Informatics Research Seminars

The Informatics Research Seminar Series is sponsored by Duke University in collaboration with the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (UNC-CH), North Carolina Central University (NCCU, Durham, NC,), University of North Carolina-Charlotte (UNC-C), East Carolina University (ECU, Greenville, NC), and Wake Forest University (WFU, Winston-Salem, NC). This series explores key areas in Health Informatics and includes industry perspective, research results, overview of programs of research, basic, applied, and evaluative projects, as well as research from varied epistemological stances.

The seminars are held Wednesday's at 4 PM EST, please see schedule below.

Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to learn and connect with industry leaders and researchers!

Upcoming Seminars & Events

Fall 2024 Schedule: Informatics Research Seminars

 
Week Site Date Speaker Topic
1 Duke 8/28 Kathleen McGrow, DNP, MS, RN, PMP, FAAN
Chief Nursing Information Officer, Microsoft
Leveraging Crisis as a Catalyst
2 UNC-CH 9/4

Mohammad Golam Kibria, PhD Candidate
Graduate Student, UNC Chapel Hill

A Novel Framework for Assessing AI Explainability in Healthcare
3 UNC-C 9/11 Daniel Janies, PhD
Professor, UNC Charlotte
Medical Intelligence For Infectious Diseases Through Phylogenetics and AI-Driven Structural Biology
4 Duke 9/18

Anita Walden, MS
Associate Director of Translational and Integrative Initiatives, UNC Chapel Hill

Novel Approaches to Real World Data Research
5 UNC-CH 9/25 Hung-Jui (Ray) Tan, MD, MSHPM
Director of Urologic Oncology, UNC Chapel Hill
Surgeon Decision-Making and Implications for Clinical Decision Support
6 WFU 10/2

Ibrahim Karabayir, PhD
Associate Professor, Wake Forest School of Medicine

Leveraging ECG for Generalizable Deep Learning Models for Heart Failure and Its Subtypes with Implications for Wearable ECG Deployment
7 Duke 10/9 Amy Cramer, MMCi, BSN, CPHQ
Janssen, Johnson & Johnson
Research Community Collaboration to improve Clinical Research Data
8 ECU 10/16 Prerna Dua, PhD
Professor and HIAC Council Member, Louisiana Tech University
 
9 UNC-C 10/23 Shaoyu Li, PhD
Associate Professor, UNC Charlotte
A Reference Panel Assisted Geometric Structure Non-Negative Matrix Factorization For The Deconvolution of Bulk Tissue RNA-Sequenced Data
10 NCCU 10/30 Dana G. Jones, JD, LL.M
Attorney at Law, NCCU School of Law
“Artificial Intelligence Can Kill You”: Black Box Denials and the Death of Medicare Advantage Members”
11 ECU 11/6

David Marc, PhD, CHDA
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Superior Insights

Predicting Health Informatics Workforce Trends in a Rapidly Evolving Landscape
12 WFU 11/13 Mohammad Seyyed Moghimi, PhD
Assistant Professor, Rowan University
 
13 Duke 11/20 Chuck Jaffe, MD PhD
Chief Executive Officer, HL7
 
       

Spring 2024 Schedule: Informatics Research Seminars

Week Site Date Speaker Topic
1 Duke 1/10 W. E. Hammond, PhD What Might The Future Bring?
2 UNC-CH 1/17 Thomas Lynn, MD Building Clinical Informatics Tools to Move
Organizations from Fee for Service to Fee
For Value
3 Duke 1/24 Mina Boazak, MD, MMCi AI In Healthcare: Why You Should Pay Attention
4 NCCU 1/31 Lily Chen PhD, MA, CNE, RN Mental Health In Immigrant Chinese Communities
5 ECU 2/7 Carlos Perez-Aldana, PhD Applying Informatics to Analyze Online Support Communities
6 WFU 2/14 Seda Camalan, PhD Machine Learning in Otoscopy: A Breakthrough
for Accurate Pediatric Ear Disease Diagnosis
7 Duke 2/21 Todd Quartiere, MMCi Responsible AI
8 UNC-CH 2/28 Chris DeRienzo, MD, MPP Healthcare is late to digital transformation.
Break 3/6      
Break 3/13      
9 NCCU 3/20 Siobahn Day Grady, PhD

Empowering Equity through AI: Insights from Education, Innovation, and Research

10 UNC-C 3/27 Sunil Erevelles, PhD Genomics Segmentation and It's Artificial Intelligence Future
11 ECU 4/3 Sue Feldman, RN, MEd, PhD, FACMI Increasing Access to Addiction Care Through Telemedicine
12 WFU 4/10 Arezoo Movaghar, PhD AI-Assisted Pre-screening for Fragile X-associated Disorders
13 Duke 4/17 Matthew Englehard, PhD Methods for Early Prediction of Neurodevelopmental Conditions from the Electronic Health Record