Heath Davis, MS, ITIL, FAMIA

Heath DavisCurrent Positions

  • Co-Lead, CCOM & ICTS BMI IT
  • Associate Director, Biomedical Informatics
  • Co- Director, Iowa Health Data Resource

Education

  • MS, Informatics; MLIS, University of Iowa
  • Fellow, American Medical Informatics Association (FAMIA)

Center, Program and Institute Affiliations

  • Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (ICTS)
  • Iowa Health Data Resource (IHDR)

Introduction

Heath Davis, MS, ITIL, FAMIA, is a trusted Information Technology leader who communicates and coordinates enterprise information technology services across campus to advance the research mission of the University.  They lead the Biomedical Informatics Core, ensuring efficient service delivery and ongoing enhancement of informatics services.  The ecosystem of informatics research services includes:

  • the Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) data platform, which includes the building of a REDCap External Module and a Twilio Integration
  • Mobilizing the Participant Voice using MyCap
  • TrinetX, a self-service tool for querying data from the electronic health record
  • an Enterprise Data Warehouse for Research (EDW4R)
  • a robust Clinical Research Data Request Service
  • leveraging Electronic Health Record (EHR) tools for research, such as the Epic Research Module, Research Adverse Events, Build it yourself (BIY) research order set toolkit, Research Best Practice Advisories (BPAs), SlicerDicer, Reporting Workbench, and MyChart for participant engagement recruitment
  • UI BioShare, a unified bio-specimen repository for research
  • EMERSE, a medical record search engine that is a tool for discovering unstructured data, and
  • the Iowa Health Data Resource (IHDR) Data Enclave, a secure data enclave to support machine learning, AI, and big data initiatives using data from the electronic health record

Heath shares innovative ideas, designs, and orchestrates, executes a variety of cutting-edge informatics solutions for numerous institutional and externally sponsored research initiatives, serving both as an advisor and a co-investigator.  Heath is also the Assistant Director for the Iowa Health Data Resource (IHDR), a three-year strategic project to improve access to real-world health data, boost interdisciplinary collaboration, and improve literacy about health data. The project’s goals include improving the understanding and availability of health data on campus, building transformative data sets for health science research, and establishing a data enclave to enable big data and AI approaches to health and biomedical science. 

