. There are three different series: Biomedical GenAI Learning Community, Omics Office Hours and GenAI Interactive Workshop. Each series will be held either bi-weekly or monthly.
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CAREER-ORIENTED GRADUATE PROGRAMS
Our department offers four degrees: PhD, Master's, Accelerated Master's and Dual Degree. It is supported in part by two NIH Training Grants.
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HELP US ADVANCE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
Help our trainees become the innovators of the cures and technologies of tomorrow.
Upcoming Events
Summer Deep Reading on Deep Learning (Transformer Circuits)
Matthew O'Meara, PhD and his lab are hosting what we're calling Summer Deep Reading on Deep Learning. This year it will be a multi-part journal club on Transformer Circuits. We're going to start with Grokking and touch on lazy/rich training regimes, thermodynamics and phase transitions. The aim is to make the math accessible while getting into advanced topics.
Event runs May 22, 2026 - July 17, 2026
Bioinformatics PhD Defense: Xiaotong Yang
Xiaotong Yang will present a Bioinformatics PhD Defense titled "Pregnancy as a Stress Test: EHR-Based Deep Learning and Epidemiologic Approaches to Maternal and Offspring Health Trajectories"
CCMB Tuesday Popup: Biomedical Gen AI Learning Community
A student-led space to explore the latest GenAI tools, share AI-augmented research workflows, and think critically about how we stay "human" in an increasingly automated world. Open to anyone in the bioinformatics and biomedical community.
CCMB Tuesday Popup: Omics Office Hours
An informal, bring-your-real-problems session bridging clinical data and computational expertise. Whether you're a clinician with messy omics data or a bioinformatician looking for meaningful problems to solve, this one's for you.
Summer Deep Reading on Deep Learning (Transformer Circuits)
Matthew O'Meara, PhD and his lab are hosting what we're calling Summer Deep Reading on Deep Learning. This year it will be a multi-part journal club on Transformer Circuits. We're going to start with Grokking and touch on lazy/rich training regimes, thermodynamics and phase transitions. The aim is to make the math accessible while getting into advanced topics.
Event runs May 22, 2026 - July 17, 2026
Featured News & Stories
Department News
Improving care for patients with brain injuries
Emily Wittrup defended her dissertation this May, marking a successful end to her PhD journey.
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New algorithmic tool enables to scientists to see cells “talk” to one another
A new U-M study, featured in Nature Genetics, details a technique to infer cell-cell communication using spatial transcriptomics
Department News
Jackson Rapala receives fellowship for research on fungal pathogen
Jackson Rapala received a National Institutes of Health F31 fellowship for his outstanding research on Candida auris.
Medical School News
Celebrating outstanding teaching and research at the 2026 Endowment for Basic Sciences Awards
The 2026 Endowment for Basic Sciences Awards recognized nine faculty and nine research staff members for their accomplishments in teaching and research.
Department News
Improving critical patient care: Matt Hodgman successfully defended dissertation
Hodgman developed OTTO, a transparent machine learning model that can automate and improve outcomes of titrating diuretics for patients in critical care.
Department News
Advancing proteomics through computational innovation: Kai Li successfully defends dissertation
For his dissertation, Li built diaTracer, a computational framework that helps researchers analyze data. In proteomics research, mass spectrometry is widely used to identify and quantify proteins in complex biological samples.
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