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 […]
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Clinical Informatics Fellowship’s Drs. Yu & Liu Present at AMIA Informatics Summit
UAMS Clinical Informatics Program Director Pele Yu, Jr., M.D., and senior fellow Daniel Liu, M.D., presented their artificial intelligence (AI) research at at AMIA 2022 Informatics Summit. The poster, “Evaluating vendor-derived pediatric sepsis predictive model in acute care settings,” was part of the AI Evaluation Showcase at the summit, held March 21-24 in Chicago, Ill. […]
Clinical Informatics Faculty Dr. Antipolo Presents at Epic XGM
Ashley Antipolo, M.D., presented “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 shared how Arkansas Children’s established a Medical Informatics Specialty Leadership (MISL) program to solidify provider engagement in the post-go-live optimization phase of an Epic launch. This successful grassroots […]
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 […]
Transforming Cancer Medicine
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 […]
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. […]