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Recent News
HOP Faculty Receive AMIA 2017 Distinguished Paper Award
Dec 19th, 2017
A paper co-authored by a team of OneFlorida researchers, including faculty in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy (HOP), was selected for the American Medical Informatics Association’s (AMIA) 2017 […]
HOP Faculty Member Receives DOJ Grant to Reduce Opioid-Related Risks in Florida
Dec 18th, 2017
Chris Delcher, Ph.D., has received a 3-year, $600,000 grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance in Washington, D.C., to map the opioid prescribing
BMI Team Welcomes New Faculty Member Yonghui Wu, Ph.D.
Sep 7th, 2017
The Department of Health Outcomes & Policy (HOP) welcomes Yonghui Wu, Ph.D., who joins the biomedical informatics (BMI) team as an assistant professor this semester. Wu comes to UF from […]
HOP Researcher Works with CDC to Evaluate Haiti’s HIV/AIDS Programs
Aug 4th, 2017
HOP researcher Chris Delcher, Ph.D., is working with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) to help the Haitian government and other […]
Upcoming Seminar: “Linking and Enriching Lexicons: The Open Multilingual Wordnet”
Feb 3rd, 2017
In his talk, Dr. Bond will introduce the Open Multilingual Wordnet, a large lexical network of words grouped into concepts and linked by typed semantic relations.
HOP Faculty Showcase OneFlorida, New BMI Degree Programs at AMIA
Dec 19th, 2016
Several faculty and staff from the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy attended the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Annual Symposium in Chicago from Nov. 12-16.
Hogan Elected to American College of Medical Informatics
Oct 28th, 2016
William Hogan, M.D., was elected to membership in the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI), a distinction that is considered one of the highest honors in the field of medical informatics.
New Biomedical Informatics Ph.D. Approved
Sep 21st, 2016
The Department of Health Outcomes & Policy’s Ph.D. in Medical Sciences with a concentration in Biomedical Informatics was approved by the UF Graduate School on September 15. The multidisciplinary program features […]
HOP Faculty Member Instructs NCI Staff on Research Methods Using Social Media
Jun 24th, 2016
The National Cancer Institute invited Jiang Bian, Ph.D., to hold a workshop for its program officers, students and researchers on methods for mining and analyzing data from social media sources to further health research.
HOP Faculty Featured in Explore Magazine
May 25th, 2016
The OneFlorida Clinical Research Consortium, a robust statewide research infrastructure led by HOP chair Elizabeth Shenkman, Ph.D., and David R. Nelson, M.D., was recently highlighted in Explore, a magazine produced by the UF Office of Research.
Upcoming Seminar: “Principles of Cultural & Linguistic Competence in the Medical Research Process: Application of Foundational Concepts in Addressing Challenges Specific to Obesity”
Apr 27th, 2016
Heidi Saliba, CMPE Assistant Director, Communications & Training, UF Pediatric Integrated Care System (Ped-I-Care) “Principles of Cultural & Linguistic Competence in the Medical Research Process: Applications of Foundational Concepts in […]
