Welcome, and thank you for your interest in the Bioinformatics & Medical Informatics Graduate Program at San Diego State University! We are an interdisciplinary Masters program with researchers from a variety of pure and applied sciences and public health programs.
Ever wondered what it takes to discover a new drug, or to understand the underlying mechanism of a disease, or how researchers were able to analyze the SARS-CoV2 genome to develop an mRNA vaccine within days? It takes chemistry and biology, but it also takes computer science. The complexity of biological systems and vast amounts of data that new technologies produce require extensive computer skills.
Today, there is an acute need for graduates with just such a multidisciplinary background, both in academia and in industry. In industry, this need extends beyond biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and health care sectors, and is felt in such areas as homeland security and information technology.
Current Events
We are hosting the CSU Virtual Bioinformatics Webinar series this Fall 2025, with a wide variety of distinguished speakers from across the California State University system, including faculty, postdoctoral scholars, and alums! Do join us via Zoom on Friday’s at noon, PST. Details are on the flyer.
BMI News
August 2025: Welcome to the 2025 cohort of BMI MS students! We are so happy that you’re here and look forward to a science-filled fun year! Find out more about our new cohort here.
May 2025: Congratulations to BMI graduate students who walked at commencement this Spring! Pictured here L-R: Surangi Jayasinghe, Dr. Sethuraman, Dr. Tamsen Dunn, and Trevor Mugoya.
August 2024: Welcome to the Fall 2024 cohort of BMI students! We had such a great time at our recent meet and greet (even snuck in a game of croquet) at Balboa Park – looking forward to a semester of fun science!
May 2024: Congratulations to our graduating class of Spring 2024! Pictured here with Interim Director, Dr. Arun Sethuraman (L-R): Tristan Jang, Jenna Armstrong, Dr. Sethuraman, Priyanshi Shah, Sakshi Pradhan, Shayan Akhavan.
Past Events
