A routine monthly meeting hosted by the Translational Research Institute (TRI), a comment and a question were the genesis for three publications this year by two TRI KL2 Mentored Research Career Development Program scholars from the Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI). Maryam Garza, Ph.D., MPH, MMCi, and Tremaine Williams, Ed.D., who became KL2 scholars in […]
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DBMI Faculty Mentor Students Through Cancer Research Internship
Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) faculty worked with medical students interested in cancer research through the Health Partnership in Cancer Research (PCAR) summer research program. The program is funded by a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health and is led by Dr. Thomas Kelly, Professor of Pathology and Associate Director of Cancer Research Training […]
Clinical Informatics Fellows, Faculty Contribute to National Pediatric Health IT Standards
Fellows and faculty from the UAMS/Arkansas Children’s Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program helped develop and test a new pediatric health IT certification program for electronic health records (EHR), in partnership with industry and experts from across the nation. The Drummond Group LLC announced its new Pediatric Health IT Certification Program on Oct. 4. Drummond created the […]
DBMI Faculty Named Editor of Microbiology Spectrum
Se-Ran Jun, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI), has been selected to serve as an editor for Microbiology Spectrum. Microbiology Spectrum is a publication of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) and publishes research from all domains of basic, applied, and clinical microbial sciences. It has an impact factor of […]
DBMI Secondary Faculty Co-Investigator on $6 Million Project Testing Toxins in Water
Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) secondary faculty Linda Larson-Prior, Ph.D., is a co-investigator on a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded effort to develop advanced, inexpensive devices to detect toxins in water and people. Dr. Larson-Prior’s primary appointments are in the College of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Department of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences. UAMS’ $908,952 portion […]
UAMS Researchers Find Changes in Monkeypox Genome That May Explain Its Recent Rapid Spread
The rapid spread of monkeypox is unlike the virus’ past outbreaks and may be a result of genetic mutations identified by Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) researchers. Led by UAMS DBMI’s David Ussery, Ph.D., the team published its findings this month in the Journal of Applied Microbiology. The team compared the genomes of the 2022 virus […]
Video Celebrates Progress in European AI Cancer Research Project
The UAMS Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) is the only U.S. institution participating in a $10 million European grant project that aims to harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms for cancer care. There is a reason for that. “UAMS is widely recognized as the very best in the field of cancer imaging data […]
DBMI Graduate Students Don White Coats to Recognize Ph.D. Candidacy
Several graduate students with ties to the Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) celebrated a significant milestone along the journey to complete their Ph.D. programs by participating in the UAMS Research Induction Ceremony on Monday. Sangam Kandel, Mitra Rocca, and Catherine “Cat” Shoults have passed the qualifying exams for their degrees, marking the transition to a […]
Webinar: Guidelines for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging
Dr. Fred Prior and Dr. Charles Kahn will present ‘Guidelines for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging,’ a free International Cancer Imaging Society webinar. The webinar takes place November 9, 2022 at 12pm CST. Registration to open soon.
Clinical Informatics Fellowship Sees Honors, Presentations at MIS Summit
Researchers from the UAMS/ACH Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program received recognition and presented research at the MIS Virtual Summit, an international meeting for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) research. The Medical Intelligence Society (MIS) Virtual Summit was held online July 29-30. Then-senior fellow, now faculty member, Daniel Liu, M.D., and Program Director Feliciano “Pele” […]