Peter Embí

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Master of Digital Health Degree To the Editor We read with interest and some consternation the recent Viewpoint advocating for the creation of a new master of digital health (MDH) degree.1 While we agree that expanding the workforce...

@prpayne5.bsky.social, Geneieve Melton-Meaux, and Peter Embí have a letter in JAMA discussing the creation of a new Master of Digital Health degree. They emphasize strengthening current informatics programs to serve digital health education better. 🌐👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️
Check it out: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

He does it all folks. Commencement address and now opening keynote for the UT System #AI Symposium in #Healthcare. Thank you @embimd.bsky.social for giving an amazing keynote.

Not only is @embimd.bsky.social our Commencement 🎓 Speaker, but he is also a keynote speaker for the UT System AI Symposium in Healthcare, which kicks off tomorrow.
#ClassOf2025 #MSBMIgraduation #HealthcareAI

CCTSI's Director of Health Informatics Jayashree Kalpathy-Cramer, PhD, kicked off Day 2 of our Annual External Advisory Committee with an overview of her program's goals and achievements. Thanks to @embimd.bsky.social for the discussion on AI integration and training at @cuanschutz.bsky.social.

Launching the Trustworthy and Responsible AI Network (TRAIN) This Viewpoint lays out the genesis of Trustworthy and Responsible AI Network (TRAIN) and strategies for ensuring effective and safe use of AI throughout the US health care system.

nice work @embimd.bsky.social et al. "Practical collaboratives like TRAIN...offer significant value...access to a range of tools, resources, & opportunities...for the benefit of patients, populations, and the broader health care ecosystem." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Table. Five Upfront Questions to Assess Hospital Preparedness for Responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Viewpoint: While the European Union's AI Act provides the regulatory foundation for trustworthy #AI in health care, TRAIN-Europe focuses on the practical application of these principles through shared best practices and cross-border collaboration.

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Figure. TRAIN’s Relationship to Other Entities in the Evolving Health Artificial Intelligence (AI) Ecosystem

Viewpoint: The Trustworthy and Responsible AI Network (TRAIN), established by multiple health systems and
@microsoft.com, aims to advance the safe, effective, and equitable use of #AI in health care.

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🧵 Two new JAMA Viewpoints highlight the US and European perspectives for ensuring the safe, effective, and ethical use of #AI in health care.

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Important #AI chatbot for medical diagnosis report today @naturemedicine.bsky.social by @rajpurkar.bsky.social and colleagues, and coverage @newscientist.bsky.social
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Year in Review 2024: Appointments strengthen Medical Center’s missions Numerous additions and appointments during the past year are enhancing Vanderbilt University Medical Center's missions.

Year in Review 2024: Appointments strengthen Medical Center’s missions news.vumc.org/2024/12/23/y...

Fantastic to welcome so many outstanding leaders and innovators to their new roles at @vumc-insights.bsky.social in 2024! 👏 👏

Year in Review 2024: A year of growth, accomplishments for VUMC The following is a roundup of the news that made headlines at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2024.

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Such amazing growth and accomplishments in 2024 at @vumc-insights.bsky.social! Several are highlighted here, including discoveries and initiatives in #HealthAI and #PrecisionMedicine led by @vumcdbmi.bsky.social faculty and staff.

Can’t wait to see what 2025 brings!

Thanks, Tom! Happy new year!

Year in Review 2024: Medical Center shines in several national rankings During the past year, Vanderbilt University Medical Center placed highly in several national rankings and was honored with numerous awards.

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Very proud of @vumc-insights.bsky.social achieving multiple national rankings in 2024, including as a leading health system in AI, according to Becker’s Healthcare, thanks to leadership by our @vumcdbmi.bsky.social #ADVANCE center! tinyurl.com/VumcAI

Year in Review 2024: Appointments strengthen Medical Center’s missions Numerous additions and appointments during the past year are enhancing Vanderbilt University Medical Center's missions.

Year in Review 2024: Appointments strengthen Medical Center’s missions news.vumc.org/2024/12/23/y...

Fantastic to welcome so many outstanding leaders and innovators to their new roles at @vumc-insights.bsky.social in 2024! 👏 👏

Please don’t let anything happen to Kevin Bacon

🥓 We’ll be ok in 2025 as long as Kevin Bacon is ok.

#happynewyear 😅🥂🍾🎊

Year in Review 2024: A year of growth, accomplishments for VUMC The following is a roundup of the news that made headlines at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2024.

news.vumc.org/2024/12/23/y...

Such amazing growth and accomplishments in 2024 at @vumc-insights.bsky.social! Several are highlighted here, including discoveries and initiatives in #HealthAI and #PrecisionMedicine led by @vumcdbmi.bsky.social faculty and staff.

Can’t wait to see what 2025 brings!

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Congratulations! We are all within hours of surviving 2024 & ready to face the challenges of the decade that will be 2025.

Original Article: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Infections in Humans nej.md/3VU4R8I

Editorial: The Emerging Threat of H5N1 to Human Health nej.md/4fKc42s

Correspondence: Critical Illness in an Adolescent with Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Infection nej.md/4gR18Rt

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Carter Names Record Number of Minorities to Federal Bench

Please remember that President Carter appointed more minorities and women to the bench than all previous presidents combined. He was the first President to embrace the concept of bringing racial diversity to the federal bench. A key aspect of his legacy.
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Opinion | America Needs More Jimmy Carters He was a model ex-president and achieved a great deal in office.

Jimmy Carter “described his second career as ‘waging peace.’ That work remains far from finished, and it remains for those who admired Mr. Carter to continue,” the editorial board writes.

Guinea worm 1951 map

Guinea worm 1999 map

A lot of people know Guinea worm is close to eradication, thanks to the work of President Carter and the Carter Center, but I bet you've never seen a map of its original global distribution. It's pretty staggering to think about. Here's a couple maps from 1951 (left) and 1999 (right):

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Opinion | America Needs More Jimmy Carters He was a model ex-president and achieved a great deal in office.

From @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Jimmy Carter “described his second career as ‘waging peace.’ That work remains far from finished, and it remains for those who admired Mr. Carter to continue,” the editorial board writes.

Blog | It’s the End of the World…for Guinea Worm Disease It’s the horrific plague, the “fiery serpent” of the Bible, found in Egyptian mummies, and may be the inspiration of the modern symbol for medicine. Found today only in the most isolated and neglected...

He certainly will be missed. Thanks for this great example of his extraordinary legacy.

As a microbiology major, I found the Guinea “fire” worm both fascinating and awful.

This ancient disease likely inspired the staff of Asclepius, our symbol for Medicine.
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Lessons From the Low-Tech Defeat of the Guinea Worm (Gift Article) Sometimes medical advances are accomplished not through scientific breakthroughs, but through education and persuasion.

The world is so much better because Jimmy Carter was in it. Among his many accomplishments, he’s massively responsible for eradicating the second disease in human history.

He will be missed.

Read: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/12/upshot/lessons-from-the-low-tech-defeat-of-the-guinea-worm-.htm…

Report: NIH Needs a Women’s Health Institute This Medical News article discusses a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on persistent gaps in women’s health research and key recommendations that would req...

A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine discusses persistent gaps in women’s health research and key recommendations that would require $16 billion in congressional funding.

Learn more from this Medical News article.