• Healthcare Machine Learning Challenge

In partnership with Providence St. Joseph Health and the Association for Health Learning and Inference (AHLI), Nightingale OS is excited to announce their first data challenge. They invite researchers from around the world to compete and collaborate on Nightingale’s 70,000+ digital pathology dataset to predict new signals of breast cancer. Nov. 14, 2022 is the deadline to apply. Click here for more information.

• NCHS/AcademyHealth Data Visualization Challenge

Apply today for an exciting opportunity to illustrate and communicate critical public health issues using public use file data from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and non-NCHS public use data. As part of the NCHS/AcademyHealth Data Visualization Challenge, competing graduate students will create interactive or static data visualizations that address social determinants of health and discuss new information provided by the graphic.

The top two teams (individuals or teams of up to 3 people plus a mentor) can choose to either receive complimentary registration to attend the 2023 Health Datapalooza, or an equivalent monetary award. Earn greater visibility as a researcher in the fields of public health and data science and submit your application before the Nov. 14th deadline.

Professor Todd Johnson, PhD will serve as an advisor for any students interested in participating. You can contact him for information or learn more at https://academyhealth.org/NCHSData.

• HIMSS Emerging Healthcare Leaders Poster Proposals

HIMSS is currently accepting proposals to present Emerging Healthcare Leaders Posters during HIMSS23 in Chicago, IL. You are encouraged to apply if you have conducted research on an innovative idea, trailblazing technology, or disruptive development to advance the use of health information and technology. Please contact EmergingLeaders@himss.org with any questions. Proposals will be accepted through Nov. 14, so apply today.

• JAMIA Student Editorial Board (SEB)

JAMIA is seeking applications from biomedical informatics trainees for positions on the Student Editorial Board (SEB). Applicants must be current members of AMIA. The JAMIA SEB has provided outstanding informatics trainees with opportunities to receive in-depth exposure to the peer-review process and the operation of a scientific journal. Additional details about this program may be found in a published editorial in JAMIA or you can contact Associate Professor Kirk Roberts, PhD (Kirk.Roberts@uth.tmc.edu). Application deadline is Nov. 29, 2022.

• Professor Lex Frieden, MA, was quoted in a MedPage Today story about how doctors with disabilities are mistreated more often by patients.
• Professor Jim Langabeer, PhD was interviewed by FOX 26 News last month. He discussed the fentanyl crisis in Houston and how UTHealth Houston’s HEROES program helps those struggling with opioid addiction.
• Last month, Dr. Langabeer was interviewed by the Houston Chronicle to explore large-scale issues within America’s health care system.
• Dr. Langabeer also spoke to Houston Chronicle this month about Optum’s recent purchase of Kelsey-Seybold, and about the large impact of The University of Texas at Austin’s NARCAN program amid the nationwide opioid crisis.