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I am very pleased to share with you our new name
The University of Texas School of Biomedical Informatics at Houston
which has now been approved
You will be seeing our new name over the next few weeks
on our website and in our publications
As the School of Health Information Sciences we've accomplished much over the last 12 years
during this period however
the interdisciplinary field of biomedical informatics has matured
bringing together engineering, mathmatics
computer, cognitive and biological sciences
Our new name better reflects our leadership role in the global scientific community
We remain unique as the first and only to date
School of Biomedical Informatics in the country
and our commitment to collaboration and entrepreneurial approaches to biomedical research and healthcare delivery
remain defining core values of the school