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Our program was launched in 2001 with a grant from the Sloan Foundation and the support of the Departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Computer Science, and Mathematical Sciences. Currently, over 20 faculty and staff members from different disciplines contribute to this program by designing and teaching courses, leading research and curriculum development projects, establishing computational and experimental facilities, mentoring students, and program administration.

Along with the technological advancements in both the biological and computational sciences, bioinformatics has been growing fast in the past decade, providing increasingly important problem-solving tools in modern biomedical sciences, particularly in the areas of cancer research, drug discoveries, and systems biology. Working with my colleagues to develop bioinformatics at UTEP has been an exciting and rewarding experience. As more new students are joining our program, we continue to further broaden our interactions with other biomedical and health research areas.