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Join DBMI's Final Spring 2024 Grand Rounds, Light Hall 208 on 4/24—ft. Microsoft's Eric Horvitz

garchima — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 18:42:21 +0000

Join DBMI's Final Spring 2024 Grand Rounds, Light Hall 208 on 4/24—ft. Microsoft's Eric Horvitz garchima Wed, 04/17/2024 - 13:42 RSS:

DBMI Grand Rounds: Wednesday, April 24, 2024:

Our final Spring 2024 DBMI Grand Rounds takes place on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, featuring Eric Horvitz, MD, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer at Microsoft.

He'll present his talk "AI Directions and Frontiers in Healthcare" in Light Hall Room 208 from 12:00 to 1:00 pm CT. We highly encourage in-person attendance to this event!

NOTE: Lunch from Take Away Catering will be available on a first come, first served basis. CME credit is also available. Contact lina.sulieman@vumc.org and mia.garchitorena@vumc.org if you have questions!

LOCATION/TIME:

Light Hall Room 208
12:00 to 1:00 pm CT
Microsoft Teams link provided here.
Meeting ID: 254 753 315 535
Passcode: A2GxWf

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VUMC joins new consortium of health care leaders in formation of Trustworthy & Responsible AI Network (TRAIN)

garchima — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 21:37:49 +0000

VUMC joins new consortium of health care leaders in formation of Trustworthy & Responsible AI Network (TRAIN) garchima Mon, 04/01/2024 - 16:37 RSS:

Kylie Avery

New artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities have the potential to transform the health care industry by enabling better outcomes, improving efficiency and productivity, and reducing costs.

At the HIMSS 2024 Global Health Conference, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and other leading academic medical centers joined as Microsoft announced the formation of a new consortium, the Trustworthy & Responsible AI Network (TRAIN).

“Even the best health care today still suffers from many challenges that AI-driven solutions can substantially improve. However, just as we wouldn’t think of treating patients with a new drug or device without ensuring and monitoring their efficacy and safety, we must test and monitor AI-derived models and algorithms before and after they are deployed across diverse health care settings and populations, to help minimize and prevent unintended harms.” said Peter Embí, MD, MS, Professor and Chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics and Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation at VUMC.

“It is imperative that we work together and share tools and capabilities that enable systematic AI evaluation, surveillance and algorithmovigilance for the safe, effective and equitable use of AI in health care. TRAIN is a major step toward that goal.”

Discoveries in Medicine: "Many Patients Skip Follow-up Step in Genetic Screening"

garchima — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 21:33:33 +0000

Discoveries in Medicine: "Many Patients Skip Follow-up Step in Genetic Screening" garchima Mon, 04/01/2024 - 16:33 RSS:

How genetic screening results may impact individual health-care decisions — in the short run and over a lifetime — remains unclear, despite the tests’ increasing availability and access.

However, a new study led by researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and published in the American Journal of Human Genetics reports that fewer than half of tested adults followed up on their results by accessing health care services, even when those findings were actionable.

“Approximately half of participants receiving pathogenic or likely pathogenic results did not receive a qualifying health-care service related to the monogenic risk,” said Josh Peterson, M.D., M.P.H., a professor of biomedical informatics and medicine at Vanderbilt.

“To improve outcomes after receiving genetic screening results, patients at increased risk should receive follow-up health services.”

Read more in Discoveries in Medicine here.

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DBMI Digest March 2024 Issue—Now Available!

garchima — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 16:50:13 +0000

DBMI Digest March 2024 Issue—Now Available! garchima Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:50 RSS:

The Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) Department of Biomedical Informatics's (DBMI) monthly newsletter, DBMI Digest, is now available to view.

See the DBMI Digest March 2024 issue here: https://t.e2ma.net/message/98i3sk/12cgjjq

Each DBMI Digest features department & faculty announcements, awards & appointments, educational & HR updates, funding opportunities and more. Each issue also includes a profile of one of our faculty, staff, postdocs and students.

Interested in learning more about what goes on within DBMI? View our past DBMI Digests here. If you are a member of DBMI, please submit your professional and personal updates, as well as feedback for the newsletter, to dbmicomms@vumc.org.

