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 […]
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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. Both are fellows in the UAMS/ACH Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program, whose home is the […]
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 […]
CI 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. 3 p.m. (Central Time) on Wednesday, July 21, 2021 3 p.m. (Central Time) on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021 Dr. Yu will provide a brief introduction to the program and take questions. This is […]
Cancer DNA Blood Tests Validated By International Research Team
An international team today reports the findings of an independent assessment of five commercially-available assays for tumor DNA sequencing – a fast, cheap and less invasive method to diagnose and monitor cancer. The researchers revealed that all assays could reliably detect so-called circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) when it made up 0.5% of the total DNA […]
CI Fellow on Winning AI Competition Team
Clinical Informatics Fellow Dr. Lori Wong is part of a team from the UAMS Institute for Digital Health & Innovation (IDHI) named as a finalist in the world’s largest spatial artificial intelligence competition. The IDHI team was one of 13 North American university teams named as finalists in the 2021 OpenCV AI Competition. The IDHI […]