Center For Bioinformatics

The Henry Ford Center for Bioinformatics is a core facility within the Henry Ford Health System (HFHS). The Center is composed of bioinformaticians, biostatisticians, and epidemiologists with extensive experience in design, analysis, and interpretation of studies involving high-dimensional bio-molecular profiling data. We work with researchers in a number of Departments throughout the health system with studies of both in vitro/in vivo model systems and human studies. We also work with researchers not directly affiliated with HFHS.

We have experience working with a wide range of bio-molecular data (germline/somatic genetic, methylation, mRNA and non-coding RNA expression, protein expression, metabolic products, microbiome, etc.) as well as expertise in analyses integrating multiple types of bio-molecular data.

Current projects include conditions as disparate as asthma, allergic outcomes, lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, prostate cancer, head and neck cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, brain cancer, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and human immunodeficiency virus.

Our Mission

Our mission is to form both collaborative and consulting relationships with researchers to enhance their cutting edge research through the development and application of state-of-the-art analysis methodology.