As COVID-19 cases rise nationwide, what’s the best way for doctors and other health care providers to talk with vaccine-hesitant patients? UF Health researchers say the answer is C-LEAR: Counsel, Listen, Empathize, Answer and Recommend. Beginning and ending the conversation with a strong recommendation is important, say Carma…
HOBI welcomes Carma Bylund, Ph.D., FACH, to the department. Dr. Bylund joins HOBI as a professor in the Division of Health Outcomes and Implementation Science (HOIS), where she will teach, continue her research in healthcare communications and mentor several graduate research assistants. Dr. Bylund is also a member…
This summer, HOBI proudly graduated 3 doctoral students. Among them, the biomedical informatics division’s first PhD graduates, Hansi Zhang and Yunpeng Zhao. Health outcomes PhD student, Guanming Chen, also received her degree. Congratulations graduates and go gators! Meet Our Graduates Guanming Chen Graduate: Guanming Chen Ph.D. in Medical Sciences…
Researchers at University of Florida Health and the OneFlorida+ Clinical Research Network are using big data analytics to scale up research and boost care and treatment options for people affected by three potentially debilitating rare diseases. Study teams at UF Health will conduct comparative effectiveness research…
Two HOBI faculty members received pilot awards from the CTSI Precision Health Initiative this year. Khairul A. Siddiqi, Ph.D., and Rahma S. Mkuu, Ph.D., will leverage big data in the OneFlorida+ Data Trust to identify at-risk women in Florida who could benefit from proven health interventions…
Boya Lin, a Ph.D. student at HOBI, is working as an intern this summer with the Experiential Internship Program at AbbVie, a research-based global biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Chicago. During the internship, Lin will work remotely with AbbVie’s Department of Health Economics and Outcome Research.
François Modave was elected to serve on the UF Faculty Senate. This governing body of faculty representatives from UF’s 16 colleges provides a forum for the mutual exchange of ideas and shared governance between UF administrators and the faculty. Modave is director of artificial intelligence and decision-making in the UF College of Medicine and associate professor in the department of health outcomes and biomedical informatics.
Honoring those who have dedicated a lifetime of service to students, patients and colleagues. Faculty Council reveals recipients of distinguished awards at virtual Spring Faculty Appreciation reception.
