BIOPHICS is the center of excellence for biomedical and public health informatics located at the Faculty of Tropical Medicine (FTM), Mahidol University, Ratchavithi Campus, Bangkok, Thailand. The goal of the center within the FTM environment is to be the resources for both "teaching and reaching" the public with integrity and quality health informatics. BIOPHICS provides academic services in terms of data management for clinical studies, development and analysis of health informatics systems, and arranging short-courses and consultations to pharmaceutical industries, biotechnology, academic institutes and public health organizations. BIOPHICS has experiences in managing clinical databases for several large clinical trials as well as other observational studies and disease registry. The clinical trials ranged from PK study, Phase I to Phase III studies, and Phase IV monitoring adverse drug reaction (ADR). BIOPHICS has developed and maintained computerized systems for disease surveillance, patient/volunteer tracking, and medical/laboratory data; the systems are in full-function at national level and/or project specific level. BIOPHICS has arranged short-courses and workshops on epidemiology and statistics, ethical guidelines and data standards, and applications of geographic information systems.