Information Podcasts & News Podcasts & News News Congrats to our Graduates! 2 Postdoc Openings! Application deadline is June 1, 2023. Digital Health Initiative Research Could Lead To More Reliable Health Apps Mother’s diabetes propels u of u student’s effort to detect and prevent disease in genetically at-risk children Please join us in welcoming Dr. Joseph Finkelstein to our DBMI community! Please join us in welcoming Dr. Kendell Clement to our DBMI community! Congratulations to Sejal Mistry! Congratulations to Dr. Julio Facelli 2021 Newsletter DBMI Virtual Open House DBMI Has Reached a New Milestone of 500+ Graduates We're Hiring! DBMI PhD Candidate, Seonggyun Han Continues to Publish Congratulations to Drs. Ramkiran Gouripeddi and Julio Facelli Pioneering a New Era of Biomedical Informatics Congratulations to Aaron Quinlan, PhD DBMI PhD Candidate, Seonggyun Han Published First Author Paper Telehealth Education Rolland H. Reiter Scholarship Congratulations to the Winners of the DBMI Reed M. Gardner Award for Faculty Excellence Karen Eilbeck, PhD Awarded a T32 Training Grant DBMI Research Assistant, Adriana Payan-Medina Awarded NIH NLM Fellowship Dr. Kawamoto’s Research Highlighted in AHRQ’s Year in Review for Emerging and Innovative Newly Funded Research Congratulations to Shobha Phansalkar on Her New Position at Innovaccer Special issue of the International Journal of Medical Informatics with DBMI faculty as editors New NLM-funded Video Series Profiles DBMI Alumnus Lance Pflieger, PhD Congratulations to our Graduating Students Diving into Problem Solving in the Informatics Way Research on Capitol Hill Presenter The Passing of Reed M. Gardner 2020 Newsletter Apply Now: NLM Postdoctoral Fellow Position Dr. Damian Borbolla Accepted into the AMA’s new Health Systems Science Scholars Program DBMI 2020 Alumni Award Adi V. Gundlapalli, MD, PhD, MS, ‘06 A Goal in Mind—International Clinician Kicks Off A Career in Biomedical Informatics 2020 IAB Strategic Planning Retreat Dr. Younghee Lee Awarded Several Grants NIDDK Awards University of Utah Researchers Julio Facelli To Join Editorial Board of the JCTS Faculty Spotlighted in Core Educator Newsletter DBMI Contributing to COVID-19 Research 1U4U Innovation Funding Grant Awarded Dr. Scott Narus selected for Chair of the new Center for Standards-Based Healthcare Interoperability 2019 Newsletter Asan Medical Center and Utah Department of Biomedical Informatics Sign MOU to Establish Research Partnership Biomedical Informatics Student Developed a Global Mental Health App. A Master’s Student Experience: An interview with Jacob Crump and Shilpy Sharma Dr. Willard Dere appointed as the Associate Vice President for Research, Health Sciences at the University of Utah Health Kathy Sward, Named One of Four U Presidential Scholars Mike Conway’s Paper Selected as One of Best Articles in IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics Dr. Karen Eilbeck Appointed New Interim Chair Wendy Chapman’s Farewell Reception Dr. Wendy W. Chapman Has Accepted a New Position Mollie Cummins Named a Huntsman Presidential Chair Back from Vietnam – Welcome Home to Dr. John Hurdle, DBMI’s Own Fulbright Scholar Congratulations to Younghee Lee, PhD DBMI Student Receives Grand Prize Recently Awarded Grants to our Faculty DBMI Students Actively Collaborate with Huntsman Cancer Institute Legacy of Life, Scientific Award – R. Scott Evans, MS, PhD, FACMI Congrats Danielle Groat! First State of the Department Interview with Stan Huff on Greater Interoperability Rosalie Waller Receives Morgan Award 2018 Newsletter University of Utah Shines at AMIA 2018 University of Utah Health Top 10 in Quality ReimagineEHR Celebration University of Utah Health Top 10 in Quality ACMI Fellows Announced Ken Kawamoto Elected to Serve on the HL7 Board University Research Awards pass $500 Million Milestone 100% Online Informatics Master’s Degree To Launch This Fall 2nd IABtalks Networking Event on May 4th DBMI Research Team Develops Interactive Online Diabetes Simulation Department of Biomedical Informatics Debuts Event for Academia-Industry Dialogue IABtalks a Complete Success Informatics MS Student