Catherine “Cat” Shoults, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI), has been accepted into the Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden) Institute for Artificial Intelligence Summer Scholar Program. Shoults was selected for the prestigious program after drawing international attention for her promising work in artificial intelligence. Unfortunately, the program was canceled this year […]
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Clinical Informatics Fellow Dr. Wong Presents at MIE2022
Senior Clinical Informatics Fellow Dr. Lori Wong presented a poster at MIE2022 in Nice, France. Dr. Wong’s poster was titled “COVID-19 Positivity Differences Among Patients of a Rural, Southern U.S. State Hospital System Based on Population Density, Rural-Urban Classification, and Area Deprivation Index.” The Medical Informatics Europe conference was hosted May 27-30 by the European […]
DBMI Faculty Awarded $75,000 for Research of Remote Care for People with Parkinson’s Disease
Translational Research Institute announced DBMI associate professor, Tuhin Virmani, M.D., Ph.D., as the recipient of its first $75,000 Team Science Champion Award, allowing his further investigation of the potential benefit for remote assessment of people with Parkinson’s disease. Read full article.
Clinical Informatics Fellows Present at AMIA CIC
The UAMS Clinical Informatics fellows participated in AMIA CIC in Houston, Texas, starting with the fellows pre-conference retreat on May 23. The official AMIA Clinical Informatics Conference was May 24-26. The AMIA Clinical Informatics Fellows’ Retreat was May 23, organized by the AMIA Clinical Informatics Fellows. It is the largest annual gathering of CI fellows. […]
Clinical Informatics Fellow Wooldridge Wins Best Presentation at Fellows Research Day
Senior Clinical Informatics Fellow Jacob Wooldridge, M.D., won Best Fellow Presentation at the UAMS Department of Pediatrics Fellows Research Day, hosted May 19 at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. “Identification of Lymphoma in Pathology Whole-Slide Images” is his senior project with the Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program. Dr. Wooldridge is attempting to use machine learning to sort through […]
DBMI Awarded Funding to Establish Creativity Hub: AI for Health
The Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) has been awarded a $300,000 investment to establish a “Creativity Hub” focusing on Artificial Intelligence for Health. The project is one of four inaugural Creativity Hubs funded by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine and the Office of the UAMS Vice Chancellor for Research […]
Clinical Informatics Fellowship’s Drs. Yu & Liu Present at AMIA Informatics Summit
UAMS Clinical Informatics Program Director Pele Yu, Jr., M.D., and senior fellow Daniel Liu, M.D., presented their artificial intelligence (AI) research at at AMIA 2022 Informatics Summit. The poster, “Evaluating vendor-derived pediatric sepsis predictive model in acute care settings,” was part of the AI Evaluation Showcase at the summit, held March 21-24 in Chicago, Ill. […]
Clinical Informatics Faculty Dr. Antipolo Presents at Epic XGM
Ashley Antipolo, M.D., presented “3…2…1…Launch Your MISL Program: Physician Informatics Engagement and Leadership in the Academic Healthcare Setting” on May 2 at Epic XGM 2022. Dr. Antipolo shared how Arkansas Children’s established a Medical Informatics Specialty Leadership (MISL) program to solidify provider engagement in the post-go-live optimization phase of an Epic launch. This successful grassroots […]
Clinical Informatics Fellowship Sets Virtual Open House Dates
Speak directly with Program Director Dr. Pele Yu at our upcoming virtual open house dates for the UAMS/ACH Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program: 1 p.m. (Central Time) on Wednesday, June 8, 2022 – Click here to register (Zoom) 4 p.m. (Central Time) on Thursday, July 7, 2022 – Click here to register (Zoom) 3 p.m. (Central […]
Transforming Cancer Medicine
Dr. Donald Johann, Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Internal Medicine, authored a paper in the high-impact journal Nature Scientific Data on the analytic validity of liquid biopsies. The use of routine blood draws to diagnose and monitor the status of cancer patients, rather than tissue biopsies, is revolutionizing the practice of clinical oncology and […]