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 […]
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 […]
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” […]
Clinical Informatics Fellowship Graduate Dr. Wong Joins University of Southern California
Lori Wong, M.D., MPH, has accepted a position at the University of Southern California (USC) as a Data Innovation Clinical Informatician. Dr. Wong is a 2022 graduate of the UAMS Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program. She published several papers and gave multiple presentations during her time with the two-year fellowship program. She is moving into a […]
Dr. Greer Publishes on ML, AI & Bias in Algorithms
Dr. Melody Greer, an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI), has published several articles in recent months, including topics in machine learning (ML), artificial intelligence (AI) and potential bias in algorithms. “Repeatable enhancement of healthcare data with social determinants of health” was published in Frontiers in Big Data in August 2022 by […]
De-identified Patient Database Helps Show COVID-19, Heart Failure Risk Connection
Big data projects championed by faculty in the Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) are supporting ongoing discoveries as scientists learn more about the long-term effects of COVID-19 infection. Husam M. Salah, M.D., recently published findings in Nature Communications showing patients previously hospitalized with COVID-19 had a 45% higher risk of heart failure than other hospitalized patients. Salah […]
Clinical Informatics Fellows Train with Peers at Epic
Nadim Nicolas Ghanem, M.D., (UAMS) and Azriel Stinson, D.O., (Arkansas Children’s) are among a group of new Clinical Informatics fellows from across the nation training together this week at Epic software’s training center in Verona, Wisc. The group took Epic’s Notecraft course online last week and are meeting in-person this week for the Physician Builder […]
Research Uncovers Big Data Insights into Antibiotic Resistance
Dr. Se-Ran Jun, Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Informatics, postdoctoral fellow Dr. Zulema Udaondo, and colleagues have published a paper in Microbial Genomics. Dr. Udaondo is first author and Dr. Jun is senior author on the study, which provides novel insights into how resistance to daptomycin – an antibiotic used to treat serious […]
NIH Funds UAMS Study Testing Rapid Genomic Surveillance for Antibiotic Resistant Infections
A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) study is developing real-time and accurate genomic methods that can be used routinely to deliver life-saving information to doctors treating antibiotic-resistant infections. Backed by a two-year, $418,000 National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) grant, UAMS’ Se-Ran Jun, Ph.D., says the now-affordable […]