Jim Harper

OneFlorida researchers at the University of Florida (UF) have been invited to give one of 14 breakout sessions at the UF Provost’s Annual Faculty Gathering on Jan. 10. The 2020 gathering focuses on how faculty, researchers, academic staff and graduate students can help to build trust in research. A team…

The OneFlorida i2b2 cohort discovery tool is now available on the OneFlorida website. The tool provides consortium researchers with a secure, fast and simple way to access some 15 million patient records and other statewide health care data for cohort discovery and prep-to-research.  “Now, researchers can easily identify patient populations…

Yonghui Wu, Ph.D. With an estimated $1 million funding award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), a team of OneFlorida researchers is developing natural language processing (NLP) methods to access clinical notes in electronic health records and extract social and behavioral factors associated with cancer outcomes.

OneFlorida researchers Kathryn Shaw, Myra Smith, Rhonda Cooper-DeHoff, Pharm.D., M.S., and Sujung Choi presented “Roadmap for Collaborative Query Development in PCORnet” at the 2019 Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Annual Meeting held in Washington, D.C. on September 18-20. Informed by real-world query-development experience, the team mapped out the process for…

OneFlorida has teamed with Boston University and the University of Vermont Coordinator Research Professionals networks to offer a series of free, online workshops for clinicians, scientists and research coordinators on how to conduct excellent team science. The workshops are based on a framework of core professional skills required for researchers…

OneFlorida partners University of Florida Health and University of Miami Health will participate in the National Institute on Aging’s PREVENTABLE study to examine the overall benefits and risks of cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins in adults age 75 or older without cardiovascular disease. The trial, which will test statins in…

OneFlorida partners working with the national All of Us Research Program are helping to change the face of health care research by enrolling people who were often left out of clinical studies in the past.  “We’re really excited about the progress we made in our diversity recruiting efforts during…