Biomedical Informatics and Health Equity (BIHE) Monthly Seminar
One of the great challenges in providing health care for all is health equity. Our health systems, payment models and health care access are built upon historical inequalities that led to disparities in access, diagnosis, treatment and outcomes. The field of biomedical and health informatics works to improve the collection, use and research into biomedical data. With the current nationwide deployment of Health IT, the ability to analyze data, and predict and improve disease outcomes has grown exponentially. However, far too many commercial and government policies, and research approaches perpetuate our current structural health inequities into the algorithms for AI/ML-approaches in digital health. The Biomedical Informatics and Health Equity Monthly Seminar Series will highlight the multi-faceted nature of these challenges and bring faculty, staff and trainees together to learn about current research and spark new collaborations to address health disparities.
Sponsored by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, College of Medicine, and College of Applied Health Sciences.
BIHE Speakers Heading link
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2023-2024
Date Time Presenter(s) Title Registration Wednesday, 9/20/23 12:00pm - 1:00pm Lewis Hsu, PhD
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Director of the Sickle Cell ProgramImplementing registries in sickle cell disease – stories behind the data -- Wednesday, 10/18/23 12:00pm - 1:00pm Mohan Zalake, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Biomedical and Health Information SciencesVirtual Humans, Real Impact: How Digital Agents Can Advance Health Equity -- Wednesday, 11/8/23 12:00pm - 1:00pm Neeraj Chhabra, MD, MSCR
Visiting Assistant Professor
Emergency Medicine & Medical ToxicologyUsing Emergency Department Electronic Health Record Data to address the Opioid Epidemic -- Wednesday, 12/13/23 12:00pm - 1:00pm Ashley M. Hughes, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical and Health Information Sciences
Joshua Hamer, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Baylor College of Medicine
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Diversity in Primary Care Teams and Implications for Patient Outcomes -- Wednesday, 1/24/24 12:00pm - 1:00pm Anuj Tiwari, PhD
Senior Research Associate
Research Assistant Professor
Discovery Partners InstituteMapping Vulnerability in Pandemic Response: Optimizing Wastewater Epidemiology with Geospatial Intelligence -- Wednesday, 3/20/24 - Cancelled 12:00pm - 1:00pm Melvin Speisman, MD FACP
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Academic Internal Medicine
Using Artificial Intelligence to improve the Care of Patients with Congestive Heart Failure -- Wednesday, 4/24/24 12:00pm - 1:00pm Donghua Tao, PhD
Professor and Associate Dean
Associate University Librarian for the Health SciencesIf ChatGPT can answer medical questions -- Wednesday, 5/22/24 12:00pm - 1:00pm Runa Bhaumik, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
PsychiatryExploring Bias Mitigation Strategies in Health Recommender Systems Utilizing Language Models: An Inquiry for Healthcare Professionals RSVP Wednesday, 6/5/24 12:00pm - 1:00pm Ameen Salahudeen, PhD
Assistant Professor
Hematology/Oncology
Medicine
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2022-2023
Date Time Presenter(s) Title Registration Wednesday, 9/21/22 12:00pm - 1:00pm Garth Rauscher
Associate Professor of EpidemiologyCreation of a research database and infrastructure to understand drivers of care quality and outcomes among breast cancer patients at UIC -- Wednesday, 10/19/22 12:00pm - 1:00pm Lu Cheng
Assistant Professor of Computer ScienceSequential Bias Mitigation and the Need for Causal Fairness -- Wednesday, 11/16/22 12:00pm - 1:00pm Vincent Freeman
Associate Professor of EpidemiologySpatial Access to Primary Care and Colorectal Cancer Survival Outcomes in Cook County, IL -- Wednesday, 12/14/22 12:00pm - 1:00pm Spyros Kitsiou
Associate Professor of Biomedical and Health Information SciencesDevelopment and testing of a multi-component mobile health technology intervention to improve self-care adherence in patients with chronic heart failure -- Wednesday, 1/18/23 12:00pm - 1:00pm Niranjan Karnik
Professor
Department of Psychiatry - CSUsing Data Science and Machine Learning to Address Substance Use in the Hospital Setting -- Wednesday, 3/15/23 12:00pm - 1:00pm Sage Kim
Associate Professor
Health Policy and AdministrationHow Social Becomes Biological: Context Specific Lung Cancer Risk -- Wednesday, 5/17/23 12:00pm - 1:00pm Jacob Krive
Assistant Professor
Biomedical and Health Information Sciences
Clinical analytics and AI in support of equitable access to cardiovascular care for oncology patients RSVP -
2021-2022
Date Time Presenter(s) Title Registration Wednesday, 11/10/21 12:00pm - 1:00pm Beatriz Penalver Bernabe
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
A Whole Person Approach to Study Perinatal Depression in Women of Color -- Wednesday, 2/23/22 12:00pm - 1:00pm Shweta Yadav
Bridge to the Faculty (B2F) Fellow
Department of Computer ScienceExploring Social Media to Understand Mental Health -- Wednesday, 3/16/22 12:00pm - 1:00pm Bhrandon Harris
Assistant Professor
Department of Family and Community MedicineIntentionality in the Application of Health Data -- Wednesday, 4/20/22 12:00pm - 1:00pm Olusolu Ajilore
University of Illinois Center for Depression and Resilience (UI CDR) Professor of PsychiatryLow Cost, High Tech, All Access: Lowering Barriers to Care with Digital Mental Health -- Wednesday, 5/4/22 12:00pm - 1:00pm Jun Ma
Professor
Department of MedicinePrecision Health through Translational Behavioral Medicine Research -- Wednesday, 6/15/22 12:00pm - 1:00pm Emily Gregori
Assistant Professor
Department of Special Education
Advances in Behavioral Health Interventions for Adolescents and Adults with Autism: Applications of a Family-Centered Telehealth Program -- Wednesday, 6/29/22 12:00pm - 1:00pm Amit Sethi
Adjunct Professor
Department of PathologyTowards Precision Oncology using Machine Learning on Digital Pathology --
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