CCMB: Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics

The Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics (CCMB), Dr. Gilbert S. Omenn, Director, was created to facilitate interdisciplinary research in computational medicine and bioinformatics and to forge collaborative relationships with faculty across campus and the US. Computational medicine and biology utilizes advanced computational methods applied to biological or medical questions to provide new solutions and develop new hypotheses. Over 100 UM faculty from all areas of campus are affiliated with the center.

The Bioinformatics Graduate Program (BGP) is the academic component of CCMB. The BGP is led by Dr. Margit Burmeister, Professor of Psychiatry & Human Genetics and Dr. Daniel M Burns, Jr., Professor of Mathematics. Multidisciplinary faculty support the robust curriculum and research opportunities for the students.

The Interdisciplinary Research Program (IDR) provides a coherent collaborative context for the success of existing interdisciplinary research programs and also assists new projects through a pilot grant program. Core interests are data integration and modeling from genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, and metabolomic studies.

The Collaborative Computing & Data Unit (CCDU) supports the CCMB Cores with a computational biology-focused research computing environment for collaboration tools, database design and administration, training and licensing of specialized software, and help with computing capabilities.