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. […]
CI Fellowship News
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 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 […]
Clinical Informatics Fellow’s Research Published in JAMIA
Jacob Wooldridge, M.D., a senior fellow in the UAMS Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program, is part of a research team whose work on harmonizing data from electronic health records was recently published in JAMIA. “Harmonizing units and values of quantitative data elements in a very large nationally pooled electronic health record (EHR) dataset” was published on […]
Clinical Informatics Fellows Present at TRI Research Day
The UAMS Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program’s senior fellows presented research posters on April 5 at the Translational Research Institute’s inaugural Research Day. Daniel Liu, M.D.; Lori Wong, M.D., MPH; and Jacob Wooldridge, M.D., presented at the event, which was held at Heifer International in Little Rock and drew more than 150 attendees. Their posters were: […]
Clinical Informatics Fellowship Team Wins First Place at Data Science Competition
A team from the UAMS/ACH Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program took home first prize at a data science competition hosted by the Medical Intelligence Society (MIS).
Study Puts DBMI Faculty Dr. Ussery Among Top 2% of Influential Researchers
March 16, 2022 | LITTLE ROCK — A study by Stanford University lists over 50 current and retired UAMS faculty among the top 2% of most influential researchers. The study is based on an analysis of Scopus, the largest database of peer-reviewed research literature. David Ussery, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Biomedical Informatics and faculty rotation […]
CI Faculty Dr. Ashley Antipolo to Present at Epic XGM 2022
Ashley Antipolo, M.D., will present “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 is a rotation faculty supervisor in the Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program for the Clinical Decision Support rotation and is Associate Medical Information Officer at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. […]
Electronic Medical Records Training Resource Developed for Students, Researchers
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researchers and students can now experience the Epic electronic medical record system in a custom environment curated for their use. The UAMS Institute for Digital Health and Innovation (IDHI), the Department of Biomedical Informatics, and UAMS Information Technology (IT) recently teamed up to create a novel copy of […]