Selected Publications

  1. Heath A Davis, MS, MLIS, FAMIA, Donna A Santillan, PhD, Chris E Ortman, BS, Asher A Hoberg, BS, Joseph P Hetrick, BS, Charles W McBrearty, BS, Erliang Zeng, MS, PhD, Mary S Vaughan Sarrazin, PhD, Karen Dunn Lopez, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, Cole G Chapman, PhD, Ryan M Carnahan, MS, PharmD, Jacob J Michaelson, MS, PhD, Boyd M Knosp, MS: The Iowa Health Data Resource (IHDR): an innovative framework for transforming the clinical health data ecosystem FAMIA Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, Volume 31, Issue 3, March 2024, Pages 720–726, Published: 15 December 2023 https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocad236 
  2. Mark K. Santillan, Heath Davis, Mark Crooks, Patrick Flanagan, Chris Ortman, Kara Boeldt, Stephen K. Hunter, Sarina Martini, Boyd M. Knosp, Donna A. Santillan:  Development and Utility of a Novel Intergenerational Health Knowledgebase, First published: 13 May 2022,  https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.2022.36.S1.R5732
  3. Mark K. Santillan, Madeline E. Holm, Alexandra E. Karras, Daniel Zagoren, Sydney H. Pearl, Madeline R. Hodgson, Maria Werner-Anderson, Monica C. Myers, Lara I. Baker, Grace E. Drinane, Isabella Nibaur, Elizabeth M. Boldt, Ajla Rahmonovic, Hanaka van Herik, Stephanie Gilbertson-White, Amy N. Sanborn, Joseph C. Spring, Heath Davis, Debra Brandt, Donna A. Santillan:  Difference in Blood Pressure Measurements in Pregnant Women when using the Gold Standard Method versus Clinical Measurements, First published: 13 May 2022, https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.2022.36.S1.R5861
  4. Darrin A. Thompson, David M. Cwiertny, Heath A. Davis, Amina Grantc, Danielle Land, Samuel J. Landsteiner, Drew E. Latta, Stephen K. Hunter, Michael P. Jones, Hans Joachim Lehmler, Mark K. Santillan, Donna A. Santillan:  Sodium concentrations in municipal drinking water are associated with an increased risk of preeclampsia, Available at https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4097355 
  5. Donna A. Santillan, Debra S. Brandt, Rachel Sinkey, Sheila Scheib, Susan Peterson, Rachel LeDuke, Lisa Dimperio, Cindy Cherek, Angela Varsho, Melissa Granza, Kim Logan, Stephen K. Hunter, Boyd M. Knosp, Heath A. Davis, Joseph C. Spring, Debra Piehl, Rani Makkapati, Thomas Doering, Stacy Harris, Lyndsey Day, Milton Eder, Patricia Winokur, Mark K. Santillan:  Barriers and solutions to developing and maintaining research networks during a pandemic: An example from the iELEVATE perinatal network, Available at Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. 2022;6(1):e56. doi:10.1017/cts.2022.5
  6. Mark K. Santillan, Debra Brandt, April Prunty, Daniel Zagoren, Madeline E. Holm, Molly Brennan, Jesse Weiss, Maria Werner-Anderson, Michaela Wiltgen, Shannon James, Monica Myers, Stephanie Gilbertson-White, Amy N. Sanborn, Joseph Spring, Heath Davis, Donna Santillan: 645 Effects of position on blood pressure measurement in pregnancy, First published: 29 January 2021, Available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2020.12.669
  7. Debra S Brandt, April B Prunty, Daniel M Zagoren, Madeline E Holm, Molly S Brennan, Maria Werner-Anderson, Jesse M Weiss, Michaela R Wiltgen, Shannon M James, Stephanie H Gilbertson-White, Monica C Myers, Amy N Sanborn, Sabrina M Scroggins, Joseph C Spring, Heath A Davis, Mark K Santillan, Donna A Santillan:  Position Effects Blood Pressure Measurement During Pregnancy, First published 11 August 2020, Available at https://doi.org/10.1161/hyp.76.suppl_1.P186 
  8. Wiltgen, M. & Santillan, D. A. & Thomas, K. & Fitzsimmons, A. & Krotz, L. & Davis, H. & Jacobus, L. & Santillan, M. K. & Brandt, D. S., (2018) “Identifying risk factors for preeclampsia in subsequent pregnancies in women with a history of preeclampsia”, Proceedings in Obstetrics and Gynecology 8(3), 1–2. doi: https://doi.org/10.17077/2154-4751.1430
  9. Weiss, J. & Santillan, D. A. & Thomas, K. & Davis, H. & Santillan, M. K. & Brandt, D. S., (2018) “Introducing e-consents in a clinical setting”, Proceedings in Obstetrics and Gynecology 8(3), 1–2. doi: https://doi.org/10.17077/2154-4751.1435
  10. Donna Ann Santillan, Heath A. Davis, Laura Schomberg Jacobus, Wendy Sue Hamilton, James Charles Schappet, Sabrina Marie Scroggins, Eric Jeffrey Devor, Debra Sue Brandt, Kellie Marie Thomas, Kimberly Kay Leslie, Mark Kharim Santillan:  Building Bridges for Collaboration: the University of Iowa Women's Health Tissue Repository: First published: 03 October 2018, https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.31.1_supplement.lb513
  11. Kirsten Hanrahan DNP, ARNP, CPNP-PC, Charmaine Kleiber PhD, RN, FAAN, Ben J. Miller MA, Heath Davis MS, ITIL, PMP , Ann Marie McCarthy PhD, RN, FNASN, FAAN:  The Distraction in Action Tool©: Feasibility and Usability in Clinical Settings, First published 2 July 2018, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2017.11.002
  12. Sabrina M. Scroggins; Donna A. Santillan; Jenna M. Lund; Jeremy A. Sandgren; Lindsay K. Krotz; Wendy S. Hamilton; Eric J. Devor; Heath A. Davis; Gary L. Pierce; Katherine N. Gibson-Corley; Curt D. Sigmund; Justin L. Grobe; Mark K. Santillan: Elevated vasopressin in pregnant mice induces T-helper subset alterations consistent with human preeclampsia, First published 14 Februatry 2018, https://doi.org/10.1042/CS20171059
  13. Sarah Jane Schwarzenberg, MD, Melena Bellin, MD, Sohail Z. Husain, MD, Monika Ahuja, MCA, Bradley Barth, MD, Heath Davis, MD, Peter R. Durie, MD, Douglas S. Fishman, MD, Steven D. Freedman, MD, Cheryl E. Gariepy, MD, Matthew J. Giefer, MD, Tanja Gonska, MD, Melvin B. Heyman, MD, MPH, Ryan Himes, MD, Soma Kumar, MD, Veronique D. Morinville, MD, Mark E. Lowe, MD, PhD, Neil E. Nuehring, BS, Chee Y. Ooi, MD, John F. Pohl, MD, David Troendle, MD, Steven L. Werlin, MD, Michael Wilschanski, MD, Elizabeth Yen, MD, Aliye Uc, MD: Pediatric Chronic Pancreatitis Is Associated with Genetic Risk Factors and Substantial Disease Burden, First published April 2015, https://www.jpeds.com/issue/S0022-3476(14)X0006-5
  14. Leslie Wilson, Jie Ting, Melvin B. Heyman, Elizabeth H. Yen, Danielle Usatin, Monika Ahuja, Heath Davis, Aliye Uc:  Tu1284 Economic Burden of Pediatric Pancreatitis: Hospital Costs, First published 2 May 2014, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0016-5085(14)62902-4
  15. Veronique D Morinville, Mark E Lowe, Monika Ahuja, Bradley Barth, Melena D Bellin, Heath Davis, Peter R Durie, Brian Finley, Douglas S Fishman, Steven D Freedman, Cheryl E Gariepy, Matthew J Giefer, Tanja Gonska, Melvin B Heyman, Ryan Himes, Sohail Husain, Soma Kumar, Chee Y Ooi, John F Pohl, Sarah Jane Schwarzenberg, David Troendle, Steven L Werlin, Michael Wilschanski, Elizabeth Yen, Aliye Uc: Design and implementation of INSPPIRE, First published 5 September 2014, DOI https://doi.org/10.1097/mpg.0000000000000417
  16. David Troendle, Bradley a. Barth, Matthew J. Giefer, Aliye UC, Monika Ahuja, Heath Davis, Douglas S. Fishman:  Su1755 Use of ERCP in Pediatric Patients With Acute Recurrent and Chronic Pancreatitis: a Report From the Insppire (International Study Group of Pediatric Pancreatitis: in Search for a Cure) Consortium, First published May 2014, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 79, Issue 5, AB392 - AB393
  17. Ryan L. Boudreau, Ryan M. Spengler, Ray H. Hylock, Brandyn J. Kusenda, Heath A. Davis, David A. Eichmann, Beverly L. Davidson:  siSPOTR: a tool for designing highly specific and potent siRNAs for human and mouse, First published 30 August 2012, https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gks797

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