Selected as Finalist at AMIA Summit DBMI PhD candidate selected to assist Dr. Altman in preparing AMIA Year-In-Review Talk Intermountain researchers build app to keep tabs on advanced heart failure patients DBMI experts to present at AMA VPCAT Scholar 2018-2019 DBMI Chair Presents at VITAE 2017 JAMIA Open Inaugural Associate Editors Announced DBMI Students Awarded 2017 Helmuth F. Orthner Travel Assistance Scholarship DBMI Alumni inducted as Fellows of ACMI Reiter Scholarship Recipient 2017 DBMI receives $3.8 million for development of cancer screening Stanley Huff, MD among 25 leading Chief Medical Information Officers Karen Eilbeck, MSc, PhD et al. in Nature Reviews Genetics Ken Kawamoto, PhD Named to National Committee to Improve Health Information Technology Julio Facelli, PhD selected as Chair for a Senate Committee Five Biomedical Informatics Alumni Elected as Inaugural Fellows Joseph Plasek, PhD Candidate Research Featured in NY Times Katherine Sward, PhD, RN Katherine Sward, PhD Fellow Induction Reed Gardner Award goes to Kathy Sward, PhD, RN Library Spotlight: Eccles Health Sciences Library Jingran Wen, PhD Receives Award for Distinguished Poster Thomas Reese, PharmD Accepted Onto Student Editorial Board Julio Facelli , PhD Fellow Induction Brian E. Chapman, PhD Outstanding Educator AMIA Spotlight: Catherine Staes, BSN, MPH, PhD Bernard LaSalle Keynote Speaker at AMIA Enabling an Air Quality Exposome Check out a new DBMI video 2016 Newsletter Morgan Award Winner Announced Two Distinguished Poster Awards at AMIA 2016 Annual AMIA Symposium Alumni Dinner at AMIA DBMI Students Awarded 2016 Helmuth F. Orthner Travel Assistance Scholarship Department of Biomedical Informatics Awarded High Impact Pilots (HIP) Cooperative Agreement Program Grant Three University of Utah faculty inducted into ACMI DBMI Student and Faculty Member Publish Paper in The Journal of the American Medial Association DBMI Faculty Invited to Annual BioInfo 2016 Conference at the University of Utah Asia Campus (IGS) Bernard LaSalle Receives Sub-Award From Vanderbilt University and CTSA Kensaku Kawamoto Receives Hitachi, inc. Contract Titled Clinical Dashboard Utilizing OpenCDS and Standards-based Interoperability DBMI Faculty Members Receive Sub-Awarded Grant from Duke University Student Selected for Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program New Associate Dean for Research and Ph.D. Program Biomedical Informatics Julio Facelli and David Jones' Paper Selected as Editor's Choice in Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine Journal Two Student Groups from the University of Utah DBMI Selected as Finalists in AMIA 2016 Student Design Challenge University of Utah Department of Biomedical Informatics Collaboration Selected in Phase 1 of ONC’s User Experience Challenge DBMI Students Awarded Fellowship from BDC4CM at Weill Cornell Medical School University Professor Attempts To The Measure Nutrition Level of Groceries BMI 2015 AMIA Recap Quinlan Published in Nature Methods U of U Innovate Report features Gouripeddi U of U study could change the lives of kids with asthma 2015 Reiter Scholarship Winner Biomedical Informatics Begins 2015-16 Academic Year BMI Receives Funding for Stork BMI Receives Grant to Advance Health IT The 2015 Helmuth F. Orthner Travel Assistance Award Congratulations to the Biomedical Informatics Class of 2015 AAMC Champion Award brings Staes to Vanderbilt in Scholar Visit LaSalle Collaborates on Parkinson's Registry Brent James Receives Distinguished Alumni Award Hurdle Develops Tool for Healthy Eating Habits BMI Chair, Alum Changing Health IT BMI Hosts Annual Awards BMI Celebrates 50 Years Jones Wins Morgan Award Dr Nkoy Featured in Continuum BMI Awards at 2014 AMIA Symposium Staes Receives AAMC Learning Health System Pioneer Research Award Rahman Receives AHIMA Foundation Merit Scholarship Julio Facelli Elected to ACMI BMI faculty and students receive two of 15 distinguished paper nominations Jennifer Garvin Re-elected to the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization (IHTSDO) Content Committee 2014 Alumni Dinner BMI Hosts 2014 Orientation Picnic 2014 Reiter