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Jonathan Silverstein is presenting the Unified Biomedical Knowledge Graph at Bio-IT World Expo, Boston, April 2, 2025
Jonathan Silverstein is presenting the Unified Biomedical Knowledge Graph developed with Research Informatics Office Solutions Architect J. Alan Simmons at Bio-IT World Knowledge Graphs Symposium April 2. 2025. See: https://www.bio-itworldexpo.com/knowledge-graphs#2...
Uma Chandran with the Genomics Analysis Core team in Pitt’s 2023-2024 Annual Report.
Uma Chandran is featured with Pitt’s Genomics Analysis Core team in University of Pittsburgh 2023-2024 Annual Report. University of Pittsburgh 2023-2024 Annual Report Feature on Genomics - TURNING DATA INTO KNOWLEDGE FOR PRECISION MEDICINE Uma Chandran, research...
The Pitt-led PaTH Network awarded $13M to continue its research
The PaTH Network — led by Pitt’s Kathleen McTigue and Michael Becich (pictured) — was awarded $13,499,980 over four years to advance patient-centered research to address key health concerns of its communities. PaTH unites researchers, patients, caregivers, clinicians,...
UPMC cancer startup with former DBMI student founder is acquired by California company
Dr. Saadawi Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer received a fellowship in the Pittsburgh Biomedical Informatics Training Program and graduated with a MS in Biomedical Informatics in 2004. She was mentored by former DBMI faculty member Rebecca Jacobson, MD whom she...
University of Pittsburgh Launches Center to Reduce Global Health Disparities for Women
Pitt Health Sciences announced the launch of a new global innovation center to reduce health disparities for women -- the Vijayalakshmi Innovation Center in Women’s Health Analytics and Research (VIHAR). Housed in the School of Medicine’s Department of Biomedical...
New Grant Award – NIH U24 – Uncovering the Shared Genetic Origins of Childhood Cancer and Structural Birth Defects Through Enhanced Data Integration and Analysis with the CFDE Data Distillery Knowledge Graph
MPI Jonathan Silverstein was awarded this Common Fund Data Ecosystem U24 with Contact PI Deanne Taylor of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. See https://reporter.nih.gov/search/mImgDzp_wEG2m4HLFsv5pg/project-details/10994331
Sept 17, 2024 Clinical AI Presentations at Medicine Grand Rounds by DBMI Team
Watch the recorded presentation here: Link to Recorded Presentation
Anatomy-aware Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) model for AI-powered medical imaging
Shyam Visweswaran is part of the BU-led interdisciplinary team that developed the first anatomy-aware Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) model that advances the power of and trust in AI-powered medical imaging. This research was made possible through...
STAT news investigation on embedded bias in clinical algorithms includes extensive commentary by DBMI faculty.
STATnews investigation on embedded bias in clinical algorithms features extensive comments from Shyam Visweswaran. See: https://www.statnews.com/2024/09/03/embedded-bias-investigation-health-equity-clinical-algorithms/
Shyam Visweswaran was inducted as an International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics fellow
Shyam Visweswaran, a biomedical informatics professor and vice chair of clinical informatics in Pitt's School of Medicine, and the director of the Center for Clinical Artificial Intelligence (CCAI), has been named a fellow of the International Academy of Health...