Department of Biomedical Informatics Archive — Page 1 of 25
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March 10, 2026
Loneliness is a critical step on the road to suicide: Study
Mental health treatment is often out of reach. A person-centered approach to reducing loneliness that helps people engage with others might be more feasible. -
February 27, 2026
Demographic and histologic factors influence risk of colon polyp recurrence
Vanderbilt Health study supports shift toward dynamic surveillance that extends monitoring for patients with specific demographic and histologic risk profiles. -
February 20, 2026
Adam Wright invited to National Academy of Medicine Emerging Leaders Forum
Attendees will explore some of the most pressing challenges in health and medicine, with the aim of considering and stimulating collaborative interdisciplinary solutions. -
February 9, 2026
AI finds patient-level statin barriers in clinical notes
A novel AI framework found documented intolerance to statins in 6.4% of all adult patients, contraindications in 0.7%, and statin deferral in 2.9%. -
February 6, 2026
New analytical approach identifies novel risk genes for colorectal cancer
The study advances understanding of risk for colon and rectal cancers and points to targets for developing new treatments. -
January 27, 2026
Josh Peterson named chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics
Peterson, who joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 2002, is an internationally recognized researcher and educator in the field of biomedical informatics and maintains an internal medicine practice with Vanderbilt Health. -
January 5, 2026
AI gets risk wrong in the clinic
Large language models have become far better than you at solving math problems but may still be bad at employing probabilistic terms in medical contexts.