HOBI Grand Rounds hosts renowned speakers, scientists and educators from across the country to present the latest research, trends and perspectives on health outcomes, implementation science and biomedical informatics. These events usually occur on the second Tuesday of every month from noon -1 p.m., with breaks during holidays and summer seasons.
HOBI Calendar
All Upcoming Events
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May 24
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HOBI AI Candidate Seminar with Satish E. Viswanath, PhD: “Computational Imaging for Precision Medicine: A quest for generalizable AI models”
CTRB Room 2161 and via Zoom
11:00am to 12:00pm
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May 26
RECENT EVENT
HOBI Grand Rounds with Dr. Camara Phyllis Jones
April 19
April was Celebrate Diversity Month! Camara Phyllis Jones, MD, MPH, PhD joined us on April 19 to deliver a thought-provoking presentation titled “Achieving Health Equity: Naming Racism and Moving to Action.” Jones is the 2021-2022 UCSF Presidential Chair at the University of California, San Francisco. She is also an adjunct professor at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University and a senior fellow and adjunct associate professor at the Morehouse School of Medicine, both in Atlanta.

Grand Rounds Calendar
Spring 2022
- January 11 – Todd Manini, PhD, Department of Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics, UF, “The Road Leading to ROAMM: Remote Online Assessment and Mobility Monitor.” WATCH RECORDING
- February 8 – Rachel Shelton, ScD, MPH, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, “Opportunities to Advance Health Equity Through Implementation Science,” via Zoom.
- March 8 – Kun Huang, PhD, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, “Challenges and Opportunities in Informatics for Precision Medicine,” via Zoom.
- April 19 – Camara Phyllis Jones, MD, MPH, PhD, University of California, San Francisco and Emory University, “Achieving Health Equity: Naming Racism and Moving to Action,” noon-1 p.m., CGRC Auditorium (Room 101) and via livestream. Lunch will be provided at the in-person session.
Fall 2021
- November 9 – Melanie Guldi, PhD, University of Central Florida, “Leveraging the RDC to analyze the National Maternal and Infant Health Survey (The Effects of Pregnancy-Related Medicaid Expansions on Maternal, Infant, and Child Health).” WATCH RECORDING
- October 12 – Joshua Vest, PhD, Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University, “Assessment of Structured Data Elements for Use in Social Risk Factor Computable Phenotyping: A Delphi Panel Study.” WATCH RECORDING
- September 14 – Timnit Gebru, PhD, Black in AI, “Behind the Fairness Rhetoric of Machine Learning.” WATCH RECORDING
Spring 2021
- January 12 – Garry Bennett, PhD, Duke University, “Digitally Treating Obesity and Comorbidities among the Medically Vulnerable.”
- March 16 – Sara Birken, PhD, Wake Forest University, “Selecting and Applying Implementation Science Theories, Models and Frameworks.”
- April 13 – Alicia Fernandez, PhD, University of California, San Francisco, “Reflecting on COVID Disparities.”
- May 11 – Ziaogian Jiang, PhD, University of Texas Health Science Center, “Recent Artificial Intelligence Applications in Biomedicine.”
Now accepting suggested speakers

Do you know someone who would be an excellent HOBI Grand Rounds speaker?
HOBI grand rounds speakers are typically senior faculty at other institutions that offer unique perspectives or conduct insightful research at the intersection of health outcomes and biomedical informatics. Suggestions will be reviewed by our Grand Rounds committee on a quarterly basis.
HOBI Grand Rounds Suggested Speakers
Questions? Please contact:
For questions about an upcoming grand rounds or to access the recording of a past event, please contact our administrative staff at HOBI@health.ufl.edu
A big thanks to the HOBI Grand Rounds Committee for its work organizing and hosting these events. The committee includes: Ramzi Salloum (chair), Jaclyn Hall, Dominick Lemas, Eli Morris, Kali Steffel, Katie Stewart and Diana Tonnessen.