The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has yet again been recognized for its diversity and inclusion efforts. In October, UAMS received the 2021 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. As a recipient of the annual award, UAMS will be […]
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Dr. Yu Receives HL7 Volunteer of the Year Award
Pele Yu, M.D, program director for the UAMS Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program, received the 2021 W. Edward Hammond, Ph.D., Volunteer of the Year Award. The award was announced during the Sept. 22 HL7 Working Group Annual Business Meeting, held online because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Two others were also honored: John D’Amore, president of More […]
Dr. Donald Johann coauthors important paper in Genome Biology journal
Dr. Donald Johann, Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Internal Medicine, is among the national leaders to coauthor a second important paper published recently in the high-impact journal Genome Biology. The paper concerns the establishment of new actionable guidelines for cancer gene panel-based Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) and will help to better facilitate the rapid implementation, […]
Hari Eswaran Recognized for Research on Strengthening Pregnant Women’s Pelvic Floor Muscles
DBMI Secondary Faculty member Hari Eswaran was recognized for his work toward developing a non-invasive procedure to detect weakened pelvic floor muscles in pregnant women. They plan to use the data to compare the functionality of women’s muscles after childbirth to assess the effects of pregnancy and delivery on the pelvic floor. NIH Awards $1.36 million Grant […]
DBMI recognized for Cancer Testing Innovation
Congratulations to Dr. Donald Johann, Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Internal Medicine, who is among the national leaders from academia, industry, the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration to co-author an important new paper in the high-impact journal Genome Biology. The paper concerns the establishment of a new genomic reference sample to be used in creating advanced […]
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) celebrates 10 year anniversary of UAMS-DBMI hosted Cancer Imaging Archive (TCIA)
The Cancer Imaging Archive (TCIA), hosted and maintained by UAMS Department of Biomedical Informatics and led by Dr. Fred Prior, is excited to celebrate 10 years of service to the cancer imaging research community! It’s hard to believe how far we’ve come since the site launched in May 2011. TCIA is now home to 175 high-value […]
Dr. David Ussery recognized for Arkansas INBRE involvement
Bench-to-Bedside research in infectious disease was the timely topic of a virtual workshop for undergraduates hosted by Arkansas INBRE (IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence). INBRE, which is directed by the Department of Physiology and Cell Biology’s Dr. Larry Cornett, sponsored the event for Arkansas college students who are interested in careers in medicine and biomedical research. Dr. Tom Kelly of […]
The Cancer Imaging Archive recognized by the NIH
The Cancer Imaging Archive (TCIA), a UAMS-housed public database funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and led by Biomedical Informatics Chair Dr. Fred Prior, was recognized recently as a prime example of a High-Value Data Asset (HVDA) for national research. The recognition stemmed from a new National Institutes of Health (NIH) working group that has been charged […]
CI Fellows Present at Fellows Day
First-year fellows Lori Wong, M.D., MPH, and Daniel Liu, M.D., presented their research today at the Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) Fellows Day about user efficiency before and after an electronic health records update and machine learning’s potential use in digital health. Dr. Lori Wong gives her presentation on EHR efficiency before and after an Epic […]
Dr. Yu Presents Pediatric Pharmacogenomics Program at Epic XGM
Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program Director Dr. Pele Yu presented at Epic’s 2021 XGM Virtual Conference about a project implemented at Arkansas Children’s Hospital in support of its pediatric pharmacogenomics program. In the presentation, Dr. Yu and Judy Allen, BSN, RN, CPN, from Arkansas Children’s Hospital, show the design, build and deployment of the Epic Genomics module […]