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How CU Data Scientists Are Debunking COVID-19 Misinformation

Researchers in the Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) at the University of Colorado School of Medicine spearheaded an innovative method to synthesize and compile accurate information about COVID-19 since the onset of the global pandemic in 2020.


Author Toni Lapp | Publish Date January 12, 2023
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Research    COVID-19    Faculty    Public Health

How a COVID-19 Mortality Prediction Model Created by CU Data Scientists Could Provide Insights for the Next Pandemic

Overflowing intensive care units. A shortage of personal protective equipment. A scramble for hospital beds and ventilators. Health care workers pushed to the brink. The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare many well-documented vulnerabilities of health care systems. The need for accurate and early clinical assessment of severity related to COVID-19 was vital to developing crisis standards of care to meet the growing pandemic. These standards of care are informed by mortality prediction models, which assess the risk of imminent death in patients.


Author Toni Lapp | Publish Date September 22, 2022
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Department of Biomedical Informatics In the News

Nature

Gene expression in African Americans, Puerto Ricans and Mexican Americans reveals ancestry-specific patterns of genetic architecture

news outletNature
Publish DateMay 26, 2023

CU Department of Biomedical Informatics researchers helped explore ancestry-related differences in the genetic architecture of whole-blood gene expression using whole-genome and RNA sequencing data from 2,733 African Americans, Puerto Ricans and Mexican Americans.

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PLOS ONE

Phenopacket-tools: Building and validating GA4GH Phenopackets

news outletPLOS ONE
Publish DateMay 25, 2023

The Phenopacket Schema developed by DBMI researchers is flexible and can represent clinical data for any kind of human disease including rare disease, complex disease, and cancer. It also allows consortia or databases to apply additional constraints to ensure uniform data collection for specific goals.

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HealthTech

30 Healthcare IT Influencers Worth a Follow in 2023

news outletHealthTech
Publish DateMay 25, 2023

CT Lin, MD, a secondary professor in the Department of Biomedical Informatics, is among influencers and health IT leaders paving the way toward health equity and transforming healthcare’s approach to data.

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JAMA Network

Perspectives of Patients About Immediate Access to Test Results Through an Online Patient Portal

news outletJAMA Network
Publish DateMay 03, 2023

CT Lin, a secondary faculty member for the Department of Biomedical Informatics at the CU School of Medicine, looks at the 21st Century Cures Act Final Rule that mandates the immediate electronic availability of test results to patients, as concerns remain about unintended effects of releasing abnormal test results to patients.

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