The Data Science Institute is proud to invite you to the Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation’s Summer Scholars Presentation. For the last three years, SMU has participated in PCCI’s Women in Data Science and Technology Summer Internship program. This summer, three of SMU’s Data Science students worked alongside PCCI mentors on important applications of data science to public health problems right here in Dallas County. The end-of-summer symposium presenting the work of the Summer Scholars will be held on August 6, 2021 from 10:00 to 12:30. All are welcome to attend to hear about their work. (The Zoom link is below, following the Agenda.)
| Women in Data Science and Technology Summer Internship 2021
Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation (PCCI) Program Agenda August 06, 2021 – 10:00AM – 12:30PM 10:00: Introduction: Steve Miff, CEO & President PCCI 10:10: Guest Speaker Greetings: Kaci Anderson 2020 Sachs Summer Scholar 10:20: Presentation: Lu Zhang – “iFHIR” Development of an EHR agnostic, smart on FHIR API application that identifies a patient’s social determinants using clinical notes and an NLP model deployed on PCCI’s Isthmus Platform. 10:35: Presentation: Olayide Adejumobi – “Impact of Social Determinates on Patients with Cancer” The projects highlights SDOH screening approaches and journey mapping for patients with cancer to identify opportunities for improvement in patient outcomes. 10:50: Presentation: Karen Mendoza – “Validation of COVID-19 Vaccine Efficacy” Validation of COVID-19 vaccine efficacy claims made by Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson of their respective vaccines, using Dallas County COVID-19 vaccination data from DCHHS. 11:10: Comfort Break 11:20: Presentation: Ashley Edison (SMU Ph.D. student in Statistical Science) De – “Know Thy Patient: Social Determinants for ED Patients” Identifying characteristics of Emergency Department utilizers and their relationship to ED visits. 11:35: Presentation: Teresa Acosta (SMU, Biology) – “Homeless Ethics Liaison Project (HELP)” The Homeless Ethics Liaison Project (HELP) identifies the scope and acuity of the needs of homeless individuals for whom an ethics consult has been conducted at Parkland Health and Hospital System. 11:50: Presentation: Sandra Chrzaszcz – “From Illness to Wellness” Analyzing the top expensive chronic conditions to design a new program that will lower costs and improve health outcomes. 12:05: Presentation: Sharon Park (SMU Ph.D. student in Biostatistics) – “Social Determinate of Health Factors for Pediatric Asthma Patients” Effect of multiple determinants to address PCCI’s asthma risk prediction in the pediatric patient population. |
12:20: Closing: Steve Miff
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To join the Symposium on Friday, August 6 from 10 – 12:30, join on Zoom at this link:
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