Lori Wong, M.D., MPH, has accepted a position at the University of Southern California (USC) as a Data Innovation Clinical Informatician. Dr. Wong is a 2022 graduate of the UAMS Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program. She published several papers and gave multiple presentations during her time with the two-year fellowship program. She is moving into a […]
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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 […]
Clinical Informatics Fellows Train with Peers at Epic
Nadim Nicolas Ghanem, M.D., (UAMS) and Azriel Stinson, D.O., (Arkansas Children’s) are among a group of new Clinical Informatics fellows from across the nation training together this week at Epic software’s training center in Verona, Wisc. The group took Epic’s Notecraft course online last week and are meeting in-person this week for the Physician Builder […]
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 […]
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 Welcomes New Fellows
The Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program welcomed its new fellows for the ’22-’23 academic year in July. Azriel Stinson, D.O., joins the fellowship program after completing a pediatrics residency at Geisinger Health System in Danville, Penn. He will train at Arkansas Children’s Hospital, working closely with fellowship Program Director Dr. Pele Yu, Jr. Nicolas Nadim Ghanem, […]
Clinical Informatics Fellow Dr. Wong Publishes 2 Papers
Graduating senior fellow Lori Wong, M.D., MPH, has published two papers of original research in informatics as the first author in peer-reviewed journals. “Elective Operations Delay and Emergency Department Visits and Inpatient Admissions During COVID-19” has been published in Surgery in Practice and Science. “Covid-19 Positivity Differences Among Patients of a Rural, Southern US State […]