Category Archives: Clinical Informatics and AI

Overview It is well known that health, nutrition, and economics have a complex relationship and that improving health in North Carolina and beyond will require a better understanding of these complexities. Alice Ammerman, director of the Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, UNC School of Public Health, recently received a Gillings Award to lead […]

Overview The Renaissance Computing Institute and the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill collaborated on the North Carolina Collaboratory for Bioinformatics (NCCBI), part of UNC Chapel Hill’s Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA), funded by the National Institutes of Health. Nationwide, 14 CTSA awards created a network […]

Overview Melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer, is typically diagnosed by pathologists who visually examine biopsies from unusual skin growths. Although many pathologists are well-practiced at identifying melanoma, computer-based image analysis could help refine the diagnostic process by quantifying features identifying these cancerous tissues. In a project led by melanoma specialist Dr. Nancy […]

Overview The Sequence Assembly project is being led by Dr. Corbin Jones, an assistant professor in the Department of Biology at UNC.  UNC as well as other research institutes are beginning to take advantage of next generation genetic sequencing technologies which allow for relatively inexpensive and rapid determination of genetic sequences. This technology has a […]

Overview The Outpatient Health Monitoring System (OHMS) is a remote wireless networking device that measures a patient’s daily chronic condition, such as asthma, as well as environmental factors (airborne particulates, pollution, humidity and temperature). OHMS seeks to empower patients with chronic diseases and their doctors to work together on health maintenance and management and on […]

Overview The Melanoma Project aimed to provide the technological infrastructure to support 21st century genomic research. Its target audience is researchers who study the response of human DNA to exposure to genotoxins, such as radiation from prolonged exposure to the sun. The aim of these researchers is to create a biologically faithful model of the […]

Overview When patients are checked into a hospital intensive care unit (ICU), they are monitored and given an overall assessment of their likelihood of recovery. The evaluation is helpful in determining which patients are the most critically ill or injured, however, current technology does not enable the ICU to update this initial assessment. Although heart […]

Overview The Carolina Center for Exploratory Genetic Analysis (CCEGA) focused on developing an interdisciplinary infrastructure to identify the complex genetic traits that underly human diseases, bringing together data from clinical studies, population studies and model systems. CCEGA believes the next breakthroughs in our understanding of biology and disease will be made possible by the integrated […]

Overview The North Carolina Bioportal is a shared, extensible bioinformatics portal for use by students, educators, teachers and bioinformatics researchers in North Carolina. It provides access to many tools and databases commonly used in bioinformatics research and is a tool for distributing and publishing new bioinformatics services and tools. In 2006, the NC Bioportal was […]

Overview The Cochlear Implant Electrical Field Model project was a RENCI Faculty Fellow project with Charles Finley, research associate professor in the department of otolaryngology, School of Medicine at UNC. The project aimed to improve the cochlear implant model of the inner ear by providing insight into the stimulation mechanism that occurs in the cochlea. […]