Recap of the 2024 I2DB Symposium: The Power of AI in Medicine
Presenting Sponsor Technology Partners Event Survey Thank you to those who joined us at the 2024 I2DB Symposium: The Power of AI in Medicine, held at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center on April 12! The symposium showcased the remarkable ways AI can enhance diagnostics, personalize treatment, and ultimately improve patient outcomes. For those who attended, your […]
Drs. Daphne Lew and Andrew Michelson receive COVID Star Award
This past summer the Office of Faculty Development solicited nominations to recognize outstanding individuals for their work and contributions in the Department of Medicine during the COVID-19 pandemic. Daphne Lew, PhD, instructor of biostatistics, and Andrew P. Michelson, MD, assistant professor of medicine, stood out for their remarkable contributions and were honored with COVID Star […]
Long-standing hormone treatment for donated hearts found to be ineffective (Links to an external site)
Dr. Joanna Abraham receives second Diana Forsythe Award in three years at the AMIA 2023 Annual Symposium
Joanna Abraham, PhD, FACMI, FAMIA, Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and the Institute for Informatics, Data Science and Biostatistics (I2DB), has been named the 2023 recipient of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)’s Diana Forsythe Award. The award was presented during the AMIA Annual Symposium on Nov. 11 – 15. This award honors either […]
I2DB contributes to research on recurrent firearm injuries
Randi E. Foraker, PhD, MA, director of the Center for Population Health Informatics, was senior author on a recent study also co-authored by I2DB’s Daphne Lew, PhD, MPH, and Joshua Landman among other collaborators, that explored gun injury trends in St. Louis. The study found young Black men to be particularly at risk, showing that along with physical and […]
Study defines disparities in memory care (Links to an external site)
Patients who live in less affluent neighborhoods and those from underrepresented racial or ethnic groups are less likely than others to receive specialized care for dementia.
AI is about making humans better (Links to an external site)
Dr. Philip Payne recently spoke with KMOX radio about the promise of AI to transform our health systems and medical research, “the real benefit of AI is that it allows us to filter and sort and understand all that data so that humans in the health care system can really identify the data that’s most […]
Payne named to national health care AI code of conduct steering committee (Links to an external site)
Data scientist to help lead National Academy of Medicine committee on equitable, responsible use of AI in health care.
2023 Big Ideas winners announced
From among 19 applications and 12 finalists, six winners have been selected for the 2023-2024 Big Ideas Competition award! Each of the six winning teams will be awarded a grant of $50,000 in research funds. Among the winning teams are seven faculty from the Institute for Informatics, Data Science and Biostatistics (I2DB) including Jing Li, Thomas Kannampallil, Mackenzie Hofford, Sunny Lou, Adam Wilcox, Randi Foraker and […]
Prusaczyk awarded for contributions to older adult care
Beth Prusaczyk, PhD, MSW, receives the 2023 Alene and Meyer Kopolow Award for Geriatrics, Psychiatry and Neurology.