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Join the DBMI "ADVANCE" AI Center Launch Event—March 8 in Langford Auditorium

garchima — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 15:55:00 +0000

Join the DBMI "ADVANCE" AI Center Launch Event—March 8 in Langford Auditorium garchima Mon, 03/04/2024 - 09:55 RSS:

ADVANCE Center Launch Event: Friday, March 8, 2024:

Join the Department of Biomedical Informatics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center for the launch of its new "ADVANCE" Center, hosted by Co-Directors Peter Embi, MD, MS, and Bradley Malin, PhD, at Langford Auditorium. There will be presentations and panel discussions from 2:00 to 3:15 pm CT, followed by a networking reception from 3:15 pm to 4:30 pm CT. Questions? Email mia.garchitorena@vumc.org

RSVP HERE: https://redcap.vanderbilt.edu/surveys/?s=KWPJRK7Y4KDHNNLE

EVENT SCHEDULE

2:00 - 2:10 pm — INTRO by Peter Embi, MD, MS & Brad Malin, PhD

Panel #1: AI RESEARCH (2:13 - 2:28 pm — Moderated by Jeff Carr, MD)

Bennett Landman, PhD, Stevenson Chair, Professor and Department Chair of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering
Amir Asiaee, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics
Sharon Davis, PhD, Research Assistant Professor in DBMI

Panel #2: AI in CLINICAL PRACTICE (2:31 - 2:46 pm — Moderated by Michael Matheny, MD, MS, MPH)

Dara Mize, MD, MS, Chief Medical Information Officer at VUMC
Jeff Upperman, MD, Professor and Chair, Pediatric Surgery; Vice Chair, Pediatric Surgical Services
Dan Brown, MD, Interim Chair, Department of Radiology & Radiological Sciences

Panel #3: AI ETHICS & EQUITY (2:49 - 3:04 pm — Moderated by Laurie Novak, PhD, MHSA)

Ellen Clayton, MD, JD, Craig-Weaver Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Law, Center for Biomedical Ethics & Society
Martin Were, MD, MS, Vice Chair for DEI in DBMI, Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Medicine
Susannah Rose, MSSW, PhD, Core Faculty in Bioethics, Assistant Professor in DBMI & Health Policy

3:05 - 3:20 pm — FINAL REMARKS by Peter Embi & Brad Malin

3:20 - 4:30 pm — RECEPTION

Join via Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams link provided here.
Meeting ID: 245 520 863 752
Passcode: X6TWXH

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We're Hiring! Financial Analyst Opening—Apply Today!

garchima — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 15:41:40 +0000

We're Hiring! Financial Analyst Opening—Apply Today! garchima Mon, 03/04/2024 - 09:41 RSS:

FINANCIAL ANALYST OPENING

The Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) at VUMC is seeking a Financial Analyst to develop, analyze, and conduct financial analyses to assess the viability of financial plans and programs, financial statements, compensation analyses, financial packages and presentations on various projects, under occasional guidance. Experience level: 2 years. Education: Bachelor's degree.

If interested in joining our department, APPLY HERE!

Key Responsibilities

Develops projections to model the financial impact of programs and projects.
Designs, develops, and modifies financial forecasting models and simulations for programs. Accumulates and analyzes data from existing or established databases.
Analyzes, accumulates and reviews data for financial reports. Conducts technical research and prepares synopses on relevant topics.
Assembles data and compiles drafts, outlines and graphic materials for financial presentations. Coordinates efforts of work group.
Analyzes the effects of proposed federal and state statutes and regulatory actions which may impact long range financial planning.
Analyses future trends and indicators in related areas of interest. Reviews data to analyze trends affecting budget needs.

Questions? Email jennifer.martellotti@vumc.org.

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Ashley Spann Received Two Career Development Awards

garchima — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 20:54:38 +0000

Ashley Spann Received Two Career Development Awards garchima Tue, 02/27/2024 - 14:54 RSS:

Leigh MacMillan

Ashley Spann, MD, MSACI, assistant professor of Medicine and Biomedical Informatics, is the inaugural recipient of the Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program Hepatology Award from the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD).

The Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program, an initiative started more than 20 years ago by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, works to increase the representation of minority scholars in academic medicine. The AASLD Governing Board recently approved funding to provide an annual stipend and research support for four years to one hepatology scholar. AASLD is the leading organization of scientists and health care professionals committed to preventing and curing liver disease.

Spann also recently received a Robert A. Winn Diversity in Clinical Trials Career Development Award. She is one of 65 physicians in the program’s third cohort that aims to increase diversity in clinical trials by training and mentoring early-stage investigator physicians who are diverse or have demonstrated commitment to clinical trial diversity.

