{"id":4142,"date":"2025-07-03T11:49:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T03:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/dbmi\/?page_id=4142"},"modified":"2025-08-15T13:57:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T05:57:08","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/dbmi\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1>\n\t\tAbout Us\n\t<\/h1>\n\t<h3><strong>Welcome to the Department of Biomedical Informatics.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The department was initiated in response to the rise of technology in healthcare, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Digitalisation of healthcare through electronic health records<\/li>\n<li>Adoption of new technologies such as cloud computing, holomedicine and robotics<\/li>\n<li>Advancements in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><em><strong>Why Biomedical Informatics?\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n<p>Biomedical Informatics harnesses data and technology to improve patient care, advance medical research, enhance population health and in turn, shapes the future of healthcare delivery. The department develops programmes that combine healthcare, data science, artificial intelligence and information technology to provide medical students with essential skills to stay ahead of the healthcare curve and and excel in the evolving field of healthcare informatics.<\/p>\n\t<hr \/>\n<h5><strong>Key Milestones<\/strong><\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/dbmi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/08\/MILESTONES.png\" alt=\"MILESTONES\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"428\" width=\"1666\" title=\"MILESTONES\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/dbmi\/education\/\" target=\"_self\"  aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/dbmi\/education\/\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/dbmi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/08\/3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"3\" title=\"3\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>\n\t\t<h3>Undergraduates &#038; Postgraduates<\/h3>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p>Advance your healthcare career: Explore and apply to our Biomedical Informatics masters and minor programmes.<\/p>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/dbmi\/education\/education-postgraduates\/executive-courses\/\" target=\"_self\"  aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/dbmi\/education\/education-postgraduates\/executive-courses\/\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/dbmi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/05\/pexels-kampus-8190804-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"pexels-kampus-8190804\" title=\"pexels-kampus-8190804\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>\n\t\t<h3>Executive Courses<\/h3>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p>Elevate your skills and thrive in the data-driven era with our professional courses, specifically designed to equip healthcare leaders with the tools for success.<\/p>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/dbmi\/research\/\" target=\"_self\"  aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/dbmi\/research\/\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/dbmi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/05\/DBMI-KV-1-2.png\" alt=\"DBMI KV (1)\" title=\"DBMI KV (1)\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>\n\t\t<h3>Research Opportunities<\/h3>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p>Drive healthcare in AI innovation with us: Partner with top academics and researchers at NUS Medicine to shape the future of medicine in Singapore and beyond.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Us Welcome to the Department of Biomedical Informatics. 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