Biomedical Informatics

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.

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.

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 Addressing Challenges Specific to Obesity” Tuesday, May 26 Clinical and Translational Research…

Betsy Shenkman, Ph.D., and François Modave, Ph.D., were among six UF faculty featured in “Calling Cancer into Question,” the cover story for the summer 2015 edition of Believe in a Cure.

Amanda Hicks, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, presented a paper at the American Medical Informatics Association’s 2015 Annual Symposium. The conference was held from November 14-18 in San Francisco, California. Hicks is the first author of the paper “An Analysis of WordNet’s Coverage…

Several members of the OneFlorida Clinical Research Consortium as well as representatives from the Biomedical Informatics faculty and staff attended the most recent American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Annual Symposium in San Francisco, Calif., from Nov. 14-18. “It was a fantastic venue for sharing information about our PCORI-funded clinical data…

A recent press release from a team of researchers led by Francois Modave, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, has been picked up by more than 40 news outlets, including the Washington Post, Shape Magazine, Yahoo, and Health.com, and reached a potential readership…