Biomedical Informatics Research Center

Welcome to BIRC

The Biomedical Informatics Research Center (BIRC) was created by the Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation in 2005. BIRC is located on the second floor of the Laird Center for Medical Research (beyond the Froehlke Auditorium) and currently has 39 staff and scientists.

Mission

Deliver the future of medicine to physicians and patients by research and innovation to integrate medical, dental, genomic, and occupational information and make them easy to use.

Vision

National leader in translational healthcare informatics

Integrating Service and Research

Integrating Service and Research

News and Events			Research Highlights
	MCRF Says Thank you to Delta Dental Members of the Delta Dental leadership team visited MCRF on April 25, 2012 to learn about the advancements in oral and systemic research made possible by their $1.1 million gift in 2011.			National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research/National Library of Medicine Funds Three Dental Informatics Training Programs in the Country University of Wisconsin, Madison in collaboration with Marshfield Clinic was one of the three sites in the nation to receive funding to provide dental informatics training through this grant.

Dr. Simon Lin

Director of BIRC Receives Grant to Analyze Eight Genomes Dr. Simon Lin received a grant to sequence eight genomes. Analytical and computational methods will be developed to extract clinically relevant information from the raw data of a terabyte genome.

Dental Projects

Dental Informatics Initiative at BIRC The Biomedical Informatics Research Center (BIRC) has entered a new research discipline of Dental Informatics to address the needs of the dental practice, education, and research.