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Our mission is to build excellent programs in translational research (improving health outcomes from bench to bedside) that are supported by the core disciplines of biomedical informatics.
Students will master core competencies that will allow them to participate in biological research, clinical and population health research, and research to develop innovative information systems. Our goal is to produce the next generation of health researchers by emphasizing patient-oriented research in the context of state-of-the-art medical informatics.
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How marital status plays a role in diagnosing bipolar disorder in patients originally diagnosed with depression
(2024)Bipolar disorder (BD), or manic depression, is a chronic illness marked by intense mood swings, from severe depression to euphoria, affecting mood, energy, and activity. BD patients often present with depression and are ... -
Pregnancy outcomes in females with hidradenitis suppurativa
(2024)A pregnancy datamart was constructed from Cerner Health Facts EMR data using pypreg, a python package developed by the author based on a validated pregnancy identification algorithm by Keran Moll. The demographics of the ... -
Mapping structural variants to regulatory elements and disease genes associated with obesity
(2024)Obesity is a complex condition with a significant genetic component. Genetic variants associated with obesity have been identified throughout the genome; however, the impact of these variants, especially in noncoding and ... -
The Clinical Associations and Physiological Mechanisms Linking Bone and Cardiac Health
(2024)Osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease represent two significant clinical burdens worldwide, which have been found to be clinically intertwined. The skeleton is highly sensitive to mechanical stimuli with osteocytes/osteoblasts ... -
Challenges faced by IRB Approved Studies due to Sample Size Shortfalls and Low Patient Accrual
(2024)Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) play a critical role in upholding ethical standards and safeguarding the welfare of research participants. However, continued issues with sample size short falls and low patient accruals ... -
ADInsight: A Multimodal and Explainable Framework for Alzheimer's Disease Progression and Conversion Prediction
(2023)ADInsight represents the crux of this dissertation, introducing an integrated and explainable framework centered on predicting Alzheimer's disease (AD) conversion, particularly for those at the early stage of mild cognitive ... -
Examination of postoperative outcomes following elective colorectal surgery
(2023)While a considerable amount of progress has been made on reducing poor postoperative outcomes following elective colon resection, including the design of a colectomy-specific Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) program, ... -
Acceptability and Feasibility of Using Virtual Reality to Address Mental Health Stigma with African American Young Adults
(2024)African Americans are disproportionately affected by mental illness compared to White Americans. Studies have reported that African Americans experience higher levels of mental health-related stigma (MHS) than White ... -
ACS Data Conversion From Census Geographies To Neighborhood & Community Boundaries
(2023)American Community Survey (ACS) data from one geography can be converted into the appropriate boundaries for communities and neighborhoods using a weighting approach. The American Community Study (ACS) is an annual study ... -
Convolutional Neural Networks for Early Diagnosing of Breast Cancer
(2022)Due to the high demand for mammograms, radiologists are swamped with many patients' mammograms. Radiologists' workload has increased dramatically over the last 15 years during on-call hours. This rise is due to an increase ... -
Machine and Deep Learning Approach for Type 2 Diabetes Prediction Using the CDC’s BRFSS Dataset: A Retrospective Analysis
(2022)Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a complex metabolic disease which is characterized by persistent hyperglycemia caused by insulin resistance. It is the most prevalent type of diabetes mellitus (DM). T2DM presents a ... -
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Bystander Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for Witnessed Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
(2022)Differences in bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) contribute to survival disparities for witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Whether bystander CPR rates differ by race/ethnicity for witnessed OHCAs ... -
Outpatient Management of Heart Failure During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency After Adoption of a Telehealth Model
(2022)The COVID-19 pandemic led to a dramatic change in the process of delivering outpatient care for patients with heart failure, including more reliance on telehealth to maintain care delivery. Excess mortality has been reported ... -
Outcomes of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Mediated Colitis: Multicenter Cohort Study
(2022)Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)-mediated colitis (IMC) is a common and serious toxicity. Multiple reports have described the clinical presentation and course of IMC based on limited data. This was a collaborative effort ... -
Ultrasound Evaluation Versus Direct Measurement of Uterine Cavity Length: A Prospective Study
(2022)Levonorgestrel intrauterine devices (IUDs) have been successfully used in the adolescent population for menstrual suppression, dysmenorrhea, & contraception.1 Historically, there has been concern regarding the adequacy of ... -
The Fairy Songs: A Theater Piece for Voice, Electronics, Lighting, and Theatrical Components
(2022)The Fairy Songs is a theatrical composition written for voice, fixed media, live electronics, and auxiliary percussion presented as a frame for collaboration with some form of visual or performative media. The text is ... -
FedSmarteum: Secure Federated Matrix Factorization Using Smart Contracts for Multi-Cloud Supply Chain
(2021)With increased awareness comes unprecedented expectations. We live in a digital, cloud era wherein the underlying information architectures are expected to be elastic, secure, resilient, and handle petabyte scaling. The ... -
Bugs, Drugs and Data: Antibiotic Resistance, Prevalence and Prediction of Bug-Drug Mismatch using Electronic Health Records (EHR) Data
(2021)Bug-Drug Mismatch (BDM) occurrences are an important and modifiable category of inappropriate antibiotic therapy (IAAT) that increases adverse outcomes for patients and drives overall antibiotic resistance (AR). Surveillance ... -
Health Status Implications for Comorbid Diabetes in Patients with Symptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease: Insights from the PORTRAIT Registry
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)Patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) and coexisting diabetes mellitus (DM) have an increased rate of PAD progression and reduced walking performance as compared with non-diabetic PAD patients. It is unknown, ... -
Emerging Methods for Use of Real-World Clinical Data for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research
(2021)The purpose of this dissertation is to describe methods for use of real-world data resources to study quality of care and outcomes for patients with critical limb ischemia. We used the Cerner Health Facts de-identified EHR ...