Scholarship Winner 2014 Orthner Travel Award Winners BMI Faculty Cummins Inducted as National Nursing Leader Office of Medical Education Seeking MD and PhD Applicants for "Layers of Medicine" Faculty BMI Student Islam Wins NIH Dissertation Award Eilbeck Wins 2014 Gardner Award BMI Student Wins Prize in Utah Entrepreneur Challenge March 27th Graduate Seminar Cancelled BMI Researchers Win "iDeas that Work" Grand Prize Nine Physicians with Utah Ties among First-ever Board-certified Clinical Informatics Subspecialists BMI Researchers Among Finalists for $5,000 "iDeas that Work" Grand Prize Congratulations to Drs. Ram Gouripeddi and Julio Facelli for receiving University of Utah seed grant award. BMI Moving to Research Park BMI Fellow Wins Prestigious HIMSS Award Brandon Welch receives the 2013 Morgan Award Biomedical Informatics Success at AMIA 2013 Annual Symposium, Washington, DC BMI Department 2013 Holiday Social Richard A. Fay and Carol M. Fay Endowed Graduate Fellowship for the Department of Biomedical Informatics in Honor of Homer R. Warner, MD, PhD Robert Dunlea wins Award Congratulations to BMI Students! Dr. Mollie Cummins receives AHRQ R01 to study electronic exchange of poisoning information New NIH-funded resource focuses on use of genomic variants in medical care BMI Welcomes Wendy Chapman, Ph.D., as the new Department Chair Staes, Jacobs Collaborate on Investigation of Compounding Pharmacies Mishra, Kalsy and Zhang Win Orthner Award Dr. Stephane Meystre Receives NCI R41 Funding Mollie Cummins, Ph.D. Elected to Steering Committee of ANI New Informatics Textbook "Health Informatics: An Interprofessional Approach" Faculty Promotions in Biomedical Informatics Biomedical Informatics faculty Inventors invited to participate in prestigious entrepreneurial forum Christopher Fillmore, MD - Masters Thesis Defense Flory Nkoy, M.D., M.S., M.P.H., will lead $1.9M research project to study asthma in children Jennifer Garvin, PhD elected to the University Academic Senate Shan He - PhD Dissertation Defense More Student Accomplishments - April 2013 Kensaku Kawamoto, MD, PhD is appointed Initiative Coordinator of Health eDecisions Mollie R. Cummins, PhD, receives College of Nursing's Excellence in Scholarship & Research Award for 2012 More Student Accomplishments Dr. Qing T. Zeng, et al., wins First Place in Health Literacy Video Contest Dr. Wiggins Named Inaugural Fellow in Academy of Medical Science Educators Congratulations to the following Biomedical Informatics Graduate Students! Health Data Management Interviews Dr. Nancy Staggers Recent BMI Adjunct Faculty Publications R. Scott Evans, PhD publishes paper in CHEST Guilherme Del Fiol, MD, PhD receives NLM R01 Award BMI student, Brandon Welch Participates in Multidivision Innovation Program New Children's Electronic Health Record Format Announced Dr. John Hurdle Receives Grant, has Paper Selected BMI Appoints Dr. Ram Gouripeddi as Research Assistant Professor Dr. Ken Kawamoto wins 2012 Homer R. Warner Award Dr. Joyce A. Mitchell Retires as Department Chair Dr. Homer R. Warner dies at age 90 Charlene Weir Paper Wins Award Gundlapalli and Gesteland Win ISDS Award Drs. Del Fiol and Weir receive Best Paper Award at HISB 2012 Dr. Gang Luo joins BMI BMI Welcomes Dr. Jennifer Garvin as Associate Professor Project Presentation - Anusha Muthukutty PhD Dissertation Defense - Jordan Hulet Dr. Catherine Staes Appointed to IOM Committee 2012 Awards Seminar Project Presentation - Jingdong Li 2012 Graduation Dinner Project Presentation - Pavla Frazier Project Presentation - Sanghoon Lee Seminar: Big Data and Informatics for Healthcare PhD Dissertation Defense - Yan Heras Dr. Qing Zeng Receives NLM Award Thesis Defense - Mark Ebbert Seminar: Clinical Research Informatics in the ICU Seminar: Visualization for Biology PhD Dissertation Defense - Shaun Shakib Seminar: Social Participation in Health 2.0: Opportunities and Challenges PhD Dissertation Defense - Deepthi Rajeev Thesis Defense - Susan Pollock Seminar: Medical Imaging at the University of Utah: The Utah Center for Advanced Imaging Research Brent James Wins Deming Cup from Columbia U PhD Dissertation