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Of Interest
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Bias in Healthcare Algorithms
Precision Health Co-Director Jenna Wiens, 2019 Investigator Michael Sjoding, and Michigan Law’s Nicholson Price on “the importance of thinking carefully about the labels used during algorithm development.”
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Global Climate and Human Health
In this video, John Meeker, ScD, CIH, a Precision Health Faculty Advisory Committee member and senior associate dean for research at the School of Public Health, describes his interdisciplinary approach to researching how climate change and natural disasters impact public health.
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Artificial Intelligence Improves Brain Tumor Diagnosis
Todd Hollon, M.D., a chief neurosurgical resident at Michigan Medicine, describes a two-part approach to improving intraoperative diagnostic accuracy and efficiency in a new publication in Nature Medicine. Also, watch Michigan Medicine’s accompanying video.
Feature Stories
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Aaron Morris Selected as a TED Fellow
Aaron Morris, MS, PhD—a 2018 recipient of a Precision Health Scholars Award and a research fellow in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan—has been selected as a TED Fellow. Chosen for his work on tissue-engineered diagnostic sites, Morris joins a class of 20 from around the world to deliver a talk on the TED stage this April.
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Opioid Overdose Risk and Naloxone Prescribing
Results of Precision Health–funded research into naloxone prescribing have been published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. Authors include Chad Brummett, MD, and Amy Bohnert, PhD, MHS—PIs of Precision Health’s Precision Opioid Prescribing use case.
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Announcing 2019 Investigators Awards
We are pleased to announce the seven research projects that have received funding through the 2019 Investigators Awards.
