Research Supervision

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