Volume 9, Issue 8 April 25, 2019
SBMI Commencement Ceremony on May 15SBMI invites everyone in the SBMI Community to attend our Commencement Ceremony on May 15. The school will recognize 25 graduates during the ceremony at SBMI’s new building space in the University Center Tower. This year’s speaker is Marie Lynn Miranda, PhD, the Howard R. Hughes Provost and a Professor of Statistics at Rice University. For more information on the ceremony, please visit our网站。
SBMI奖学金申请开放The School of Biomedical Informatics (SBMI) offers scholarship opportunities to students enrolled in the School as funds become available. We are currently accepting applications for summer 2019 scholarships. 所有在2019年夏季课程,硕士或博士学位课程中都有良好学术地位并入学的SBMI学生都有资格申请。 Consideration for earning a scholarship includes:
- Pattern of academic achievement
- 教学经验
- 领导经验
- 社区服务
- Success in overcoming adversity
- Previous and recent publications in the discipline (if any)
Click这里to submit the SBMI Scholarship Application. Please note that all submissions must be submitted in Qualtrics and no email submissions will be accepted. The application deadline is Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at close of business (5 p.m. CDT). If you have questions, please send anemailor call 713.500.3591.
SBMI STAR Award Recipients for 2019Each year, UTHealth celebrates employee leadership and longevity at theSTAR Awards。该大学举办了一项活动,以表彰庆祝五个,10、15、20、25、30、35和40或40或更多年或更多年或更多年的UTHealth的个人。今年,该大学庆祝了第一位服务50年的员工。 SBMI想认识到我们2019年的明星奖获得者。 Five Years 鲁本·阿普尔盖特 Jeanette Broshears Tiffany Champagne-Langabeer, PhD Guocai Chen, PhD Henry Chen 苏珊·芬顿(Susan Fenton),博士 Swaroop Gantela Anupama Guruaj Cui Tao, PhD Angela Wilkes Yaoyun Zhang, PhD Jieyi Zhao, PhD W. Jim Zheng, PhD Jun Zhang
Ten Years Yukiko Bryson Dean Sittig,博士
Twenty Years Cung “David” Ha Jiajie Zhang,博士
2019年夏季的学生助理职位Student Assistant (SA) positions are available to assist with the following courses this summer: BMI 5313 – Foundations of EHR’swith Dr. Angela Ross BMI 5317 - 应用数据管理with Dr. Susan Fenton BMI 6313 – Scientific Writing与Lex Frieden在一起 As an SA, you are expected to assist the course instructor. Duties may include grading, monitoring, leading lab and/or discussion sessions, offering office hour assistance to students, and performing clerical tasks associated with course instruction. 学生助理将以每小时11.15美元的小时费率聘请为UTH的员工,而每周不超过10小时。 职位将立即填补,欢迎SBMI学生申请。要成为SA,您必须:
- be a degree-seeking graduate student at UTHealth
- be in good academic standing and making satisfactory progress toward a graduate degree
- have previously taken the course in which you are applying to be the SA and have earned a grade of "A”
- remain registered in courses that count toward the graduate degree for at least three semester hours during the Summer semester
- 建议熟悉PC和Mac计算机,画布,gotomeeting,turnitin,proctorio和屏幕记录知识
- preference is given to Ph.D. students
To apply, please fill out the application found here:https://uthtmc.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5093XlWjQNuOtQ9 SBMI学生BioSketch是学生助理申请所必需的。 If you have any questions, please send an email toSBMIAcademics@uth.tmc.eduor call 713.500.3591.
SBMI Bragging PointsSBMI社区的成员最近获得了值得注意的荣誉。我们想认识并称赞他们的成就。
- PhD Student Astrid Manuel will participate in the Schull Institute Summer program this year. The 8-week program starts June 1 and ends July 31. Participation also includes a $1,000 stipend.
- Assistant Professor Angela Ross, DNP, MPH spoke at the AMIA 2019 Informatics Summit in San Francisco on March 28th. Her co-presenter was Kai Makeda, PhD, MSN who works at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center.
- UTHealth’s Office of Postdoctoral Affairs and the Postdoc Association recently announced the inaugural winner of the Deans’ Excellence in Research Award for SBMI. The award was given to Postdoctoral Fellow Hong Kang, PhD. Along with the prestigious recognition of his scientific research, he received an award of $1,000 and will present his work at the annual Postdoctoral Deans’ Award Symposium on May 9.
Upcoming SBMI Recruiting Events几个SBMI教职员工和工作人员将在接下来的几个月中旅行参加会议以促进我们的学位课程。在这些活动期间,我们邀请该地区的任何潜在学生或校友拜访我们。
- Professor James Langabeer, PhD, MBA, was quoted in a front-page社会影响的报纸story about the effects of the conversion of a full-service hospital in Cypress into a free-standing emergency room.
- Research led by Dr. Langabeer and Assistant Professor Tiffany Champagne-Langabeer, PhD was featured in新闻医学生活科学最近。该研究探beplay苹果手机能用吗讨了阿片类药物流行,也是一种衡量美国最不利地位的地区的新方法。
- 这项研究beplay苹果手机能用吗也出现在beplay现网址story.
- SBMI was named a finalist for the休斯顿商业杂志的2019年具有里程碑意义的奖项,以建造其在大学中心塔的新空间。
- Professor Dean Sittig, PhD, was interviewed byKTRH广播about the role artificial intelligence can play in improving health care.
- 马萨诸塞州的Lex Frieden教授接受了有关Siriusxm上的商业广播节目的知识@Wharton的辅助技术在高等教育中使用的采访。
保存日期
May 1 |
The Promise and Perils of Microbial Forensics in the Genomics Era Todd J. Treangen, PhD SBMI Research Seminar in UCT E-612 & E-614, 12 p.m. |
May 6 |
Spring 2019 Poster Session UCT E-612 & E-614 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. |
May 15 |
SBMI Commencement Ceremony SBMI’s Building Space (6th floor of 7000 Fannin Street) 下午4点。 |
重要的日子
May 3 |
Last class day for spring 2019 |
May 6 |
SBMI spring poster session andConnect 2019 |
May 6-10 |
Final Exams/Evaluations |
May 17 |
2019年夏季定期注册在Myuth中关闭 |
May 20 |
First class day of summer (all SBMI courses are 12W) |
5月27日 |
Memorial Day - University is closed |
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