Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) secondary faculty Linda Larson-Prior, Ph.D., is a co-investigator on a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded effort to develop advanced, inexpensive devices to detect toxins in water and people. Dr. Larson-Prior’s primary appointments are in the College of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Department of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences. UAMS’ $908,952 portion […]
Research
UAMS Researchers Find Changes in Monkeypox Genome That May Explain Its Recent Rapid Spread
The rapid spread of monkeypox is unlike the virus’ past outbreaks and may be a result of genetic mutations identified by Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) researchers. Led by UAMS DBMI’s David Ussery, Ph.D., the team published its findings this month in the Journal of Applied Microbiology. The team compared the genomes of the 2022 virus […]
DBMI Graduate Students Don White Coats to Recognize Ph.D. Candidacy
Several graduate students with ties to the Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) celebrated a significant milestone along the journey to complete their Ph.D. programs by participating in the UAMS Research Induction Ceremony on Monday. Sangam Kandel, Mitra Rocca, and Catherine “Cat” Shoults have passed the qualifying exams for their degrees, marking the transition to a […]
Clinical Informatics Fellowship Sees Honors, Presentations at MIS Summit
Researchers from the UAMS/ACH Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program received recognition and presented research at the MIS Virtual Summit, an international meeting for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) research. The Medical Intelligence Society (MIS) Virtual Summit was held online July 29-30. Then-senior fellow, now faculty member, Daniel Liu, M.D., and Program Director Feliciano “Pele” […]
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 […]
De-identified Patient Database Helps Show COVID-19, Heart Failure Risk Connection
Big data projects championed by faculty in the Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) are supporting ongoing discoveries as scientists learn more about the long-term effects of COVID-19 infection. Husam M. Salah, M.D., recently published findings in Nature Communications showing patients previously hospitalized with COVID-19 had a 45% higher risk of heart failure than other hospitalized patients. Salah […]
Research Uncovers Big Data Insights into Antibiotic Resistance
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]