Penn Institute for Biomedical Informatics

How can we help you?

At the Penn Institute for Biomedical Informatics (IBI), we are dedicated to supporting the University of Pennsylvania research and clinical communities through comprehensive and collaborative informatics services. Whether you are launching a new project, exploring novel methods, or looking to build your informatics capacity, our experts are here to assist you at every step.

Artificial Intelligence Collaboration

We provide expert collaboration for projects involving artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). Our team helps design, develop, and deploy AI-driven solutions tailored to your research needs. From predictive modeling to image analysis, we guide investigators in applying cutting-edge AI technologies in a responsible and interpretable way. Our open-source PennAI platform offers an accessible entry point to automated machine learning (AutoML) for all Penn researchers.

Bioinformatics Support

Our bioinformatics services support genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, and other ‘omics research. We offer assistance with data processing, statistical analysis, visualization, and interpretation of high-throughput biological data. IBI bioinformaticians work closely with investigators to ensure rigor and reproducibility, enabling insights into disease mechanisms, biomarkers, and therapeutic targets.

Clinical Research Informatics Support

The Clinical Research Informatics Core (CIC) provides secure and efficient access to clinical data for research purposes. We assist with cohort discovery, EHR data extraction, natural language processing, and regulatory compliance. Our partnerships with Penn Medicine’s health IT teams ensure seamless integration of clinical data into your study design while maintaining patient privacy and data security.

Informatics Education and Training

IBI is committed to training the next generation of biomedical informatics leaders. We offer interdisciplinary courses, hands-on workshops, seminars, and individualized mentoring. From introductory data science to advanced AI applications in healthcare, our training programs are designed to serve students, clinicians, researchers, and staff across the university. Our graduate certificate and degree programs equip learners with the skills needed to thrive in a data-driven healthcare environment.

News

• Penn Medicine Sees Big Data as Life Saver
• IBI Collaborates to Establish New Exposure Biology Informatics Core (EBIC)
• IBI Director Part of $4.4 Million Research Grant to Study Obesity in Pennsylvania
• Penn Medicine Information Services Vice President, CIO Named Premier IT Leader by Computerworld
• IBI Director, Moore, Discusses Reality of Artificial Intelligence
• Harriet H. Werley Award
• Announcing the new Health Language Processing Lab
• Postdoctoral Fellow, SemAnTICA Lab
• IBI Faculty Member Shows How Genetic Variation Can Influence Anti-Diabetic Drug Response
• Penn Team uses Machine Learning and Twitter to Predict Heart Disease Risk
• New Graduate Course in Biomedical Data Science
• Dr. Jason Moore Named Director of the Institute for Biomedical Informatics at Penn Medicine

• AI-Enhanced Drug Testing for Detecting Emerging Synthetic Opioids
• Ethical and Legal Considerations in AI-Guided Pre-Employment Drug Testing

IBI Idea Factory for Informatics Innovation

The Idea Factory is the innovation hub of the institute with activities that include the development and evaluation of artificial intelligence, data integration, and visual analytics methods and software which facilitate research with biomedical and clinical data.

Our goal is to accelerate research discovery with big data by making it easy and intuitive to get from data access and cleaning to analysis and results interpretation.

Recent projects include PennAI for accessible and open AI-driven machine learning, PennTURBO for data integration using graph databases and biomedical ontologies, and our 3D heatmap that harnesses the power of video game engines for visual analytics.

These resources can be adopted for use by individual research labs or accessed through the IBI services.

Central to the Idea Factory is the Idea Space, Penn’s first immersive interactive computing and data visualization facility. This space is used by research teams to visually explore data, educators for class instruction, students for class projects, and IBI faculty for collaborative meetings.