Recent Advances in Bioinformatics and Health Informatics

Dear Colleagues,

The field of Bioinformatics has experienced astonishing growth in recent years because of propelling factors such as the high demand for the sequencing of nucleic acid and protein, the swift progression of proteomics and genomics, plus increasing research on molecular biology and drug discovery. Nevertheless, more research is required to improve the accuracy of medical diagnosis and to expedite genomic medicine for future healthcare regimes. The huge amounts of data that are incessantly generated through nucleic acid and protein sequencing require the application of ultramodern data management technologies to seamlessly handle their intrinsic complexity. Such technologies include the internet of things, cloud computing, crowd computing, and machine learning with functional interpretations for future studies and medical practices. The synergistic connection between bioinformatics and health informatics can provide manifold prospects, novel healthcare technologies, and elongate the strings of computational methods in biology, computer science, mathematics, and statistics for resolving complex challenges in bioinformatics. The prospects of such synergy and its abrupt impacts on global bioinformatics include the following: genetic variation with clinical risk factors, the novel management of chronic diseases, differential responses to treatments, novel drug design, computational epigenetics, a meta-analysis of microarray data, gene network inference, genetic association studies, integrating genetic test results into the patient record, health data analytics, the interoperability of disparate health information systems, the increased the accuracy of medical diagnoses, and the development of remote health surveillance technologies. The purpose of this Special Issue is to invite authors across the world to contribute to the prevailing status of computational methods in bioinformatics and health informatics to advance the interaction of both fields. Theoretical and experimental research articles that cover electrifying computational methods and recent advances in these fields can be submitted to this Special Issue for publication consideration. In addition, contributors can submit comprehensive literature reviews, including systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

Prof. Dr. ‪Oludayo Olugbara
Prof. Dr. Peter Kokol
Guest Editors

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