BIRCS is composed of seven faculty with extensive experience and knowledge in various core areas of medical informatics. In addition, faculty have experience in the design, development, and implementation of practical applications (applied medical informatics).

BIRCS faculty are focused on addressing some of the major challenges in biomedical informatics such as improving patient safety with decision support, creating robust data exchange among clinical systems, developing secure distributed public health systems, and improving technology associated with rapid acquisition and storage of biomedical images.

BIRCS areas of specialization:

• information system architectures (health level-7 v3 Reference Information Model)
• Development and deployment of enterprise Web-based applications
• Public health informatics
• Telehealth and e-Health
• Terminological systems (SNOMED CT, LOINC, UMLS) and Ontologies
• Biomedical image acquisition and storage
• Medical decision support systems

Robert Cardiff, M.D., Ph.D.
rdcardiff@ucdavis.edu

Michael Hogarth, M.D.
mahogarth@ucdavis.edu

Jose Galvez, M.D.
jjgalvez@ucdavis.edu

Glenna Gobar, D.V.M., M.P.V.M., M.S.
ggobar@ucdavis.edu

Christine Hotz, D.V.M., M.S.
cshotz@ucdavis.edu

Cecil Lynch, M.D., M.S.
colynch@ucdavis.edu

Stuart Turner, D.V.M., M.S.
sturner@ucdavis.edu

Peter Yellowlees, M.D., Ph.D.
pmyellowlees@ucdavis.edu

Administrative Officer
Jana Katz, M.S., M.B.A.
jana.katz@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu

Systems Manager
Calvin Chang
calvin.chang@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu