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Graduate Students

AARON KEMP
Aaron Kemp
Email: askemp@uams.edu

Previous Degrees:
Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from the Health Care Executive MBA (HCEMBA) program at the Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine (UCI).

Mentor:
Linda Larson-Prior, PhD

Thesis Title:
"Deep-Learning Recurrent Neural Networks to Identify Candidate Biomarkers of Dynamic Neural Network Abnormalities among People with Parkinson’s Disease"

ABIGAIL EUBANK
Abigail Journey Eubank
Email: AJEubank@uams.edu

Previous Degrees:
B.A. in Neuroscience from Hendrix College

Mentor:
Dr. Fred Prior

Thesis Title:
"Utilizing Knowledge Acquisition to Establish a Quantitative Data Analysis Method on the Spectrum of Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson’s Disease
"

Alaa Marwan Abu Taha
Ph.D. Student
Email: AMarwanAbuTaha2@uams.edu
Andrew Tran
Andrew Tran, M.D.
Graduate Certificate Student and CI Fellow
Email: ADTran@uams.edu

Integrated Training Experience "dual fellowship" in Hematology/Oncology and Clinical Informatics at Arkansas Children's Hospital
Pediatrics Residency: Baylor, Scott & White, Temple, Texas
Medical School: Texas Tech Health Sciences Center
Training Years: 2021-2025
Scholarly Work: Fellows Day 2022

AZRIEL STINSON
Azriel Stinson
Email: AJStinson@uams.edu

Previous Degrees: 
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)

Mentor:
Dr. Pele Yu

 

ISABELLE OKITO
Isabelle Eloke Okito
Email: IEOkito2@uams.edu

Previous Degrees:
B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from GGSIPU, India

Jad Talih
M.S. Student
Email: JTalih@uams.edu
KATRINA DONOVAN TRACY
Katrina Donovan Tracy
Email: KMTracy@uams.edu
LAUREN TONG headshot
Lauren Tong
Email: LTong@uams.edu

Previous Degrees:
MS Library and Information Sciences University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; MS Health Care Informatics University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; BS Food Science and Human Nutrition Colorado State University

Linda Larson-Prior
Linda Larson-Prior, Ph.D.
M.S. Student
Primary Appointment:
College of Medicine — Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences
 
Research Interests:
Imaging Informatics
Neuroimaging impact of sleep on cognitive function and health
Md. Enamul Hoq
Email: MHoq@uams.edu

Previous Degrees:
M.Sc in Physics from Southeastern Lousiana University

Mentor:
Dr. Fred Prior

Thesis Title:
"Optimizing CT Screening for Lung Cancer: Leveraging Foundation Models to Minimize False Negatives in Radiological Assessments"

MELANIE MACNICOL
Melanie MacNicol
Email: macnicolmelanie@uams.edu
MICHAEL RUTHERFORD
Michael Rutherford
Email: MWRutherford@uams.edu

Previous Degrees: 
MS in Information Quality from UALR

Mentor: 
Dr. Jonathan Bona

Thesis Title:
"Toward Automation of Diagnosis and Treatment Response Assessment for Multiple Myeloma using Artificial Intelligence"

MITRA ROCCA
Mitra Rocca
M.S. Student
Email: MARocca@uams.edu

Previous Degrees:
Dipl. Inform.-Med.

Mentor:
Dr. Jonathan Bona

Research Interests:
Clinical Research Informatics, Telehealth, Knowledge-based systems

Thesis Title: 
"Use of Ontologies to Enhance Adverse events Detection from Electronic Health Records (EHRs) in Clinical Research"

Nahiyan Bin Noor
Ph.D. Student
Email: NBNoor@uams.edu

Previous Degrees:
Masters in Information Sciences from University of Arkansas at Little Rock (2023),

Graduate Certificate in Data Science from University of Arkansas at Little Rock (2023),

B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh (2019)

Research Interests:
Application of Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing (NLP), and Computer Vision in Healthcare

Racheal Odom
Graduate Certificate Student
Email: ROdom@uams.edu

Previous Degrees:
BBA, MPH

Research Interests:
Linkages, process improvement, natural language processing, RDSS

Rachel Flaherty, D.O.
Graduate Certificate Student and CI Fellow
Email: RFlaherty@uams.edu

Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Pediatric Residency: The Ohio State University/Nationwide Children's Hospital
Medical School: UNTHSC Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine

SHARIQ TARIQ
Shariq Tariq
Email: SATariq@uams.edu
SUDIP PANDAY
Sudip Panday
Email: SPanday@uams.edu

Previous Degrees:
B.Tech in Biotechnology from Kathmandu Univeristy, Nepal

Mentor:
Dr. David Ussery

Thesis Title:
"Comparative genomics of a million Salmonella genomes"

TAIQUITHA ROBINS
Taiquitha “Tai” Robins
Email: TTRobins@uams.edu

Previous Degrees:
B.Sc. Biology, M.Sc. Biology, M.A. Teaching: Jackson State University, Jackson, MS

Mentor:
Dr. Christopher Wardell, Ph.D.

Thesis Title: 
"Advancing real-time risk stratification: Evaluating the associations between comorbidities and hospitalization outcomes in patients with multimorbidity"

UTKARSH RAI
Utkarsh Rai
Email: URai@uams.edu

Previous Degrees:
B.E. in Computer Science from BITS Pilani

Mentor:
Dr Lawrence Tarbox

Valentina Juncos
Email: VAJuncos@uams.edu

Previous Degree:
Master of Health Sciences, University of Mississippi Medical Center

Xiaoxu Na
Ph.D. Student
Email: XNA@uams.edu

Previous Degrees:
Master of Science, Bachelor of Engineering

Mentor:
Dr. Xiawei Ou

Research Interests:
Pediatric neuroimaging, Brain development, MRI analysis

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