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 […]
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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 […]
Interdisciplinary Research Team to Study Antibiotic Resistance in US Fresh Vegetables
An interdisciplinary research team, including faculty from the Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI), is conducting research into antibiotic-resistant bacteria found on retail vegetables in the United States. En Huang, Ph.D., an associate professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health Department of Environmental Health Sciences, has received […]
Drs. Wooldridge, Liu Join Clinical Informatics Fellowship Faculty
Daniel Liu, M.D., and Jacob Wooldridge, M.D., have joined the faculty of the Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program, housed in the Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI). Both are 2022 alumni of the fellowship program. Dr. Liu is an assistant professor of pediatrics and biomedical informatics. His research interests include machine learning and data analytics. His senior research […]
Clinical Informatics Fellowship Celebrates First Graduating Class
The Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program graduated its first class in June 2022. Daniel Liu, M.D.; Lori Wong, M.D., MPH; and Jacob Wooldridge, M.D., made up the first graduating class. The program is the first Clinical Informatics Fellowship in Arkansas and one of about 50 nationwide. Its application was approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate […]
Dr. Donald Johann coauthors paper on Next-Generation Sequencing in High-Impact Journal
Dr. Donald Johann, professor of Biomedical Informatics, is an author on an article in the high-impact journal Genome Biology on ways to improve Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) assays that use fixed tissue. Precision medicine approaches are revolutionizing the practice of clinical oncology. However, formalin fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE), a routine pathology practice, brings challenges for the […]
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 […]
DBMI Faculty Awarded $75,000 for Research of Remote Care for People with Parkinson’s Disease
Translational Research Institute announced DBMI associate professor, Tuhin Virmani, M.D., Ph.D., as the recipient of its first $75,000 Team Science Champion Award, allowing his further investigation of the potential benefit for remote assessment of people with Parkinson’s disease. Read full article.
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 […]