BCC has been named by the Department of Labor as one of five community and technical colleges to comprise the National Center for the Biotechnology Workforce.  BCC is the Life Science Informatics Center of Excellence.

The Center works with industry to develop biomedical informatics skill standards and curricula for community and technical colleges and high school learners. The Center’s primary goal is to create industry relevant learning for Washington’s new, incumbent and displaced workforce in the field of biomedical informatics. Major programs underway include a Medical Informatics Certificate program, Bioinformaticist Level I, Clinical Data Associate, and Validation Data Manager.