Biomedical Informatics Roundtable Podcast

24/03/2022

In Episode 17 we discuss in-person conferencing during the pandemic & learning from failure along with our news & items of interest.

In this episode, Jason and Marylyn are back together to discuss progress in their new leadership roles. Marylyn discusses her experience organizing and attending an in-person bioinformatics conference during the COVID-19 pandemic. The training segment covers strategies for teaching about and learnin...

28/06/2021

Episode 15 has dropped! In this 16th episode we discuss a non-profit called New Science which is promoting change in how research is done. We also discuss methods for finding the motivation and discipline to write papers, grants, etc. We include open software and open data segments in addition to our usual news and items of interest. We also feature part one of a two-part series on the history of expert systems led by Dr. John Holmes.

In this 16th episode we discuss a non-profit called New Science which is promoting change in how research is done. We also discuss methods for finding the motivation and discipline to write papers, grants, etc. We include open software and open data segments in addition to our usual news and items o...

24/05/2021

Our latest has dropped!

In this episode we discuss tips for cultivating a career in informatics. We present a number of interesting news items in addition to some open data and software tools. We end with some advice for junior faculty just starting out. A field guide to cultivating computational biology What will we fin...

12/01/2021

We just recorded Episode 12! Hope to have to have this edited and out before the end of the month. We will introduce a new segment on biomedical informatics history.

26/12/2020

Episode 11 is live! We discuss leadership roles in informatics and data science and discuss training students for alternative careers. We present a new JAMIA paper on what we learned from the pandemic. We also cover several news items. http://bmipodcast.org/podcast/episode-11-leadership-roles/

In this twelfth episode, we discuss the roles of successful data science and informatics leaders in academia. We review a paper on the challenges and opportunities of electronic health records and informatics for dealing with national emergencies. We discuss preparing graduate students for non-acade...

03/12/2020

We are recording next week! Stay tuned!

16/09/2020

We will not be recording this month due to some big deadlines. We will be back in October!

13/08/2020

A new piece in Nature on impostor syndrome. We covered this in Episode 1.

There are ways to shut up that insidious inner critic, says Paris Grey.

03/08/2020

Episode 9, our 10th!, is now available. We welcome Dr. Kevin Johnson from Vanderbilt University as our guest host to chat about leadership coaching. We discuss teaching AI in medical education & using twitter for science communication in addition to our usual informatics items of interest and news.

In this tenth episode, we feature guest host Dr. Kevin Johnson from Vanderbilt University who leads a discussion on the value of leadership coaching. We review a paper about teaching artificial intelligence to medical students and provide some tips for science communication via twitter during our tr...

30/06/2020

Episode 8 is out!

In this ninth episode, we discuss the analysis of COVID-19 testing and surveillance data with guest host Dr. Jeff Morris from the University of Pennsylvania who is the founder and author of the popular COVID-19 Data Science blog. We also discuss several high-profile papers retracted from the New Eng...

28/02/2020

Our fifth episode is live! We discuss strategies for motivating junior faculty and discuss a review paper on visual analytics. Finally, in our training advice segment, we discuss the qualities and skills found in effective leaders. We also present several interesting news items and mention some upcoming conferences and deadlines. We are also pleased to have passed 1000 downloads!

In this fifth episode, we discuss strategies for motivating junior faculty and discuss a review paper on visual analytics. Finally, in our training advice segment, we discuss the qualities and skill found in effective leaders. We also present several interesting news items and mention some upcoming...

31/01/2020

Our fourth episode has been released! We discuss informatics journals & present a paper on deep phenotyping. We also discuss what to do if someone else has your research idea.

http://bmipodcast.org/podcast/informatics-journals/

In this fourth episode, we discuss top informatics journals and a paper on deep phenotyping in the EHR. We also discuss the PhenX toolkit in our open data segment. Finally, in our training advice segment, we discuss “How to deal with someone else having my idea especially when they do it first”....

28/01/2020

We are recording today!

16/01/2020

We are planning our next podcast recording for the end of month!

24/12/2019

We are officially on the University of Pennsylvania holiday break until after January 1st! See you in 2020!

18/12/2019

The third episode of our Biomedical Informatics Roundtable podcast is now live! We discuss data science, clinical cognition in the EHR, the 2109 AMIA conference, and some tips for writing informatics methods grants. http://bmipodcast.org/

Welcome to the Biomedical Informatics Roundtable Podcast. Our goal is to bring to you discussion of hot topics, recent papers, news, conferences, open data, open-source software, and advice for trainees as well as interviews and spotlights with our colleagues from around the world. We hope you find....

08/11/2019

Our second podcast has been published. We discuss machine learning model interpretation and present a paper on mobile health. We also feature an open-source software package called ROMOP and discuss impostor syndrome.

In this second episode, we open with a discussion topic on machine learning model interpretation. We discuss a review paper on mobile health and feature a special segment by Dr. Ben Glicksberg on his open-source ROMOP R package. In our training segment, we discuss impostor syndrome. We also cover so...

04/11/2019

We recorded our second episode today! Hope to have it published in a few days. The discussion topic is machine learning interpretation. We also review a paper on mobile health and discuss impostor syndrome with some advice for trainees.