Digital Health Technologies (DHT)
The Institute for Management & Innovation (IMI) is proud to unveil a new concentration within the Master of Biotechnology for May 2019.
Contact:
905-569-4792
mbiotech@utoronto.ca
- Summary
- Digital health introduction
- Three pillars of digital health
- Internships
- What students will learn
- Requirements to apply
- News
THREE PILLARS OF DIGITAL HEALTH
The DHT field involves three main pillars:
- Health & Regulatory
- Data Science
- Business
Students will learn about chronic diseases, aging at home and health and wellness related issues including emerging technology. Regulation refers to privacy, data governance and policies set forth by the US Food and Drug Administration for the classification of medical products. Data science combines advanced statistical training with domain knowledge about healthcare and specific diseases. Students will be introduced to basic business concepts to understand profit drivers in this sector.
REQUIREMENTS TO APPLY
- A four year bachelor degree with a minimum “mid-B” (75 per cent average in the last two years of study).
- Degree program (or graduate degree) can be from a wide range of disciplines such as, not limited to: biology, public health, statistics, computer science, engineering, chemistry, engineering or epidemiology.
- Strong quantitative training. This can be illustrated by at least two courses in statistics, or by other courses with a strong focus on quantitative training (e.g., chemistry, population genetics, computer science, physics, econometrics).
- No prior knowledge of programming or business is assumed or required. Some exposure to life sciences is required.
DIGITAL HEALTH IN THE NEWS
Peter Munk donates historic $100 million to the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, to lead in artificial intelligence and to revolutionize cardiovascular health care. Read more here.