Held for the first time in Malachowsky Hall, HOBI Education Day was a great success. We appreciate the organizers and many graduate students who contributed. During the full-day event, HOBI graduate students showcased research presentations, shark tank pitches, and posters and participated in a mentoring workshop and keynote address by visiting professor, Kenzie A. Cameron, PhD, MPH, FACH.
Visiting from Northwestern University, Kenzie Cameron guided HOBI graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and junior faculty to reconsider the role of mentors and to develop more flexibility in networking that would engage a suite of mentors instead of relying on a single contact.
Nearly 30 students and faculty members participated. āI was impressed by the community of scholars that is growing within HOBI. We had undergraduates, graduates, and post-docs all sharing their participation in the research process,ā said Matt Mitterko, Assistant Director for HOBI Education and Training Programs.
Mitterko co-organized the event with Carma L Bylund, PhD, Associate Chair of Education, and Mei Liu, PhD, Associate Director of Graduate Education.
Following the morning session, five students presented research from both education divisions, Biomedical Informatics, and Health Outcomes and Implementation Science. Presenters included:
- Ho Yin Chan, BMI, Post-doctoral Fellow
AKI Sub-Phenotyping Using Temporal Rule Mining - Dima Bteddini, HOIS, PhD Student
Tailoring Smoking Cessation Interventions for Social and Cultural Context: A Qualitative Study of Cigarette and Waterpipe Smokers in Lebanon - Chang Wang, BMI, PhD Program
Effect of Eligibility Criteria on Patients’ Serious Adverse Events in Colorectal Cancer Drug Trials - Naomi Parker, HOIS, Post-doctoral Associate
Educating Hematology-Oncology Fellows About How to Communicate About Clinical Trials: A Needs Assessment - Yongqiu Li, BMI, PhD Program
Impact of Cancer Screening on Advanced-Stage Diagnosis and Mortality among ADRD Patients
The afternoon became more competitive as two Biomedical Informatics graduate students inaugurated HOBIās version of the hit TV show āShark Tank,ā where ideas are pitched in hopes of gaining support. Aseel Al-Omary was bested by Aman Pathak, who impressed the judging panel with a new app to support decision-making by clinicians.
The poster session was judged by division, with the following students awarded for best posters:
Biomedical Informatics
- Winner | Deyi Li
Subphenotyping AKI stage 1 by SCr trajectories - Runner-up | Akshita Gupta
Automated pipeline for peritubular capillary inflammation scoring
Health Outcomes and Implementation Science
- Winner | Faith Heeren
Reaching Adolescent Bariatric Patients: Community Engaged Recruitment versus Other Recruitment Channels - Runners-up (tied) | Bairu Zhao
Using the HEXAD Framework to Study Gaming Personality and Game-based interventions in Adolescent Tobacco Prevention - Runners-up (tied) | Miranda Reid
Characterizing interventions to reduce disparities in lung-cancer screening uptake by state Medicaid expansion status: A scoping review
We anticipate continued success from all of the HOBI students as they build upon their current accomplishments in research.