Dr. Donald Johann, Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Internal Medicine, authored a paper in the high-impact journal Nature Scientific Data on the analytic validity of liquid biopsies. The use of routine blood draws to diagnose and monitor the status of cancer patients, rather than tissue biopsies, is revolutionizing the practice of clinical oncology and […]
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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 […]
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 […]
UAMS Receives National Accreditation for Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program
March 1, 2022 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently became the only institution in Arkansas and among the first in the country to gain national accreditation of its Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program for physicians. The fellowship accreditation comes from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), providing 10 […]
CI Fellows Publish About Pediatric EHR Standardization
Clinical Informatics Fellows Drs. Lori Wong and Daniel Liu – along with their mentor, Dr. Pele Yu – have published a Letter to the Editor in the January issue of Applied Clinical Informatics. The letter informs the clinical informatics scientific community about ongoing work to develop an electronic health record (EHR) system focused on pediatric […]