Technology Accelerating Knowledge to Improve Human Health
A department within the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Biomedical Informatics is led by Dr. Fred Prior, Professor and Chair. We develop computational tools to assess and manage medical and public health information. We serve as the campus leader for such projects. Located on the fourth floor of the Jack T. Stephens Spine Institute, our staff is available for consultation. Call 501-603-1766 to schedule an appointment.
News & Announcements
Intawat Nookaew, Ph.D., Among Recipients of Inaugural Musculoskeletal Creativity Hub Grants
Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) Associate Professor Intawat Nookaew, Ph.D., is among the inaugural recipients of pilot grants awarded by the College of Medicine Musculoskeletal (MSK) Creativity Hub. These researchers and teams will receive one-year grants of $20,000: Jesús Delgado-Calle, Ph.D., Physiology and Cell Biology; and Intawat Nookaew, Ph.D., Biomedical Informatics: Role of Extrachromosomal Circular […]
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Donald Johann Jr., M.D., Published Again in Nature, Receives NIH Equipment Grant
Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) Professor Dr. Donald Johann Jr. has received a $245,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to purchase three Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) instruments, specifically a NextSeq2000 and two iSeq-100 desk top NGS systems. Johann is also coauthor of a new paper published in Nature Scientific Data – “Ultra-deep sequencing […]
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DBMI Researcher Receives Arkansas Breast Cancer Research Grant
Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) Associate Professor Horacio Gomez-Acevedo, Ph.D., has been selected to receive one of five grants from the Arkansas Breast Cancer Research Program for 2022-23. Dr. Gomez-Acevedo’s project title is “Framework for Breast Tumor Shape and Implications for Staging and Deep Learning Segmentation of MRIs.” Dr. Gomez-Acevedo, who is also director for […]
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NIH Funds UAMS Effort to Close Patient Outcome Gaps Across U.S. Level 1 and 2 Trauma Centers
Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) researchers are hoping to help close wide gaps in trauma patient outcomes across the United States by harnessing new data to help trauma center leaders improve outcomes. Led by Mathias Brochhausen, Ph.D., and Kevin Sexton, M.D., the researchers will test which organizational features affect patient outcomes at 230 Level 1 and Level […]
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