Medicine Health And Society
-
Exploring Racial and Gender Differences in Opioid Use Disorder and Designing NLP-based Diagnosis Tools (DSI-SRP)
This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Chen Jin to work in the laboratory of Dr. Alvin D. Jeffery, Ph.D. in the School of Nursing during the summer of 2023. Chen is a rising senior with majors in Economics and Medicine Health and Society (MHS), and a minor in Data Science. Read MoreAug. 21, 2023
-
Newly established Center for Applied AI in Protein Dynamics launching with the DSI a bootcamp program for graduate students
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences recently established the Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence in Protein Dynamics, led by Hassane Mchaourab, to explore the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and macromolecular mechanisms to understand protein structures and their functions in the human body. The center’s research aims… Read MoreApr. 18, 2023
-
Vanderbilt Data Science Institute Faculty member to lead $2.7 Million AI Initiative for Digital Kidney Histopathology
The 3D computer vision tool (called Map3D) can detect, track, and associate comprehensive pixel-level segmentation of renal tissue microstructures for 3D quantification. Dr. Yuankai Huo, one our teaching faculty at the Vanderbilt University Data Science Institute, is spearheading a research initiative with clinical collaborators at Vanderbilt University Medical Center… Read MoreApr. 14, 2023
-
DSI hosts AI Revolutions Symposium
The Data Science Institute would like to thank all of the attendees and speakers that made our AI Revolutions Symposium this week a great event for the Vanderbilt community. The two-day event showcased the latest developments and impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) in research and academia. Read MoreMar. 29, 2023
-
Dr. Benjamin Collins to give talk on “Navigating the AI Future of Health Care” in the TEDxVanderbiltUniversity on April 18
Vanderbilt University’s Employee Learning and Engagement Team will host the the seventh annual TEDxVanderbiltUniversity on April 18 and feature a talk on how artificial intelligence could reshape the future of healthcare. Dr. Benjamin Collins, a physician researcher, bioethicist and informatician at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, will discuss “Navigating… Read MoreMar. 24, 2023
-
Discrimination and Distress: A Oaxaca-Blinder Decomposition of Sexual Minority Mental Health Disparities (DSI-SRP)
This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Harrison Stuart to work in the laboratory of Dr. Gilbert Gonzales, PhD, MHA in the Department of Medicine, Health, and Society during the summer of 2022. Harrison is a senior with majors in Economics and Medicine, Health, & Society. Sexual minority adults (including gay men,… Read MoreSep. 8, 2022
-
The Covid-19 Experience: an Analysis of Ideology and Information Spread Through Social Media (DSI-SRP)
This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Priya Bhatt to work in the laboratory of Jonathan Metzl in the Department of Medicine, Health, and Society during the summer of 2022. Priya is a junior with a major in Medicine, Health, & Society. In this study, Priya conducted an analyses of social media and… Read MoreSep. 8, 2022
-
Measuring Naturalistic Proximity as a Window Into Caregiver–Child Interaction Patterns (DSI-SRP)
This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Qi Shi to work in the laboratory of Kathryn Humphreys in the Department Psychology and Human Development during the summer of 2022. Qi is a junior with majors in Medicine, Health, & Society and Psychology. The TotTag, a device developed by the VU SEA Lab with… Read MoreSep. 8, 2022
-
Characterization of a toxic secondary metabolite cluster in Penicillium fungi (DSI-SRP)
This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Charu Balamurugan to work in the laboratory of Dr. Antonis Rokas in the Departments of Biological Sciences and Biomedical Informatics during the summer of 2022. Charu is a sophomore with majors in Biological Sciences and Medicine, Health, & Society. This summer, Charu studied the characterization of… Read MoreSep. 8, 2022