Program in Biomedical and Health Informatics

During the past four years, the Carver College of Medicine (CCOM) and Office of Strategic Investments has sponsored training programs for developing informatics skills among early career faculty, residents, fellows, and selected staff, through coursework known as the AMIA 10x10 program. 

The CCOM aims to build an Informatics community to develop a cadre of faculty, residents, fellows, and staff practicing at University of Iowa Health Care (UIHC) with Informatics skills to improve their clinical practice and advance scientific scholarship in this field.

The AMIA 10x10 Course

The course provides a detailed overview of biomedical and health informatics to those who will work at the interface of healthcare and information technology (IT). It also provides a broad understanding of the field from the vantage point of those who implement, lead, and develop IT solutions for improving health, healthcare, public health, and biomedical research. 

An overview of the AMIA 10x10 program, course descriptions, FAQs, and a brief video with William Hersh, MD is available here.  Dr. Hersh was principal in creating the program with the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) in 2005, with the aim to educate 10,000 health care professionals and others in biomedical informatics by 2010 ("ten by ten").

Interested in completing this coursework?

The CCOM Office of Research is funding a limited number of faculty, residents, and fellows to complete this coursework.  An application form is available online.  In addition to completing the online coursework, participants are expected to write and present a final paper which may be considered for publication or presentation. 

The CCOM Biomedical and Health Informatics Community

We have established a community of CCOM Informaticists who are applying these skills in their work at UIHC and collaborative research on campus.  You are invited to join us with presentations, journal clubs, and other activities. Previous meeting information and links to recorded presentations can be found here.

Next Meeting: October 10, 2024 | 12:00-1:00 pm | via Zoom | CME, CNE Credit Available Request the zoom link. 

Symptom-BERT:  Enhancing Cancer Symptom Detection in EHR Clinical Notes

Nahid Zeinali, PhD Candidate

 

  Nahid Zeinali, PhD Candidate
  Graduate Fellow, Computer Science and Informatics 
  Graduate College, University of Iowa

Nahid is a fourth-year PhD candidate in Health Informatics, advised by Professor Stephanie Gilbertson-White at the University of Iowa.

She is familiar with preprocessing and organizing big data, utilizing her advanced understanding of machine learning techniques, natural language processing (NLP), large language models (LLMs), and Generative AI to develop prediction models in recommender systems. She has a significant background in software and computer engineering, particularly in developing software and mobile applications for healthcare applications.

Nahid has been featured in an Elsevier journal for her work related to AI and Medicine. We are excited for her to share her work, Symptom-BERT:  Enhancing Cancer Symptom Detection in EHR Clinical Notes.

Please visit the link for more information:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2024.05.015

If you are interested to present at future meetings in 2024, please contact Lindsey Knake. We currently have opportunities open for presentations on December 12, 2024, March 13, 2025, April 10, 2025, and June 12, 2025.

Program Director

Dr. Lindsey Knake, MD, MS

 

Dr. Lindsey Knake, MD, MS
Director, Biomedical & Health Informatics Development
lindsey-knake@uiowa.edu 
(319) 353-6368

 

Clinical Informatics Journal Club

The Clinical Informatics Journal Club, hosted by Dr. Lindsey Knake, meets the 3rd Tuesday of every other month from 3 - 4 pm via Zoom or in person in 7830-C JPP.  To receive a Zoom link, please contact Marian Carson.

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