Brad Malin Elected IEEE Fellow

garchima — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 20:51:09 +0000

Brad Malin Elected IEEE Fellow garchima Tue, 02/27/2024 - 14:51 RSS:

Mia Garchitorena

Brad Malin, PhD, was recently elected a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for his contributions to data engineering, privacy and security in biomedicine.

“It is a wonderful feeling to be recognized by this community for my accomplishments in the field of computing,” said Malin, Accenture Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics and Computer Science, vice chair for Research Affairs in the Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) and founder and director of the Vanderbilt Health Data Science Center. “It motivates me to continue to work to integrate the fields of computation and biomedicine.”

DBMI Digest Feb 2024 Issue—Now Available!

garchima — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 18:32:30 +0000

DBMI Digest Feb 2024 Issue—Now Available! garchima Wed, 02/07/2024 - 12:32 RSS:

Mia Garchitorena

The Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) Department of Biomedical Informatics's (DBMI) monthly newsletter, DBMI Digest, is now available to view.

See the DBMI Digest February 2024 issue here: https://t.e2ma.net/message/dc0hjk/12cgjjq

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VUMC Establishes RAPID-LHS Center

garchima — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 15:44:17 +0000

VUMC Establishes RAPID-LHS Center garchima Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:44 RSS:

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been awarded a $5 million grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to establish a multidisciplinary center focused on training scientists and supporting research to minimize gaps between the generation of clinical evidence, implementation of proven interventions and development of informed public health policy.

The new Realizing Accelerated Progress, Investigation, Implementation, and Dissemination in Learning Health Systems (RAPID-LHS) Center at VUMC will be led by principal investigators Christianne Roumie, MD, MPH, Peter Embí, MD, MS, and Russell Rothman, MD, MPP. The Vanderbilt Institute for Medicine and Public Health, directed by Rothman, will provide additional center support.

Now Hiring: Research Analyst II for Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center (VCLIC)

garchima — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 15:42:03 +0000

Now Hiring: Research Analyst II for Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center (VCLIC) garchima Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:42 RSS:

Research Analyst II – Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center (VCLIC)

The Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center (VCLIC) leads clinical informatics research and practice at VUMC, with a focus on making electronic health records (EHRs) safer, smarter, and more effective by using cutting edge artificial intelligence approaches to learn from the vast amount of data collected in EHRs, among other methods.

We are seeking a research analyst to support for our research and operational initiatives. VCLIC coordinates clinical informatics activities across VUMC and is working to "pave the road" for clinical informatics researchers and practitioners, ensuring that faculty, students and staff throughout Vanderbilt find it easy to access data, test innovations, and evaluate results. VCLIC also offers lectures, trainings, competitions, and funding opportunities for Vanderbilt clinical informaticians.

APPLY HERE!

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DBMI Grand Rounds Spring 2024—Resumes January 24, 2024

garchima — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 19:35:24 +0000

DBMI Grand Rounds Spring 2024—Resumes January 24, 2024 garchima Tue, 01/02/2024 - 13:35 RSS:

The DBMI Grand Rounds for Spring 2024 will resume on January 24, 2024, and will take place every Wednesday from 12:00 to 1:00 pm. Please check the DBMI Events page to view the list of upcoming speakers for the spring semester.

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Vanderbilt’s Embí and team Awarded AIM-HI Grant to Improve Use & Monitoring of AI in Health Care

garchima — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 16:40:09 +0000

Vanderbilt’s Embí and team Awarded AIM-HI Grant to Improve Use & Monitoring of AI in Health Care garchima Fri, 12/22/2023 - 10:40 RSS:

Mia Garchitorena

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center were awarded funding from the Augmented Intelligence in Medicine and Healthcare Initiative (AIM-HI) Coordinating Center at Kaiser Permanente for their project “Advancing Novel Approaches and Best Practices for Effective AI-Enabled Diagnosis using Randomized Trials, Algorithmovigilance, and Proactive Risk Assessment.”

Vanderbilt is one of five health care organizations to receive the funding, supported by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, to pursue research projects deploying artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) algorithms to enhance diagnostic decision-making in health care. Awardees were each provided up to $750,000, effective in early 2024, for their projects.

Among the five grant recipients is a team led by Vanderbilt’s Peter Embí, MD, MS, primary principal investigator (PI). Co-PIs include DBMI’s Laurie Novak, PhD, MHSA, Megan Salwei PhD, MS, and Colin Walsh, MD, MA.

