Tachinardi named chief health digital officer at the UC College...
March 4, 2022
Umberto Tachinardi, MD, has been appointed chief health digital officer for the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and UC Health
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STAT: Facing data gaps on transgender populations, researchers...
March 30, 2021
Clair Kronk, a doctoral student studying biomedical informatics with faculty at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, speaks with STAT about ways to health researchers relying on electronic health records can better identify transgender patients during research study.
Fox 19: UC students create COVID-19 Watcher
June 4, 2020
The COVID-19 Watcher, developed by two University of Cincinnati students, displays data from every county and 188 metropolitan areas in the country. Features of the dashboard include ranking of the worst affected areas and auto-generating plots that depict temporal changes in testing capacity, cases and deaths. The COVID-19 Watcher can provide the public with real-time updates of outbreaks in their area. The app pulls in data from the New York Times, which has been tracking COVID-19 cases since January, and merges it with sources from the U.S. Census to map cases for each county and metropolitan area.
‘Watcher’ tracks coronavirus in Cincinnati and beyond
May 28, 2020
Two University of Cincinnati students have developed an interactive dashboard which shows COVID-19 cases and deaths in Greater Cincinnati and other major U.S. cities. Known as the COVID-19 Watcher, it joins a list of options available to the public to track the novel coronavirus.
UC COVID-19 studies awarded $425K
April 15, 2020
Understanding that time was of the essence in combating this highly infectious disease, UC and its College of Medicine’s Office of Research conducted a rapid review and distribution of $425,000 in novel pilot grants to researchers, focusing on eradicating the disease.
Forbes: App helps connect isolated seniors with their families
March 29, 2020
The app HiLois, an invention of UC's Brett Harnett, is allowing senior citizens in assisted living facilities to connect with their families during quarantine. Forbes highlighted the technology.