Ph.D. Program in Structural and
Computational Biology and
Molecular Biophysics

Elmer V. Bernstam

Elmer V. Bernstam

University of Texas Health Science

Department: Biomedical Informatics
Address: P.O. Box 20036 Houston, TX 77225-0036
Phone: (713) 500-3927
Fax: 713 500-3929
Email: Elmer.V.Bernstam@uth.tmc.edu
Web: www.sahs.uth.tmc.edu/evbernstam/

Education

B.S. in Engineering & Computer Engineering, University of Michigan College of Literature (1992)
M.S.E. in Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan Medical School (1999)
Medical Doctorate (M.D.) University of Michigan Medical School (1995)

Honors

John P. McGovern Teaching Award May 2005
Fellow American College of Physicians (ACP) Oct 2004
NASA Summer Faculty Fellow Apr 2002
Eta Kappa Neu (Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society) 1988
Elected Chair of the SHIS Faculty Governance Organization 2002-2005

HONORS AND AWARDS TO STUDENTS
(Total = 16 honors/awards)
1. Herskovic Jorge R. – Keck fellowship 2005, 2006, SHIS Competitive Academic Scholarship 2003, Google summer fellowship 2006
2. Edmonson, Sarah E. – First place (Infomatics), UTH Research Day 2004
3. Walji, Muhammad -- Third place UT Research Day 2003 and 2005, bronze medal Medinfo 2004, HIMSS national scholarship 2005
4. Sagaram, Smitha – First place UT Research Day 2003, Dean’s scholarship 2003, HIMSS regional scholarship 2003, HIMSS national scholarship 2003
5. Smith, Kim – Texas Veterinary Medical Foundation Grant ($5,450) 2005, Second place UTH (informatics) Research Day 2005
6. Bailey, Ebony – Minority Faculty Association Scholarship 2004
7. Tanaka, Len Y. – NLM post-doctoral fellowship

Research Topic

Biomedical Informatics

Research Description

Selected Publications

Lab Members

Current Graduate Students
Former Grad Students

Lab Photos

Last edited on: September 22, 2009