AHRQ highlights Dr. Joanna Abraham’s work on enhancing postoperative handoff communications
Congratulations to principal investigator Joanna Abraham, PhD, and her team for their publication, “Improving Safety in Postoperative Handoff Communication with Telemedicine and Machine Learning,” in the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Digital Healthcare Research Program 2023 Year in Review.
I2DB contributes to major pandemic preparedness research projects
Charles Goss, PhD, and J. Philip Miller, both faculty members in the Institute for Informatics, Data Science and Biostatistics (I2DB), head the data management cores for the ReVAMPP flavivirus and alphavirus program and the ReVAMPP paramyxovirus, peribunyavirus and phlebovirus program, respectively.
Biostatistics student Trevor Zimmerman presents at prestigious Radiation Research Society conference
Congratulations to biostatistics student Trevor Zimmerman for presenting his research at the prestigious 70th annual Radiation Research Society conference, held in Tucson, Arizona, from Sept. 15-18. His selection as a master’s student is particularly impressive given the event’s lineup of top scientists. Zimmerman’s abstract stood out among many submissions, earning him the rare opportunity to […]
Opinion: Meeting the Artificial Intelligence Needs of U.S. Health Systems
In an opinion published recently in Annals of Internal Medicine, I2DB Director Dr. Philip Payne and co-authors outlined timely AI considerations for health systems, recommending robust structural foundations and clinician engagement, as well as strategic outcome measurement to improve care quality, mitigate AI-related risks, and address social equity. They emphasized that AI should be viewed […]
WashU Researchers Reveal Human Behavioral Changes in AI Training: Insights from Dr. Philip Payne
In a recent article published by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, WashU researchers found that humans change their behavior when training AI, often acting more ethically even at their own expense. This behavioral change can create lasting habits and influence future AI interactions. I2DB Director Dr. Philip R.O. Payne emphasized the need to understand and mitigate […]
Highlights from BIDS@I2DB Summer Research Internship: Celebrating Achievements
Celebrating the end of a fantastic internship! Our BIDS@I2DB interns concluded their 11-week program with an impressive poster session on Wednesday, July 31. The BIDS@I2DB program offers internships for undergraduate and graduate students to explore biomedical informatics. Under faculty mentors, interns engaged in cutting-edge research, training, and collaboration. They: Congratulations to our talented interns for […]
PhD student develops novel EHR cognitive effort measure
Recent research by first author Seunghwan (Nigel) Kim, MS, BIDS PhD student, and supporting authors Benjamin Warner, MS, Daphne Lew, PhD, MPH, Sunny Lou, MD, PhD, and Thomas Kannampallil, PhD, introduces “action entropy” as a measure to assess cognitive effort in electronic health record (EHR) tasks. By analyzing EHR audit logs, neural language models were used to […]
Zhang receives AMIA Doctoral Dissertation Honorable Mention
Congratulations to Linying Zhang, PhD, who received the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) 2024 Edward H. Shortliffe Doctoral Dissertation Award Honorable Mention (second place) for her doctoral dissertation titled “Causal machine earning for reliable real-world evidence generation in healthcare.” She will give a semi-plenary talk on her dissertation work at the 2024 AMIA Annual Symposium on Monday, Nov. […]
Dr. Ling Chen and team finds subtle cognitive decline precedes end to driving for older adults (Links to an external site)
Congratulations to coauthor Dr. Ling Chen and her team for their publication in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, where they found that even minor cognitive changes can influence older adults’ decision to cease driving. Their research highlights the importance of routine cognitive testing to detect early and subtle decline, enabling older […]
Examining the association between secure messaging and telephone use
Congratulations to WashU’s Sunny Lou, MD, PhD, and co-authors Daphne Lew, PhD, PMH, Laura Baratta, BS, Elise Eiden, MS, and Thomas Kannampallil, PhD, in collaboration with Christine Sinsky, MD, from the American Medical Association, on their recent publication in JAMA Network Open. The study explores the association between secure messaging and telephone use in clinician-to-clinician communication, highlighting the […]