Center for Knowledge Management Launches Systematic Review Instructional Video Series

garchima — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 20:41:21 +0000

Center for Knowledge Management Launches Systematic Review Instructional Video Series garchima Mon, 11/27/2023 - 14:41 RSS:

Need to know more about how to conduct a systematic review? Need to refresh your knowledge about a particularly step in the systematic review process? The VUMC Center for Knowledge Management (CKM) is excited to announce the launch of an open access instructional video series available through the CKM Scholarly Publishing Information Hub (SPI-Hub^TM). The training covers all aspects of systematic reviews, including:

planning to conduct a systematic review
distinguishing among review types (e.g., scoping, umbrella, realist)
steps in the systematic review process
software management tools (e.g., Rayyan, ASReview, Covidence)
registering a systematic review protocol (e.g., PROSPERO, OSFRegisteries)
instruments for quality assessment (e.g., AMSTAR, ROBIS)

Find the self-paced educational modules and quizzes to check your understanding within SPI-Hub^TM. For more information, please contact the CKM.

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Faculty Position Openings for 2024—Apply Today!

garchima — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 16:44:45 +0000

Faculty Position Openings for 2024—Apply Today! garchima Fri, 11/10/2023 - 10:44 RSS:

FACULTY POSITION OPENINGS

The Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) at VUMC is seeking tenure-track and non-tenure track faculty candidates with expertise in the field of biomedical informatics. The Department is seeking and will consider candidates at all ranks.

If interested in joining our faculty and/or learning more about our department, APPLY HERE!

The successful candidate will have a track record or promise of impactful work across the broad domains within the field of Biomedical Informatics, especially in alignment with VUMC's missions of discovery, clinical service, education, and leadership. VUMC's core mission of personalizing the patient experience through its caring spirit and distinctive capabilities relies heavily on the work DBMI leads.

While we will consider candidates working across the range of biomedical informatics sub-domains, the Department is particularly interested in candidates who can advance its strategic areas, including:

Clinical informatics
Research informatics
Public and Population Health informatics
Translational Bioinformatics
Precision Medicine
AI and Data Science
Digital and Consumer Health
Informatics for Ethical and Equitable Health

Qualifications
The successful applicant should have the background and experience working in the field of biomedical informatics. Applicants must possess any of:

PhD in biomedical informatics, computational biology, health data science or a closely related field
Advanced clinical training (MD, PharmD, or other clinical degree) and training or certification in biomedical informatics
Candidates with other qualifications are welcome to inquire

Instructions
Applications for this position should submit a cover letter, CV, and the names and contact information of a minimum of three references. The cover letter should describe the applicant's relevant qualifications and experience, as well as brief statements of research and teaching interests.

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Vanderbilt & Duke Awarded Moore Foundation Grant to Improve Oversight of AI Tech in Health Care Systems

garchima — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 16:08:16 +0000

Vanderbilt & Duke Awarded Moore Foundation Grant to Improve Oversight of AI Tech in Health Care Systems garchima Thu, 11/09/2023 - 10:08 RSS:

Mia Garchitorena

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and Duke University School of Medicine have been awarded a $1.25 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation for the project “Measuring Artificial Intelligence (AI) Maturity in Healthcare Organizations.”

Working with the Coalition for Health AI (CHAI) and the University of Iowa, a team of experts will leverage the grant to develop a maturity model framework. The project leads are Peter Embí, MD, MS, and Laurie Novak, PhD, MHSA, from VUMC and Michael Pencina, PhD, and Nicoleta Economou, PhD, from Duke.

This framework will outline the essential capabilities that health systems must establish to ensure they are well prepared for the trustworthy utilization of AI models.

“The promise of AI for improving health and health care is great, but there is currently a wide gap between promise and reality,” said Embí, professor and chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics and Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation at VUMC.

“This work will produce new tools and capabilities that our health system needs to ensure that we select, deploy and monitor health AI to make health care more safe, effective, ethical and equitable for all,” he added.

“Our team at the Vanderbilt Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) has a long tradition of scholarship on technology and organizations, starting with Dr. Nancy Lorenzi, who paved the way for an informatics focus on workflow and management. We’re very excited to work with our partners at Duke, the University of Iowa, the Coalition for Health AI and the Moore Foundation to build an empirically supported maturity model for healthcare AI,” said Novak, associate professor in DBMI and director of Vanderbilt’s Center of Excellence in Applied AI.

DBMI Digest AMIA 2023 Edition—Now Available!

garchima — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 19:08:04 +0000

DBMI Digest AMIA 2023 Edition—Now Available! garchima Tue, 11/07/2023 - 13:08 RSS:

Just like most other years, Vanderbilt’s conference presence is robust this year! Check out this DBMI Digest to learn more about what to expect at AMIA 2023 and what exciting events are taking place at AMIA!

