McWilliams Bragging Points
Members of our McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics Community have recently achieved noteworthy accomplishments. We want to recognize and applaud their endeavors.
- Professor Xiaobo Zhou, PhD earned a Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) grant this month. The project goal is to establish an artificial intelligence liver cancer screening platform (AILC), an artificial intelligence imaging system for liver cancer screening, and early detection in liver cirrhosis patients.
- Two McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics students recently defended their doctoral work this month.
- Sheena Rogers defended her Translational Project on February 14 and will earn her Doctorate in Health Informatics (DHI).
- Yaobin Ling will earn his PhD in May after successfully passing his dissertation defense on February 24.
- DHI Student Fares Alahdab, MD recently co-authored a BMJ research article.
Etiquette Dinner 2025 – Registration is Open
Students are invited to register for the 2025 Etiquette Dinner to explore business dining etiquette. Enjoy a free meal while you learn more about multi-course dining concepts, utensil usage, ordering from various menus, ordering wine and host responsibilities.
Note that this is a school sponsored event and attendance is limited to McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics students, only. Registration is first come, first served and when the capacity is reached, registration will close.
Commencement Ceremony – Save the Date
We invite the entire McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics community to attend our annual Commencement Ceremony on Wednesday, May 14. This is not a joint ceremony with other UTHealth Houston schools — only graduates from McWilliams will be honored during this event.
The ceremony will be held at NRG Arena at 2:00 PM and a live stream option will be offered for those unable to attend in-person. Our Commencement Speaker will be Peter Embí, MD, MS. Dr. Embí is a professor and chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics, Professor of Medicine, and senior vice president for Research and Innovation at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Visit https://sbmi.uth.edu/graduation/ for more information on the school’s annual ceremony.
McWilliams STAR Award Recipients for 2024
Each year, UTHealth Houston celebrates employee leadership and longevity with the STAR Awards. The university recognizes individuals celebrating five, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, or 55 years of service at UTHealth Houston. The STAR Awards acknowledge the leadership and longevity of employees by recognizing their milestone years of service at the university.
Congratulations to the 24 STAR Award recipients from McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics.
| Five Years | Ten Years | Fifteen Years |
|---|---|---|
| Camilla Addison
Xian Chen Audrey Sarah Cohen Licong Cui, PhD Simone Lee Joannou Darren Keesee Ardalan Naseri Meredith Margaret O'Neal Jasmine Payton Ankita Podichetty Daphne Sigaran Gustavo Villarreal |
Alejandro Araya
Rigoberto Delgado, PhD Tambra Ellison Chelsea Overstreet Emin Saglamer |
Christy Garza
Amy Franklin, PhD Miranda Hedrick Sahiti Myneni, PhD Zhongming Zhao, PhD |
| Twenty Years | Twenty-Five Years | |
| Leticia Flores | Ryan Bien |
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GET PHIT Internship Application for Summer 2025
We encourage all McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics students to apply for a Summer 2025 GET PHIT Internship. These paid internships not only meet the school’s practicum requirement (if you are eligible a practicum) but they are a great way to get public health informatics career experience.
Visit the GET PHIT website for more information. April 1 is the application deadline.
AMIA 2025 Symposium – Call for Submissions
The AMIA 2025 Annual Symposium will take place in Atlanta, GA on November 15-19. You are invited to contribute your best work for presentation at the Annual Symposium.
AMIA is accepting submissions of the following types:
| Paper Poster Systems Demonstration |
Student Paper Panel Tutorials (formerly known as Didactic Workshops) |
Podium Abstract Informatics Debate Collaborative Workshop |
McWilliams in the News
- Professor James Langabeer, PhD, recently talked to Success about how to cope after a natural disaster.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Upcoming Events
Important Dates
| Mar. 5 | Student Research Seminar presentation by Bingyu Mao and Sheikh Muhammad Saiful Islam 12 PM CT online and at 7000 Fannin Street, 6th floor (UCT E-612 & E-614) |
| Mar. 18 | Student Research Seminar presentation by Ye-Lin Son 12 PM CT online and at 7000 Fannin Street, 6th floor (UCT E-612 & E-614) |
| Mar. 19 | Research Seminar presentations by Alan Pan 12 PM CT online and at 7000 Fannin Street, 6th floor (UCT E-612 & E-614) |
| Mar. 25 | Student Research Seminar presentations by Xiaotian Ma 12 PM CT online and at 7000 Fannin Street, 6th floor (UCT E-612 & E-614) |
| Mar. 26 | Research Seminar presentations by Anil Korkut, PhD 12 PM CT online and at 7000 Fannin Street, 6th floor (UCT E-612 & E-614) |
| Mar. 10-14 | Spring Break – no classes will be held |
| Mar. 21 | Last day to apply for spring 2025 graduation in myUTH (must be currently enrolled) |
| Mar. 26 | Etiquette Dinner – Limited space and registration is required. |
| Mar. 28 | Last day to drop with a withdrawal grade of “W” with the appropriate form (pdf) (Docusign) |
| Mar. 26 | DHI/PhD - Last day to defend translational project/dissertation. Drafts must be sent to the Advising Committee for review 10 business days before the defense date. |
Visit our website for a full list of research seminar dates and access to recordings for past seminars.
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Phone: 713.500.3591
Email: [email protected]
