Faculty, Staff and Student Publications
Open-access journal articles of faculty, students and staff from McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston. Some of the focus areas include Clinical and Cognitive Informatics, Biomedical Engineering, Public Health Informatics, and Translational Biomedical Informatics.
Submissions from 2026
An Application-Based Ontological Knowledge Base of Medications to Support Health Literacy and Adherence for the Consumer Population: An Aging Population Use Case, Clifford Chen, Muhammad Amith, Kirk Roberts, et al.
Comparing the Effectiveness of a Medication Knowledge Base Product As Designed With Real-World Hospital Implementations Using the Leapfrog Group’s Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE/EHR) Evaluation Tool, Zoe Co, Howard R Strasberg, Bruce R Hanway, et al.
Prism-xQTL: Pleiotropic Relationships Integrated With System-Level Multiomic Qtl Analysis for Causal Genes and Molecular Mediators in Alzheimer’s Disease, Nitesh Enduru and Zhongming Zhao
The Influence of Bapineuzumab and Semagacestat on Rapid Progressors: A Retrospective Cohort Study, Kristofer Harris, Madison Shyer, Dulin Wang, et al.
Spatial2GWAS: A Database for Linking Spatial Transcriptomic Regions With GWAS Traits, Xi Hu, Aoqi Wang, Huan Yu, et al.
scPER: A Rigorous Computational Approach to Determine Cellular Subtypes in Tumors Aligned With Cancer Phenotypes From Total RNA Sequencing, Bingrui Li, Xiaobo Zhou, and Raghu Kalluri
Developing Provider Digital Twins for Personalized Provider-Patient Communication via a Rag-Based Conversational Framework, Pengze Li, Yutong Hu, Jianfu Li, et al.
CeLLTra: Aligning Cell Names With Gene Expression via a Pathway-Informed Transformer, Zhao Li, Zaiyi Zheng, Rongbin Li, et al.
RMzyme: Regulations of RNA-Modifying Enzymes in Humans, Ruihan Luo, Haixia Xu, Qingbo Zhou, et al.
Modern Home Cooking Practices, the Role of New Media, and Implications for Culinary Medicine: A Qualitative Study Among Mothers With Low Income, Margaret Raber, Maria Vazquez, Syeda Khan, et al.
Proceedings of the Second Artificial Intelligence in Primary Immunodeficiency (AIPI) Meeting, Jacques G Rivière, Lisa Bastarache, Luiza C Campos, et al.
Frame: Fast Reference-Based Ancestry Makeup Estimation Tool, Pramesh Shakya, Ardalan Naseri, Degui Zhi, et al.
Secure Distributed Multiple Imputation Enables Missing Data Inference for Private Data Proprietors, Haris Smajlović, Yi Lian, Qi Long, et al.
Developing Updated and New Guidance to Promote Reliable Patient Identification, Emma Weatherford, Anne Grauer, Carina Sirochinsky, et al.
Application of a Natural Language Processing Algorithm to Early Asthma Ascertainment for Adults in the Era of Electronic Health Records, Chung-Il Wi, Thanai Pongdee, Hee Yun Seol, et al.
Correction: The HSP90-Myc-CDK9 Network Drives Therapeutic Resistance in Mantle Cell Lymphoma, Fangfang Yan, Vivian Jiang, Alexa Jordan, et al.
KnockRBP: An Integrated Multi-omics Database of Functional Perturbation Profiles for RNA-Binding Proteins, Mengyuan Yang, Jiawei Li, Jiajia Liu, et al.
Retention on Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder in Justice-Involved Individuals: A Retrospective Cohort Study, Andrea Yatsco, Francine R Vega, Audrey Sarah Cohen, et al.
Submissions from 2025
Leveraging GPT-4o for Automated Extraction of Neural Projections from Scientific Literature, Rashmie Abeysinghe, Gorbachev Jowah, Licong Cui, et al.
Leveraging Pretrained Language Models for Seizure Frequency Extraction From Epilepsy Evaluation Reports, Rashmie Abeysinghe, Shiqiang Tao, Samden D Lhatoo, et al.
Precision Phenotyping for Curating Research Cohorts of Patients With Unexplained Post-acute Sequelae of COVID-19, Alaleh Azhir, Jonas Hügel, Jiazi Tian, et al.
Education Improves Perceived Control but Not Risk Identification in Adolescents Regarding Fentanyl, Christine Bakos-Block, Francine R Vega, Marylou Cardenas-Turanzas, et al.
Informatics Hygiene to Support Reuse of Routinely Collected Health Care Data for Evidence-Based Practice, Elmer V Bernstam, Alejandro Araya, Matthew Decaro, et al.
Identification of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor HIF1A as a Therapeutic Target During SARS-CoV-2-Associated Lung Injury, Bentley Bobrow, Samuel D Luber, Paul Potnuru, et al.
Computerized Diagnostic Decision Support Systems-Isabel Pro Versus ChatGPT-4 Part II, Joe M Bridges, Xiaoqian Jiang, Michael Ige, et al.