Doctoral Advisees
2015-2016
Hao He, PhD in Biostatistics (Tulane University)
Title: “Integrative Network Analysis of High-Dimensional Biological Data in Complex Disease for Module Detection and Biomarker Discovery” (Graduated: Hong-Wen Deng, Chair)
Current Position: Application Computational Scientist, The Jackson Laboratory
2015-2017
Yongkang Zhang, PhD in Global Health Management and Policy (Tulane University)
Title: “Studies in the Implementation and Impact of Early Medicare Accountable Care Organizations” (Graduated: Mark Diana, Chair)
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medical College
Masters Advisees
2017-2018
Rose Goueth, MS in Biostatistics (Tulane University)
Title: “Turning Off Alerts to Improve Clinician Override Rates: A Time Series Analysis of Multiple Interventions” (Graduated)
Current Position: Research Analyst, OCHIN, Inc.
2021-2022
Robert (Alex) Becker, MS in Biomedical Informatics (Vanderbilt University)
Title: “Evaluating an existing suicide risk prediction tool in transgender patients” (Graduated: Colin Walsh, Chair)
Current Position: PhD Candidate, Vanderbilt University
2021-2024
Brian Douthit, PhD, MS in Biomedical Informatics (Vanderbilt University)
Title: “Quantifying Documentation Utility: Testing a Framework to Reduce Nurse Burden” (Graduated: Michael Matheny, Chair)
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
2022-2023
Holly Ende, MD, MS in Applied Clinical Informatics (Vanderbilt University)
Title: A Postpartum Hemorrhage Risk Prediction Tool for Obstetric Providers (Graduated)
Current Position: Associate Professor of Obstetric Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
2023-2024
Eric Brown, MD, PhD, MS in Applied Clinical Informatics (Vanderbilt University)
Title: Optic Nerve OCT Interpretation in eStar (Graduated)
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
2023-present
Jacob Franklin, MD, MS in Applied Clinical Informatics (Vanderbilt University)
Title: Assessing the Impact: Evaluating the Clinical Utility and Usability of Ambient Documentation Technology in Healthcare
2024-present
Rebecca Flaherty, MPH, MS in Applied Clinical Informatics (Vanderbilt University)
Postdoctoral Advisees
2020-2022
Alison Carroll, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship Scholarship Oversight Committee (Derek Williams, David Johnson, Co-Chairs)
2021-2023
Siru Liu, Biomedical Informatics Postdoctoral Fellow Mentoring Committee (Adam Wright, Primary Mentor)
Academic Advisees
2014-2015
Jingwen Song, MSPH Advisor (Graduated, Tulane University)
2015-2017
Aaron Pedeaux, MS Advisor (Graduated, Tulane University)
2015-2018
Richard Davis, MD/MSPH Advisor (Graduated, Tulane University)
2016-2018
Yulong Bai, MSPH Advisor (Graduated, Tulane University)
2017-2018
Chenzhou Pan, MSPH Advisor (Tulane University)
Research Projects
2012
Elise Brune (Texas A&M University), CPRIT Summer Undergraduate Cancer Research Project, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
Project: Evaluation of Clinical Decision Support Alerts for Medications Contraindicated in Cancer Patients
2012
Caitlin Keck (Cornell University), CPRIT Summer Undergraduate Cancer Research Project, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
Project: Evaluation of a Support Vector Machine to Identify Relevant Notes for Patients with Colorectal Cancer
2012
Karthik Sethuraman (The University of Pennsylvania), CPRIT Summer Undergraduate Cancer Research Project, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
Project: Comparative Analysis of Association Rule Mining, Crowdsourcing, and NDF-RT Knowledge Bases for Problem-Medication Pair Generation
2017
Chenchen Feng (Tulane University School of Medicine), UAB CCTS Summer Program in Comparative Effectiveness and Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Project: Evaluating Adverse Drug Events after Turning Off Low Priority Medication Alerts in an Ambulatory Setting
