Clinical informatics takes center stage on this edition of the UAMS Health Talk Podcast. Dr. Pele Yu, professor of Pediatrics and Biomedical Informatics and program director for the department’s Clinical Informatics Fellowship, talks about how clinical informatics has the power to transform health care. Clinical informaticians design and evaluate information and communication systems that enhance individual […]
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Dr. Ussery Featured in Arkansas Money & Politics
Dr. David Ussery has been featured in Arkansas Money & Politics, highlighting his membership in the Arkansas Research Alliance Academy and his work with genomics. Click here for the article.
Clinical Informatics Team Assists with Statewide EPIC Roll-Out
Faculty and fellows from the DBMI Clinical Informatics Fellowship took key roles and gained hands-on experience in the introduction of EPIC to UAMS’ statewide network of Regional Campuses. As a result, more than 65,000 patients across the state now have better access to seamless care. Epic has been used in central Arkansas at the UAMS […]
Nature Article Highlights UAMS Effort to Share COVID-19 Images on National Cancer Database
Data experts with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have uploaded clinical images of COVID-19 patients to a publically available national database that scientists can use in researching the disease and its impact in a global pandemic. Initial findings were published in the journal Nature, Scientific Data that describe de-identified chest X-rays and other images of […]
Drs. Robben and Snowden Join Clinical Informatics Fellowship
Whit Robben, M.D., and Jessica Snowden, M.D., have joined the Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program housed in the Department of Biomedical Informatics. Both will serve as rotation faculty supervisors. Dr. Robben is an associate professor of anesthesiology and assistant MIO for perioperative services at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. Dr. Snowden is chief of the Division of Pediatric […]
DBMI Ph.D. Student, Mitra Rocca, Inducted as a Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association (FAMIA)
Mitra Rocca, a DBMI Ph.D. student, was inducted as a Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association (FAMIA) this week during the AMIA annual symposium. The FAMIA program recognizes the contributions and professional accomplishments of AMIA members who apply informatics skills and knowledge to their practice: https://www.amia.org/famia Congratulations, Mitra, on this recognition of your work!
Dr. Fred Prior, DBMI Chair, to speak at European Cancer Summit 2020
The upcoming European Cancer Summit 2020 — scheduled on 18 & 19 November, 2020 — will feature leading oncology speakers, among whom will be Dr. Fred Prior, Professor and Chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). To register and for more information, visit: https://www.europeancancer.org/summit
UAMS granted $894,704 toward Computer Automated Cancer Recognition project
Cancer project gets grant of $894,704 University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences received a four-year, $894,704 grant as part of a project to teach computers to recognize cancer. The project will use machine learning to help computers identify cancer, see if the disease is responding to treatment and note changes to genetic patterns. The initiative […]
UAMS to aid $20 million statewide effort to build on data science strengths
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (News Release) — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received $1.9 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to help the state establish a cyberinfrastructure platform that will improve on Arkansas’ existing data science strengths and competitiveness. … UAMS’ role has two parts. One is development of the Coordinated Data […]
Genome Sequence of the Oocydin A-Producing Rhizobacterium Serratia plymuthica 4Rx5
Matilla MA1,2, Udaondo Z3, Salmond GPC1. Abstract Serratia plymuthica 4Rx5 was isolated from the rhizosphere of oilseed rape due to its antagonistic properties against plant-pathogenic fungi. The strain 4Rx5 produces the antifungal and antioomycete haterumalide, oocydin A. Analysis of its genome revealed the presence of various gene clusters putatively involved in the biosynthesis of additional secondary metabolites. […]