Biomedical Informatics is dedicated to advancing research development at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles toward clinical discovery through computer science and information technology.

By engaging directly with the diverse and interdisciplinary research community, Biomedical Informatics supports the pediatric research mission in these key areas:

Research Information Technology Infrastructure – Establishing novel information technology infrastructures and operating mission-critical research systems to provide the foundation for data-driven research at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. This foundation serves pre-clinical and clinical translational research, encompassing individual investigators, laboratories, research cores and department levels.
Effectively Integrating Systems – Research and clinical systems enables our basic research and physician communities to analyze and mine the rich data collections at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. We provide the science and technology to drive the knowledge and discovery processes for our research community.
Computer Science – New approaches require novel methodologies and tools to drive the next-generation of discovery. We design, create and integrate these into informatics solutions through peer partnerships with our clinical investigators, leading to novel techniques and systems solutions for clinical practice.