Kimberley (Kim) Kondratieff – received MS in Statistics from San Jose State University (May 2016). Kim was a summer intern here Summer 2015 and mentored by Tom Lasko. Kim is a PhD student funded from the BIDS training grant.

Dr. Alvin Jeffery is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Nursing at Vanderbilt University. He completed his PhD (Nursing Science & Health Services Research) at Vanderbilt University’s School of Nursing in 2017 and a Medical Informatics Post-Doctoral Fellowship with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Vanderbilt University’s Department of Biomedical Informatics in 2019. Dr. Jeffery previously held an AHRQ/PCORI K12 focused on Learning Healthcare Systems and implementation science. He is currently funded by: (1) an NIH/NIDA Avenir DP1 to develop precision phenotypes for substance use disorders with the aim of accelerating genetics studies and (2) the Betty Irene Moore Fellowship for Nurse Leaders and Innovators focused on customizing electronic health record systems for a wide range of users and settings. He has a background in pediatric critical care nursing and as a staff educator at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. He holds board certifications in pediatric critical care nursing and as a Family Nurse Practitioner. He is a former Emerging Leader with the Alliance of Nursing Informatics.

Expertise: Dr. Jeffery focuses on the design, development, and evaluation of probability-based clinical decision support tools. He leverages machine learning and data science techniques for developing prediction models with an emphasis on predicting outcomes that are incompletely ascertainable. He also incorporates qualitative methods for exploring how to implement CDS tools within clinicians’ cognitive and physical workflows. In addition to his scientific talks, he has delivered numerous presentations on pediatric critical care topics as well as leadership and professional development skills. He has written 4 books and more than 35 journal publications. For examples of Dr. Jeffery’s research products or to hear him talk about some of his work, you can explore his personal website. To discover resources for learning more about data science, you can explore his nursing data science website.

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Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/nursealvin.bsky.social 
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Education & Training
MSCI, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (2020)
Fellowship, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (2016)
Research Fellowship, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (2012)
Residency, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (2015)
MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (2010)
MS in Biotechnology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (2007)
BA in German Literature, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (2005)

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Claude J. Pirtle, MD, MBA, MSACI, FACP, FAMIA, serves as the Interim Executive Director and Chief Digital and Informatics Officer of Heartland Whole Health Institute.

Prior to Heartland Whole Health Institute and Walmart Health, Dr. Pirtle served as the Vice President - Chief Medical Information Officer for West Tennessee Healthcare and Assistant Chief Medical Officer of Jackson Madison County General Hospital, a 792-bed tertiary hospital in Tennessee. In these roles, he co-led a complete enterprise ambulatory Epic conversion, implemented a system-wide telehealth and remote monitoring program, and led teams to redefine healthcare in a proactive and holistic approach. He also served as the Medical Director and Performance Improvement Committee Chair for the Connected Care of West Tennessee Accountable Care Organization (ACO). 

Dr. Pirtle earned his Bachelor of Science in biochemistry from Louisiana State University with a minor in both chemistry and psychology. He earned his medical doctorate at Louisiana State University Health and Science Center (LSUHSC) in New Orleans, LA and completed his internal medicine residency also at LSUHSC. Dr. Pirtle completed his clinical informatics fellowship and a Master of Science in Applied Clinical Informatics from Vanderbilt University. Dr. Pirtle is board certified in internal medicine and clinical informatics. He also serves on the Board of Directors of QSource and was the Lead Clinical Advisor to Tactuum. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association. 

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