McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston

01/14/2026

Associate Professor Kirk Roberts, PhD, MS is present during our first Research Seminar of 2026. Join us at 12 PM CT as he speaks on "The Rise of LLMs from an NLP Methodologist’s Perspective."

💻- http://go.uth.edu/liveseminar
🏫 - McWilliams Classrooms E614 and E618 (6th floor of UCT)

01/13/2026

Our March 1st admissions deadline is fast approaching! Join us at noon (12 PM CT) tomorrow to learn all about the application process from our Admissions Team.

01/12/2026

The Spring 2026 term starts today! We wish all our students the best as they embark on a new semester. If you need support, don't hesitate to email the office of Academic Affairs (SBMIAcademics@uth.tmc.edu).

01/09/2026

🚨 New Course Alert: Advanced Methods in Population Health Informatics is starting this spring. The online course will teach students to identify and analyze key factors impacting population health using advanced informatics methods and tools. Register now in myUTH. 🚨

01/06/2026

Attention Students. The TMC AI Summit gives you access to work, people, and conversations that you will not find anywhere else. Registration for the 2026 event is now available, and participation submissions are open until January 10. Additionally, registration is waived for ALL students. You don't want to miss this summit. Register now at https://tmc-ai-summit.org/.

12/24/2025

Happy Holidays to you and your loved ones! Here is a holiday greeting from Dean Jiajie Zhang, PhD.

https://sbmi.uth.edu/about/happy-holidays.htm

12/23/2025

⭐ We hope everyone enjoys this holiday season! Here are the upcoming holiday hours at McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics. If you need urgent assistance during these days, please email SBMIAcademics@uth.tmc.edu.⭐

12/22/2025

🎀 ✨ 🎁 We are quickly "wrapping" up 2025. But before we put a "bow" on it, the faculty and staff from McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics want to wish you Happy Holidays!! 🎀 ✨ 🎁

12/17/2025

🎁 ✨The Holidays are in full swing here at McWilliams! Our staff have enjoyed a fajita feast, an office decoration contest, cookies with cocoa, festive attire...and so much more! Here are photos from all the celebrations happening at the school. 🎁 ✨

12/09/2025

Professor Emeritus Dean Sittig, PhD, was recently quoted in a Newsweek article about changes the Department of Veterans Affairs is making to health records.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has been making changes to veterans' health records as part of a move to modernize the system.

12/08/2025

Join us this evening for the annual fall poster session at 4 PM in the IMM Atrium at 1825 Pressler Street. Our students will present their research & the entire school community is invited to learn more. Refreshments will be provided...you do not want to miss out!

12/05/2025

If you want to learn more about our graduate programs here at McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics, join us for a virtual information session on Wednesday, Dec. 10th at 12 (noon) pm CT.

Visit https://sbmi.uth.edu/prospective-students/admission-session.htm to register.