Ph.D. student Taiquitha “Tai” Robins put her best foot forward for Biomedical Informatics as she crisscrossed the county in fall 2024, showcasing her research at conferences and interviews. Supported by her mentors, Christopher Wardell, Ph.D., and Tremaine Williams, Ed.D., she attended three events. SIAM Conference on Mathematics of Data Science Tai presented her research, “Advancing […]
UAMS Receives $31.7 Million Grant for Clinical Trials and Research
UAMS has now received a $31 million grant to help with research and to help improve healthcare here in the Natural State. “We are thrilled to receive this award, which keeps us in strong and close association with around 60 other institutions across the United States. This is called a CTSA award, and that abbreviation […]
DBMI Mentors Summer Interns
The UAMS Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) is sponsoring several college and high school students this summer, mentoring them as they developed projects in the field of biomedical informatics. DBMI faculty Tremaine Williams, Ed.D.; Mathias Brochhausen, Ph.D.; David Ussery, Ph.D.; and Fred Prior, Ph.D., are teaching the students the fundamentals conducting well-designed research. “The students […]
Dr. Donald Johann coauthors important paper in Genome Biology journal
Dr. Donald Johann, Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Internal Medicine, is among the national leaders to coauthor a second important paper published recently in the high-impact journal Genome Biology. The paper concerns the establishment of new actionable guidelines for cancer gene panel-based Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) and will help to better facilitate the rapid implementation, […]
Hari Eswaran Recognized for Research on Strengthening Pregnant Women’s Pelvic Floor Muscles
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 […]
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 […]