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Dr. Azziza "Kemi" Bankole is a professor of Psychiatry at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine (VTCSOM) and is the program director of the VTCSOM Geriatric Psychiatry fellowship program. Her research interests include schizophrenia in later life, dementia related agitation, and the use of sensor technology in older adults. Dr. Bankole is a co-principal investigator on the Behavioral and
Brittany Howell, Ph.D., blends biological and behavioral analysis to capture a wide range of factors implicated in healthy human brain development. Her laboratory analyzes and compares breast milk composition, feeding habits, stress levels, fecal microbiology, social behavior, and brain imaging data. She studies gut-brain-behavior axis development, and the biological pathways of early experience
iTHRIV Scholar and Assistant Professor Lee Ann Johnson is one of 50 promising early career scholars selected for the NIH/NIMHHD’s annual flagship Health Disparities Research Institute, which takes place in August 2022.
Research Assistant Professor Amanda Nguyen wins 2022 Translation Science Award and receives a grant to support her work with Cambodian community mental health.
Thanks to all those who made the 2021-2022 Biomedical Data Science Innovation Lab a success! It was a great week full of hard work, innovative ideas, and collaboration. 2022-2023 BDSIL information is coming soon, stay tuned...
The Voices in Clinical & Translational Science series serves as a platform to lift underrepresented voices in research across the iTHRIV partnership with a focus on promoting dialogue and encouraging team science. This quarterly virtual seminar series is aimed at amplifying diverse perspectives in clinical and translational research to foster innovation and an inclusive environment. Presenters
Former participants in iTHRIV's "Inspiring Diverse Researchers in Virginia" (iDRIV), Angelina June, MD and Ifeyinwa Obiorah, MD have been inducted into UVA's Academy for Excellence in Education. Founded in 2020, the Academy for Excellence in Education aims to build an inclusive learning community of educators across the biomedical sciences and UVA Health to foster and honor educational excellence
Assefa, a recent graduate of UVA, participated in the UVA-Historically Black Colleges and Universities Summer Research Bridge to Data Science program (Bridge) as a research fellow. This program is co-sponsored by integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia (iTHRIV), the UVA School of Data Science (UVA SDS), Oracle, and Deloitte. According to the UVA SDS, the UVA-HBCU Summer
McCulloch wants his young patients to live, and many of them won’t without a new heart. He knows that almost 20% of all pediatric patients on the wait list for hearts in the United States die before they receive one. But the heart must be healthy and a good match for the patient or a transplant could make matters worse. How does he decide?
Multiple sclerosis patients who adopt a “keto” diet may see health improvements on multiple fronts, new research co-authored by UVA Health shows. The ketogenic diet – popular for weight loss and among the fitness community – was put to the test among 65 volunteers with relapsing-remitting MS, an inflammatory disorder in which the immune system attacks the natural insulation that protects the body
The Voices in Clinical & Translational Science series serves as a platform to lift underrepresented voices in research across the iTHRIV partnership with a focus on promoting dialogue and encouraging team science. This seminar series is aimed at amplifying diverse perspectives in clinical and translational research to foster innovation and an inclusive environment. Presenters will share their
The quarterly seminar series is designed to amplify diverse perspectives in clinical and translational research, and in doing so, foster innovation and an inclusive environment. The goal is to learn from one another about the impact of different lived experiences on the work that people do. The presenters will share their science and also their lived experience as an underrepresented person in
From music streaming platforms to social media feeds and search engines, algorithms are used behind the scenes to tailor services to the unique preferences of individuals. Though the use of algorithms has been explored in health care since the origins of artificial intelligence, new strides in deep learning methods over the last decade are allowing clinicians to go after mass amounts of data that
CUBE is a 12-week program that educates and empowers undergraduate students in biostatistics through a full-time collaborative data analysis project, along with related professional development seminars, social events, and a final symposium where students present their research. Follow the link to read about the CUBE Program.
Bradford Worrall, MD, MSc, has been awarded the Outstanding Stroke Research Mentor Award by the American Stroke Association at the 2022 International Stroke Conference (ISC). Click the link to read more!
The integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia, or iTHRIV, a National Institutes of Health-funded Clinical and Translational Science Award hub, has awarded almost $80,000 in seed funding across two community-focused projects. The seed grant program is part of iTHRIV’s goal to promote translational science that bridges the gap between health researchers and community. The
Abstract: AI systems are increasingly impacting every part of our lives, and there has been a corresponding increase in demands for ethical or responsible AI. In response, many governments, societies, and companies have developed principles for ethical (use of) AI. This talk will have three parts: (1) an exploration of the nature of ethical and responsible AI; (2) an argument that principles are
This talk will focus on transparency and data sharing as well as equitable access to the benefits of biomedical research. Jennifer E. Miller, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in Yale School of Medicine, Director of the Good Pharma Scorecard (a ranking of pharmaceutical companies on their bioethics and social responsibility performance), and Founder of the nonprofit Bioethics International. She is
Electronic medical record (EMR) data is encoded in patient charts through the course of clinical care and subsequent patient billing. Coded data in the electronic records (such as information stored as ICD/CPT/LOINC/RxNorm codes) provide vast amounts of valuable patient data. However, effectively applying data science tools to EMR data requires understanding dataset limitations and avoiding common
The integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia (iTHRIV), a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded Clinical and Translational Research Award hub, has awarded $200,000 in pilot funding across five multi-institutional research projects. Teams of physicians, researchers, sustainability experts and software engineers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, Virginia
The iTHRIV Research Administration Portal for Training Resources (RAPTR) is a standardized training program for research administrators. RAPTR utilizes the iTHRIV Research Concierge Portal, a tool developed as a resource for a clinical translational research workforce to provide easy, searchable access to training resources. RAPTR includes on-line training modules that are available on-demand and
Join us as we celebrate our iTHRIV scholars at the 4th Annual iTHRIV Scholars Clinical Translational Research Symposium on October 19 at 1 PM. Each year, the symposium includes a keynote address from Elizabeth O. Ofili, MD, MPH, FACC, an information session for prospective scholars, and research lightning talks from our current cohort and recent graduates. This year’s event will be virtual and
The Integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia (iTHRIV) with support from the University of Pittsburgh (UPitt) is participating in the “Building Up a Diverse Workforce for Biomedical Research” study. Building Up is a national study led by the University of Pittsburgh (UPitt) and aims to test the effectiveness of a career development intervention developed for postdocs and
The Foundations of Biomedical Data Science at the University of Virginia hosted its fifth annual Biomedical Data Science Innovation Lab (BDSIL): Challenges in Brain Analytics and Data Integration on June 21-25, 2021. The BDSIL is an intensive program partially sponsored by iTHRIV and NIH Grant #R25GM139080 that has virtual and in-person components designed to foster the development of
Sample code templates developed by the iTHRIV CTSA team enable rapid analytics onboarding to the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) Data Enclave. The National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) Data Enclave is an analytics platform containing clinical data from electronic health records from over 55 sites around the country. This data from SARS-CoV-2 positive patients (and matched controls)
Applications are still open! We will be accepting applicants on a rolling basis with final applications due by 11:59PM ET, January 31, 2022 The University of Virginia is organizing a Biomedical Data Science Innovation Lab to foster the development of new interdisciplinary teams via a facilitated and mentored format to tackle data science challenges arising from the use of large-scale neuroscience
iTHRIV is pleased to be a sponsor of the 2021-2022 Biomedical Data Science Innovation Lab (BDSIL). This year's topic is Ethical Challenges of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Biomedicine. This BDSIL will promote collaboration between quantitative and biomedical researchers towards the development of novel or significantly adapted models, methods, and approaches for overcoming difficult ethical
The iTHRIV Research Data Commons is a new solution that provides health researchers and data stewards with a single interface to manage, share and use research data throughout its lifecycle, from initial design and approval through data collection and analysis, and ultimately publication. The product facilitates access while enhancing compliance, making it a win for both research teams and