“This fellowship is a great opportunity to dive deeply into the needs of patients and providers and address their barriers to lung cancer screening.” The National Cancer Institute awarded a prestigious fellowship in July to dual M.D./Ph.D. student Miranda Reid to address lung cancer screening rates. Reid will be evaluating a new UF Health Cancer…| Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics » College of Medicine &raq...
Rahma S. Mkuu, Ph.D., answers questions about the first device approved by the FDA for cervical cancer screening. The device from the company Teal Health has an accuracy for detecting human papillomavirus (HPV) that equals tests conducted in a medical office. Nearly all cervical cancers are related to HPV, and women positive for HPV may…| hobi.med.ufl.edu
We conduct innovative research and leverage data to promote population health, improve health care delivery and outcomes, advance health research, and address health disparities.| hobi.med.ufl.edu
We conduct innovative research and leverage data to promote population health, improve health care delivery and outcomes, advance health research, and address health disparities.| Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics
Young patients with cancer need support when it comes to scholastic performance, which can be an empowering and motivating force during the challenges of cancer treatment, UF Health Cancer Center researchers have found.| hobi.med.ufl.edu
We conduct innovative research and leverage data to promote population health, improve health care delivery and outcomes, advance health research, and address health disparities.| Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics
Department Leadership Biomedical Informatics and Data Science Faculty Clinical and Population Health Integration Faculty Implementation Science and Health Interventions Faculty Adjunct Faculty Emeritus Faculty| Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics
Patients with early-stage kidney injuries typically receive very similar treatments, but a new artificial intelligence study shows that distinct groups within this population may have varying needs and could benefit from more personalized treatment methods.| hobi.med.ufl.edu
We conduct innovative research and leverage data to promote population health, improve health care delivery and outcomes, advance health research, and address health disparities.| hobi.med.ufl.edu
Ramzi Salloum, Ph.D., Professor and Division Director for Implementation Science and Health Interventions has been appointed to serve on the Science of Implementation in Health and Healthcare Study Section (SIHH), a standing study section in the Center for Scientific Review at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).| hobi.med.ufl.edu
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Dr. Shenkman is Chair of Health Outcomes and Policy and Director of the Institute for Child Health Policy. She is also a health outcomes researcher focused on reducing cancer-related health disparities for adults and children through the implementation of evidence-based best practices for risk detection and treatment in a range of health care settings. She is the Principal Investigator of the OneFlorida Cancer Control Alliance funded through Florida’s James and Esther King Biomedical Resear...| Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics
Typography is a vehicle for our University of Florida (UF) brand voice, contributing to how our messages are read and communicated.| hobi.med.ufl.edu
This new implementation research, titled Monitoring Electronic Patient-Reported Outcomes During Cancer Treatment, will collect data from cancer patients over two years to investigate how the feedback system affects provider workload and patient behavior.| hobi.med.ufl.edu
Two University of Florida student researchers earned high praise for their poster presentations at the annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. Lina Modjarrad and Miranda Reid were honored at the event in New Orleans in March.| hobi.med.ufl.edu
Researchers are expanding a successful program that teaches spouses and other caregivers how to support a patient living with a blood cancer, such as leukemia. Newly filmed videos will feature the expertise of caregiving expert, Allison J. Applebaum, PhD, a professor and director of the Center for Caregiving at the Mount Sinai Health System. The…| hobi.med.ufl.edu
As hundreds of hospitals in rural areas struggle to survive financially, a new program envisions a cost-effective way to ensure high-quality healthcare in these regions. The program, Platform Accelerating Rural Access to Distributed and Integrated Medical Care (PARADIGM), has announced teams across the U.S. that will develop a smart, mobile fleet to deliver hospital-level healthcare…| hobi.med.ufl.edu
Several of our department’s students and faculty members participated in the UF Health Cancer Center’s annual Research Showcase on February 12, 2025. Student Sara Tohme shared a winning poster in the category for Predoctoral Students. The poster summarized research on educating vulnerable women on self-testing for the human papillomavirus (HPV). Tohme is also a UF…| hobi.med.ufl.edu
“I am very proud of all the great things our department and center do for the communities we serve ♡.” At the end of 2024, our colleagues located in The Villages struck gold when they searched for support for an older person in need. “Every year as one of the ways we give back to…| hobi.med.ufl.edu
We conduct innovative research and leverage data to promote population health, improve health care delivery and outcomes, advance health research, and address health disparities.| Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics
The conference was co-hosted by the UF Clinical and Translational Science Institute and the OneFlorida+ Clinical Research Network, a multi-state partnership with a coordinating center in HOBI.| hobi.med.ufl.edu
Women undergoing treatments following breast cancer surgery may face a significant risk of heart disease, according to new findings from a research team at the University of Florida. The study found that 20 percent of post-operative breast cancer patients experienced heart problems after receiving secondary treatments such as chemotherapy.| hobi.med.ufl.edu
We conduct innovative research and leverage data to promote population health, improve health care delivery and outcomes, advance health research, and address health disparities.| Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics
Many fond memories have been shared since we learned about the passing of Shirley Bloodworth. Shirley was employed as a Community Scientist since 2015 and provided health care advice for several entities at the University of Florida.| Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics » College of Medicine &raq...
A prestigious award of more than $850,000 from the National Cancer Institute will support Rahma Mkuu, PhD, as she builds her expertise in implementation science over the next five years while adressing cervical cancer screening disparities among women living with chronic conditions. Mkuu is an assistant professor and chronic disease researcher in the Department of Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics within the University of Florida’s College of Medicine.| hobi.med.ufl.edu
We conduct innovative research and leverage data to promote population health, improve health care delivery and outcomes, advance health research, and address health disparities.| Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics
We conduct innovative research and leverage data to promote population health, improve health care delivery and outcomes, advance health research, and address health disparities.| Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics
Associate Professor Yi Guo in the UF College of Medicine’s Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics has started a four-year term to help the National Institutes of Health select the most promising grant applicants.| hobi.med.ufl.edu
Ramzi Salloum received conference grant from the National Cancer Institute to support global tobacco control implementation science at the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting.| hobi.med.ufl.edu
We conduct innovative research and leverage data to promote population health, improve health care delivery and outcomes, advance health research, and address health disparities.| Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics
We conduct innovative research and leverage data to promote population health, improve health care delivery and outcomes, advance health research, and address health disparities.| Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics
The increasing complexity of today’s medical research requires more than traditional, single point-of-view approaches. In particular, (big-)data-driven approaches, which aim to reveal patterns in massive heterogeneous datasets and make clinically relevant predictions, are becoming increasingly common in translational research. Dr. Bian has a diverse yet strong multi-disciplinary background and extensive research experience in data analytics, machine learning, natural language processing, ne...| Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics