Volume 9, Issue 2
October 24, 2018

Cui Tao, PhD Named to the American College of Medical Informatics

Help us congratulate Professor Cui Tao, PhD. She was elected to be a Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI).

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SBMI Bragging Points

Members of the SBMI Community have recently achieved noteworthy accomplishments. We want to acknowledge and congratulate them.

• Associate Professor Xiaoqian Jiang, PhD and Associate Professor W. Jim Zheng, PhD, recently contributed $2 million to upgrade computing for data science and medical AI for SBMI.
• Associate Professor W. Jim Zheng, PhD authored a new article that JAMA recently published. The article is titled "Informatics, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence."
• SBMI Student Angela Villanueva and Alumnus Alexander Zarutskie co-authored and presented a poster earlier this month. They placed third in the Roy M. Huffington Distinguished Lecture poster session category of Clinical Research.
• Dean Sittig, PhD, professor, co-authored an article that BMJ Quality & Safety recently published.

The John P. Glaser Health Informatics Society Innovator Award Ceremony on Oct. 29

On Oct. 29, the John P. Glaser Health Informatics Society will award, H. Stephen Lieber with the 2018 John P. Glaser Health Informatics Innovator Award.

The John P. Glaser Health Informatics Society was established in 2016 by SBMI in recognition of the expertise and leadership of Cerner’s SVP of Population Health, John Glaser, PhD, who is a universally recognized thought leader in the field of health informatics. The Society was created to recognize innovators in the field of health informatics and provide education, collaboration and networking opportunities for the broader community of health informatics professionals, clinicians and students.

This year’s recipient is H. Stephen Lieber, veteran health care management executive and consultant. Lieber also served as President and CEO of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).

For more information, call Judy E. Young at 713-500-3901 or contact her via e-mail at: judy.e.young@uth.tmc.edu.

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Glaser Society event details.

NCHS/AcademyHealth Health Policy Scholars Program

We encourage SBMI students to explore the NCHS/AcademyHealth Health Policy Scholars Program. Participants have the opportunity to address important issues in health policy by conducting studies and research at your institution, using restricted data from National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) data systems and programs.

During this 12-month program, participants will:

• Gain access to restricted data file(s) (free-of-charge) through the NCHS Research Data Center (RDC), and potentially other Federal Statistical Research Data Centers (FSRDC).
• Collaborate with and learn from seasoned NCHS staff with technical expertise related to your research.
• Acquire firsthand experience conducting studies to address important issues in health policy.
• Continue your professional development by presenting your research and attending the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, the premier event in Health Services Research.

Learn more about the program, requirements, and application instructions. January 1, 2019 is the application deadline.

Several SBMI faculty and staff members will be traveling in the coming months to attend conferences to promote our degree programs. We invite any prospective students or alumni in the area to visit us during these events.

• UT System's Texas Health Journal recently interviewed two different SBMI community members. Associate Dean for Applied Informatics Robert Murphy, MD discussed The University of Texas Health Intelligence Platform and Alumnus Muhammad Walji, PhD, talked about a data depository for dental schools.

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