A team of researchers from the Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) has published its work developing and testing a diversity, equity and inclusion curriculum for use in higher education. The paper, “Experiences with Developing and Implementing a Courageous Conversations Pilot Classroom Through Synchronous Meetings via Zoom,” appears in the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. […]
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Dr. Cari Bogulski Outlines Tips for Improving Accessibility in Presentations
Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) Assistant Professor Cari Anne Bogulski, Ph.D., outlined tips for making presentations more accessible for people with disabilities as part of a UAMS panel discussion recognizing National Disability Employment Awareness Month. The UAMS Division for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DDEI) hosted the panel, “Disability through the Lens of Accessibility,” online on […]
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 […]
DBMI Professor Reaches Students from Across Arkansas Free Genomics Workshop
Raymond Otoo was just starting the second day of a free three-day genomics workshop at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), but he was already seeing its value. “This workshop is great for adding knowledge to my existing repertoire of bioinformatics,” he said during a break as attendees from schools across the state […]
DBMI Ph.D. Student Selected for Prestigious AI Summer Program
Catherine “Cat” Shoults, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI), has been accepted into the Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden) Institute for Artificial Intelligence Summer Scholar Program. Shoults was selected for the prestigious program after drawing international attention for her promising work in artificial intelligence. Unfortunately, the program was canceled this year […]
Clinical Informatics Fellow Dr. Wong Presents at MIE2022
Senior Clinical Informatics Fellow Dr. Lori Wong presented a poster at MIE2022 in Nice, France. Dr. Wong’s poster was titled “COVID-19 Positivity Differences Among Patients of a Rural, Southern U.S. State Hospital System Based on Population Density, Rural-Urban Classification, and Area Deprivation Index.” The Medical Informatics Europe conference was hosted May 27-30 by the European […]
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 […]
High School Student Earns Spot on UAMS Research Team
When a UAMS Parkinson’s disease research project needed someone with machine learning expertise, Fred Prior, Ph.D., asked Anu Iyer if she would be interested. It would have been a routine invitation among researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), but Iyer is a junior at Little Rock’s Central High School. Prior, Iyer’s mentor […]
Dr. Snowden Named to Power Women List
Jessica Snowden, M.D., has been named to Arkansas Money and Politics‘ 2021 Power Women list. Honorees were nominated by AMP readers and selected for blazing trails, exhibiting outstanding leadership or enhancing their company or organization’s performance. Dr. Snowden is Professor and Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. She is Co-Principal Investigator of the IDeA States Pediatric […]
UAMS Recognized for Diversity, Inclusion, Excellence
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has yet again been recognized for its diversity and inclusion efforts. In October, UAMS received the 2021 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. As a recipient of the annual award, UAMS will be […]