Defense - Ming-Chin Lin Dr. Donald A. B. Lindberg, Director of the National Library of Medicine, to present the Reed M. Gardner Lecture: Unsolved Problems in Medical Informatics Seminar: Semantic-Based Information Extraction of Biomedical Definitions Seminar: Leveraging Information Technology to Transform and Improve Long-Term Asthma Care Seminar: Intelligent Personal Health Record Seminar: Contextualizing CDSS in Tethered EHR/PHRs PhD Dissertation Defense - Olga Patterson Seminar: Applied Informatics Research: Automating the Inpatient Heart Failure Quality Measures Seminar: Symptomatic Deep Venous Thrombosis Associated with Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters Seminar: Extending REDCap - Incorporating Standard Data Elements and Terminology into a Widely Used Data Collection Tool Seminar: Wicked Problems in Health IT Seminar: EpiTools: A path to transparent, reproducible and reusable research Dr. Joyce Mitchell Named to NIH Council of Councils Department Holiday Celebration PhD Dissertation Defense - Bryan Gibson MS Thesis Defense - Gary Peterson Seminar: Automatic NLP adaptation for clinical subdomains with Sublanguage Semantic Schema System Seminar : Introduction to Medical Informatics at Intermountain Healthcare Dr. Les Lenert Receives NSF Award Dr. Karen Eilbeck awarded Personalized Health Care Pilot Project Grant Seminars: Clinical Informatics at Virgen del Rocío University Hospital: an International Perspective; Integrating Biomedical Informatics into Medical Student Education: Where Are We Now? Research in Progress Topics for Week of November 14 Research in Progress Topics for Week of November 7 Seminar: Consumer Health Information Searching: Interface Design and Personalization Techniques Per Gesteland Honored with Homer R. Warner Award Shuying Shen Wins AMIA Poster Award AMIA recognizes Scott Evans, PhD with Donald A. Lindberg Award Seminar: Health Information Sharing and Privacy Research in Progress Topics for Week of November 2 Seminar: Meeting primary care information needs with information technology Drs. Charlene Weir and Qing Zeng Elected as ACMI Fellows Research in Progress Topics for Week of October 17 Shan He - Orthner Award Seminar: Multiplicity: an organizing principle for cancers and somatic mutations Dr. Karen Eilbeck receives NIH RO1 grant award Seminar: "Small ball" Evaluation -- The Memphis HIE Experience Joseph Coyle, MD - PhD Dissertation Defense Seminar: POET2 & FURTHeR Research in Progress Topics for Week of September 26 Seminar: Applied Innovation in Federal Healthcare Research in Progress Topics for Week of September 19 Research in Progress Topics for Week of September 12 Seminar: A probabilistic disease-gene finder for personal genomes Seminar: Participating in Health: Technology Mediated Social Participation in Health and Healthcare Dr. Stephane Meystre receives Veterans Health Administration contract National Library of Medicine Awards R01 Grant to Dr. John Hurdle Research in Progress Topics for Week of September 6 Seminar: Clinicians' Information Needs, Online Knowledge Resources; Electronic Health Records & Enabling Clinical Decision Support T. Elizabeth Workman, M.L.I.S., PhD Dissertation Defense Research in Progress Topics for Week of August 22 Research in Progress Topics for Week of August 29 Dr. Bruce Bray Receives Beacon Community Contract Dr. Kensaku Kawamoto Joins BMI Zheng Cai Dissertation Defense Dr. Lewis Frey creates software to help identify cancer treatments. by Geoffrey Fattah, Deseret News Jason Jacobs Receives CSTE Outstanding Poster Presentation Award Dr. Paul Clayton Appointed as Emeritus Professor Dr. Paul Clayton Appointed as Emeritus Professor 2011 Houtchens Award Recipient Congratulations Graduates of 2011 Seminar - April 21, 2011 Seminar - April 14, 2011 Drs. Karen Eilbeck and Leslie A. Lenert Join Biomedical Informatics BMI Welcomes Dr. Guilherme Del Fiol as New Faculty Seminar - February 24, 2011 Seminar - February 17, 2011 Seminar - February 10, 2011 Seminar - January 20, 2011 Seminar - January 13, 2011 Seminar - September 16, 2010 Seminar - September 9, 2010 Seminar - September 9, 2010 Seminar - September 2, 2010
