BIDS Grand Rounds
Learning Health Systems: Bridging Clinical Research to Practice through Medical Informatics
Abstract: Medical informatics is the critical bridge connecting clinical research to practice within a Learning Healthcare System (LHS). This presentation highlights the core bioinformatics capabilities and activities of the VA CSP-CERC center in the context of establishing a quality management system using large observational databases and causal inference research to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of treatment strategies, aiding medical professionals in patient care decisions. This involves leveraging high-quality VA data with scalable advanced statistical methods, especially when randomized clinical trials are impractical.
Speaker Bio: Mihaela Aslan, PhD, is a Senior Research Scientist at the Yale School of Medicine and the Director of the Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies Program Clinical Epidemiology Research Center (CSP-CERC). As a mathematical statistician, she conducts methodological research using high-dimensional data on a wide range of clinical topics, such as causal inference methods leveraging electronic medical records to emulate randomized clinical trials.
CME accredited seminar. Information for claiming credit will be provided at the start of the session.