See the DBMI Digest AMIA 2023 here (and below): https://t.e2ma.net/message/1a74sj/12cgjjq
See a full list of DBMI AMIA presentations, posters and noteworthy events HERE:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qbxOEKF9hzuXUL4RsY0BVNaF8D5wOxytT_V3yFboniY/edit#gid=1581630302

This DBMI Digest AMIA 2023 Edition includes messages from DBMI Education’s Jessica Ancker & Kim Unertl; notifications about Allison McCoy & Ellen Clayton being inducted into the 2023 Class of ACMI Fellows, Trent Rosenbloom receiving a Leadership Award for his work with 25x5, Uday Suresh being selected as a finalist for the Student Paper Competition; and more!

For VETERANS DAY (Nov. 11), we shared a list of Veterans Day events taking place at VUMC as well as a profile of Derek Baughman, MSACI Fellow who joined in Fall 2023.

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Vanderbilt’s Ellen Clayton & Allison McCoy Elected Fellows of ACMI

garchima — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 20:59:06 +0000

Vanderbilt’s Ellen Clayton & Allison McCoy Elected Fellows of ACMI garchima Tue, 10/17/2023 - 15:59 RSS:

Mia Garchitorena

Vanderbilt’s Ellen Clayton, MD, JD, and Allison McCoy, PhD, have been elected to the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) class of 2023. The 23 new fellows will be inducted into the ACMI at the 2023 American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Annual Symposium, held in New Orleans.

NEW STUDY: "Differences in Health Professionals’ Engagement With Electronic Health Records Based on Inpatient Race and Ethnicity"

garchima — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 02:16:37 +0000

NEW STUDY: "Differences in Health Professionals’ Engagement With Electronic Health Records Based on Inpatient Race and Ethnicity" garchima Tue, 10/10/2023 - 21:16 RSS:

Paul Govern

At two large academic medical centers a review of electronic health record (EHR) user access logs found that EHRs of adult inpatients from minority racial and ethnic populations on average received lower engagement from health care teams than the records of white adult inpatients.

The finding, reported Oct. 9 in JAMA Network Open by researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, and Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, measures EHR engagement in terms of health care team interactions per hour with the EHR during the adult inpatient stay, reflecting user activities such as reviewing test results, updating clinical notes, and maintaining active medications.

“Our premise in undertaking this analysis is that EHR engagement, as reflected in access logs, is an overlooked but important measure of clinical effort and attention,” said the report’s lead author, Chao Yan, PhD, a research fellow in Biomedical Informatics at VUMC. “Our findings, as well as the analysis framework itself, provide an opportunity to detect potentially unknown disparities in health care.”

From VUMC, the report’s co-first author is PhD student Xinmeng Zhang and the senior authors are You Chen, PhD, assistant professor Biomedical Informatics, and Bradley Malin, PhD, Accenture professor of Biomedical Informatics. Others on the study from VUMC include Kaidi Kang, MS, Martin Were, MD, MS, Peter Embí, MD, MS, and Mayur Patel, MD, MPH. The study was supported by the National Institutes of Health (grants LM012854, HG012510, AG058639, GM120484).

Faculty Position Opening in DBMI—Apply Today!

garchima — Mon, 02 Oct 2023 18:45:11 +0000

Faculty Position Opening in DBMI—Apply Today! garchima Mon, 10/02/2023 - 13:45 RSS:

Faculty Position Opening—DBMI

Location:
Full-Time

Description:
The Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) at VUMC is seeking a tenure-track faculty member with expertise in AI and machine learning, clinical research informatics and data privacy with applications to biomedical research infrastructure.

Qualifications:

The successful applicant should have a computational background and experience working in the field of informatics. There will be opportunities to pursue independent funding and contribute to a new grant submissions, as well as contribute to projects that are managed by the various centers with strong ties to the department, Center for Health Data Science (HEADS), the Clinical Informatics Center (VCLIC), Center for Precision Health (CPM) and the Center for Improving the Public's Health Through Informatics (CIPHI).

Application Instructions:
Applicants for this position should submit a cover letter, CV, and the names and contact information of a minimum of three references. The cover letter should describe the applicant's relevant qualifications and experience, as well as brief statements of research and teaching interests.

If you have questions, please reach out to Brad Malin, PhD, Accenture Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Vice Chair for Research in DBMI, at b.malin@vumc.org.

Click here to apply!

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