2019
Lanxi (Nancy) Liu (Vanderbilt University), Vanderbilt Biomedical Informatics Summer Program, Nashville, TN
Project: Evaluation of Biomedical Informatics Citation Statistics using a Google Scholar Scraper
2019
Jackson McNabb (Duke University), Vanderbilt Biomedical Informatics Summer Program (VUMC-IBM Watson Collaboration), Nashville, TN
Project: Systematic Review of Artificial Intelligence-Based Clinical Decision Support Implementation
2019
Sarah Wan (Vanderbilt University), Vanderbilt Biomedical Informatics Summer Program (VUMC-IBM Watson Collaboration), Nashville, TN
Project: Systematic Review of Artificial Intelligence-Based Clinical Decision Support Implementation
2019
Aileen Wright (Vanderbilt University), Department of Biomedical Informatics Research Rotation, Nashville, TN
Project: Multiple Simultaneous Prescription Dosing Errors
2020
Lindsey Knake (Vanderbilt University), Department of Biomedical Informatics Research Rotation, Nashville, TN
Project: Pitfalls of Using Structured Data in a Pediatric De-identified Database
2020
David Moreno (BYU-Idaho), Vanderbilt Biomedical Informatics Summer Program, Nashville, TN
Project: Evaluation of Groupers to Improve Clinical Decision Support
2021
Anuska Sharma (CUNY Hunter College), Vanderbilt Biomedical Informatics Internship (VUMC-IBM Watson Collaboration), Nashville, TN
Project: Machine learning-based prognostic analysis of COVID-19 patients using the Electronic Health Record (EHR) data
2022
Brian Douthit (Vanderbilt University), Department of Biomedical Informatics Research Rotation, Nashville, TN
Project: Quality versus Quantity: Assessing the Impact of Nursing Documentation on Preventing Hospital Acquired Pressure Injuries
2022
Holly Ende (Vanderbilt University), Department of Biomedical Informatics, MSACI Research Practicum, Nashville, TN
Project: Development and validation of a clinical risk predictive model for postpartum hemorrhage
2022
Rachel Curci (Miami University), Vanderbilt Biomedical Informatics Summer Program, Nashville, TN
Project: Clinical Decision Support Measurement and Optimization
2022
Caleb Donaldson (Martin Luther King Magnet High School), Vanderbilt Biomedical Informatics Summer Program, Nashville, TN
Project: Clinical Decision Support Measurement and Optimization
2023
Ashley Kim (Williams College), Vanderbilt Biomedical Informatics Summer Program, Nashville, TN
Project: Development and Evaluation of Patient-Facing Prostate Cancer Decision-Making App
2023
Megan Wang (Vanderbilt University), SyBBURE Searle Program, Nashville, TN
Project: Evaluation of Cephalosporin Cross-Reactivity Alerts in Patients with Penicillin Allergies
2023
Bashir Al Hussein Al Awamlh (Vanderbilt University), Public Health Practicum, Vanderbilt Master of Public Health (MPH) Program, Nashville, TN
Project: Prostate Cancer Decision-Making App
2024
Claire Ward (University School of Nashville), Visiting Student Observer, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Project: Outcomes and Impact of the Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Core
2024
Ann Mathew (Vanderbilt University), Vanderbilt Biomedical Informatics Summer Program, Nashville, TN
Project: Closing the Loop: Assessing the Efficacy of Medication Discontinuation Practices in Electronic Health Records
2024
Brandon Buxton (Vanderbilt University), Department of Biomedical Informatics Research Rotation, Nashville, TN
Project: Comparing Pediatric Medical Complexity at VUMC and Cosmos: Insights for Enhancing Care Coordination
2024
Megan Wang (Vanderbilt University), Department of Computer Science Research Credit, Nashville, TN (Siru Liu, Co-Mentor)
Project: Automating Penicillin Allergy Risk Assessment in the Electronic Health Record with Large Language Models
2025
Rachael Miller (Vanderbilt University), Department of Biomedical Informatics Research Rotation, Nashville, TN