The Department of Medical Information Science comprises teaching and research units devoted to Biomedical magnetic Resonance Imaging, Medical Informatics and Medical Epidemiology and Biometry. The department is comprised of two major units, the Biomedical Magnetic Resonance Laboratory , directed by the Department's present executive officer, Professor Paul Lauterbur. This department, which is designated as a Research Resosurce Center by the NIH's National Center for Research Resosurces is a major locus for both College of Medicine and campus research and technological development in magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy.
Faculty also are responsible for the training of stdudents in medical epidemiology.