Eilbeck Lab

Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah

  • End of Summer 2024

    The last academic year went by like a flash. The fall was all about 2 students finishing up and defending. That is always bittersweet. Seonggyun and Amber are on to the next stage of their careers. The spring and summer we have been writing papers and going to meetings. We were really excited to finally […]

  • Summer 2023

    The fall semester started this week and reminded me that I have not done a data dump in a long time. The lab has been busy since the last update – this time last year. It is amazing how time flies. Papers Kiser AC, Eilbeck K, Bucher BT. Developing an LSTM Model to Identify Surgical Site […]

  • Summer Update 2022

    Students 2 PhD students, Evan Chistensen and Lourdez Valdez have joined the group. Michael Watkins successfully defended and is now continuing his work in biomedical standards and interoperability at the University of Chicago. Papers Wesołowski S, Lemmon G, Hernandez EJ, Henrie A, Miller TA, Weyhrauch D, Puchalski MD, Bray BE, Shah RU, Deshmukh VG, Delaney […]

  • Summer 2021 Updates

    We have been busy working off-site for over a year and are getting ready to transition back to the office. We have a new Chair – Yves Lussier, which has freed up some of my time. Here are some updates from the past few months. Students: ResultsMyWay: combining Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR), Clinical Quality […]

  • Investigating the Role of Infertility in Endometriosis Risk

    Whooohoooo! Amber Kiser has had a poster accepted for the upcoming American Society for Reproductive Medicine conference. Amber has been using various machine learning techniques to explore the potential of earlier diagnosis of Endometriosis.

  • Redefining fundamental concepts of transcription initiation in bacteria

    A collaborative paper with researchers across the globe came out in NRG as an ExpertRecommendation. My part was helping with the ontological definitions of the sequence features involved in bacterial gene regulation. Updates to the operon way of thinking. It was lovely to work with such thoughtful people. Redefining fundamental concepts of transcription initiation in bacteria 

  • Summer 2020 updates.

    It has been a while since I last updated – but this time, it has been a combination of teaching load, COVID, budget season, grant writing, white coats for black lives, and teetering on the verge of burnout. DBMI has been working at home since March. In BMI we have all become adept at zoom […]

  • Almost Spring updates

    I feel guilty for neglecting my blog.  A few updates Michael Watkins and Andrew Miller in the group are off to Houston to present at the AMIA summit. Michael will present work on a Fhir app for lab data and Andrew is presenting his work with the VA on limb implants. Congratulations to Michael Watkins for […]

  • All the other updates in one post

    It has been a  busy few months. I have become interim chair of my department. I am learning so much and have some great mentors and support network. I am now PI of two training grants – our NLM T15 Biomedical Informatics Training Grant and an NIDDK T32 for University of Utah Interdisciplinary Training Program in […]

  • Students that have come and gone

    I had two great students, Jordan Little(undergrad research program) and Krystal Chung (Molecular Biology rotation) working on projects this year. They are both wonderful budding academics. Our department got a supplement to our training grant to support 6 students in the Undergraduate research program. We had a fun summer with some new faces.