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DBMI Digest October 2021 Issue — Now Available!

The Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) Department of Biomedical Informatics's (DBMI) monthly newsletter, DBMI Digest, is now available to view. Read the October 2021 issue here.  Each DBMI Digest features department & faculty announcements, awards & appointments, educational & HR updates, funding opportunities and more. Each issue also includes a profile of one of our faculty, staff, postdocs and students. 

JAMIA: AI Predicts Next-day Delirium or Coma in ICU Patients

Critical care patients are prone to shift intermittently into delirium or coma without warning. A team at Vanderbilt University Medical Center used machine learning to predict the likelihood of next-day brain function status changes in these patients. The team’s report appears in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.

Adam Wright Receiving Donald AB Lindberg Award for Innovation in Informatics

Adam Wright, PhD, FACMI, FAMIA, FIAHSI, Director of the Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center (VCLIC) and Professor of Biomedical Informatics, will receive the Donald A.B. Lindberg Award for Innovation in Informatics, given annually to an individual for contributions that advance biomedical informatics on the national or international level. He will be honored at the 2021 American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Annual Symposium on October 30, 2021.

Randolph Miller Receiving 2021 Morris F. Collen Award of Excellence at 2021 AMIA Symposium

The American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) will present the 2021 Morris F. Collen Award of Excellence to Randolph A. Miller, MD, FACMI, Emeritus Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University, during the opening session of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) 2021 Annual Symposium. AMIA’s Annual Symposium is October 30 – November 3 in San Diego.

DBMI Looking for Postdocs!

The Department of Biomedical Informatics at Vanderbilt University is accepting applications from postdoctoral trainees interested in the field of biomedical informatics and data science. 

DBMI Digest September 2021 Issue — Now Available!

The Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) Department of Biomedical Informatics's (DBMI) monthly newsletter, DBMI Digest, is now available to view. Read the September 2021 issue here.  Each DBMI Digest features department & faculty announcements, awards & appointments, educational & HR updates, funding opportunities and more. Each issue also includes a profile of one of our faculty, staff, postdocs and students. 

Jessica Ancker Speaking at 2021 Health Communication Forum - Sept. 20

The Vanderbilt Center for Effective Health Communication is hosting a 2021 Health Communication Research Forum on Monday, September 20, 2021 from 3:30 to 5:00 pm CT. The focus of the forum is to discuss new communication research funded by the Center and present an opportunity to network with other health communication researchers at VU/VUMC.