Samah Fodeh, PhD
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and of Biostatics; Associate Director of Health Data Sciences and Education, Yale Center for Medical Informatics; Yale Institute of Global Health
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Research Summary
Build predictive models of healthcare outcomes. Characterize themes of patient-provider communication and link them to healthcare outcomes. Mine social media data to learn about social behaviors associated with critical healthcare outcomes such as suicide and opioid addiction.
Coauthors
Research Interests
Medical Informatics; Natural Language Processing; Social Behavior Disorders; Data Mining; Machine Learning
Public Health Interests
COVID-19
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Social media and Health informatics
Selected Publications
- Predictive Risk Model for Serious Falls Among Older Persons Living With HIVWomack JA, Murphy TE, Leo-Summers L, Bates J, Jarad S, Smith AC, Gill TM, Hsieh E, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Tien PC, Yin MT, Brandt CA, Justice AC. Predictive Risk Model for Serious Falls Among Older Persons Living With HIV JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2022, 91: 168-174. PMID: 36094483, PMCID: PMC9470988, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000003030.
- Mental Health Diagnoses are Not Associated With Indicators of Lower Quality Pain Care in Electronic Health Records of a National Sample of Veterans Treated in Veterans Health Administration Primary Care SettingsDobscha SK, Luther SL, Kerns RD, Finch DK, Goulet JL, Brandt CA, Skanderson M, Bathulapalli H, Fodeh SJ, Hahm B, Bouayad L, Lee A, Han L. Mental Health Diagnoses are Not Associated With Indicators of Lower Quality Pain Care in Electronic Health Records of a National Sample of Veterans Treated in Veterans Health Administration Primary Care Settings Journal Of Pain 2022, 24: 273-281. PMID: 36167230, PMCID: PMC9898089, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2022.08.009.
- Brief Report: Are Serious Falls Associated With Subsequent Fragility Fractures Among Veterans Living With HIV?Womack JA, Murphy TE, Ramsey C, Bathulapalli H, Leo-Summers L, Smith AC, Bates J, Jarad S, Gill TM, Hsieh E, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Tien PC, Yin MT, Brandt C, Justice AC. Brief Report: Are Serious Falls Associated With Subsequent Fragility Fractures Among Veterans Living With HIV? JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2021, 88: 192-196. PMID: 34506360, PMCID: PMC8513792, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000002752.
- Measuring pain care quality in the Veterans Health Administration primary care settingLuther SL, Finch DK, Bouayad L, McCart J, Han L, Dobscha SK, Skanderson M, Fodeh SJ, Hahm B, Lee A, Goulet JL, Brandt CA, Kerns RD. Measuring pain care quality in the Veterans Health Administration primary care setting Pain 2021, 163: e715-e724. PMID: 34724683, PMCID: PMC8920945, DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002477.
- Emergency care and the patient experience: Using sentiment analysis and topic modeling to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemicChekijian S, Li H, Fodeh S. Emergency care and the patient experience: Using sentiment analysis and topic modeling to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic Health And Technology 2021, 11: 1073-1082. PMID: 34414063, PMCID: PMC8363088, DOI: 10.1007/s12553-021-00585-z.
- Twitter-based analysis reveals differential COVID-19 concerns across areas with socioeconomic disparitiesSu Y, Venkat A, Yadav Y, Puglisi LB, Fodeh SJ. Twitter-based analysis reveals differential COVID-19 concerns across areas with socioeconomic disparities Computers In Biology And Medicine 2021, 132: 104336. PMID: 33761419, PMCID: PMC9159205, DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.104336.
- Utilizing a multi-class classification approach to detect therapeutic and recreational misuse of opioids on TwitterFodeh SJ, Al-Garadi M, Elsankary O, Perrone J, Becker W, Sarker A. Utilizing a multi-class classification approach to detect therapeutic and recreational misuse of opioids on Twitter Computers In Biology And Medicine 2020, 129: 104132. PMID: 33290931, PMCID: PMC7855783, DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2020.104132.
- Identification of Patients with Nontraumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage Using Administrative Claims DataSangal RB, Fodeh S, Taylor A, Rothenberg C, Finn EB, Sheth K, Matouk C, Ulrich A, Parwani V, Sather J, Venkatesh A. Identification of Patients with Nontraumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage Using Administrative Claims Data Journal Of Stroke And Cerebrovascular Diseases 2020, 29: 105306. PMID: 33070110, PMCID: PMC7686163, DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2020.105306.
- Defining facets of social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic: Twitter analysisKwon J, Grady C, Feliciano JT, Fodeh SJ. Defining facets of social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic: Twitter analysis Journal Of Biomedical Informatics 2020, 111: 103601. PMID: 33065264, PMCID: PMC7553881, DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2020.103601.
- Serious Falls in Middle‐Aged Veterans: Development and Validation of a Predictive Risk ModelWomack JA, Murphy TE, Bathulapalli H, Smith A, Bates J, Jarad S, Redeker NS, Luther SL, Gill TM, Brandt CA, Justice AC. Serious Falls in Middle‐Aged Veterans: Development and Validation of a Predictive Risk Model Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2020, 68: 2847-2854. PMID: 32860222, PMCID: PMC7744431, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16773.
- Exploring supervised machine learning approaches to predicting Veterans Health Administration chiropractic service utilizationColeman BC, Fodeh S, Lisi AJ, Goulet JL, Corcoran KL, Bathulapalli H, Brandt CA. Exploring supervised machine learning approaches to predicting Veterans Health Administration chiropractic service utilization Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2020, 28: 47. PMID: 32680545, PMCID: PMC7368704, DOI: 10.1186/s12998-020-00335-4.
- Reducing Annotation Burden Through Multimodal LearningLopez K, Fodeh SJ, Allam A, Brandt CA, Krauthammer M. Reducing Annotation Burden Through Multimodal Learning Frontiers In Big Data 2020, 3: 19. PMID: 33693393, PMCID: PMC7931886, DOI: 10.3389/fdata.2020.00019.
- Defining Facets of Social Distancing during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Twitter Analysisdoi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.26.20080937
- Influence of News Media and Public Health Agencies during Pre-Pandemic COVID-19: Twitter Analysishttps://doi.org/10.2196/preprints.19460
- Polypharmacy, Hazardous Alcohol and Illicit Substance Use, and Serious Falls Among PLWH and Uninfected Comparators.Womack JA, Murphy TE, Rentsch CT, Tate JP, Bathulapalli H, Smith AC, Bates J, Jarad S, Gibert CL, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Tien PC, Yin MT, Gill TM, Friedlaender G, Brandt CA, Justice AC. Polypharmacy, Hazardous Alcohol and Illicit Substance Use, and Serious Falls Among PLWH and Uninfected Comparators. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2019, 82: 305-313. PMID: 31339866, PMCID: PMC7176040, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000002130.
- Exploiting MEDLINE for gene molecular function prediction via NMF based multi-label classification.Fodeh SJ, Tiwari A. Exploiting MEDLINE for gene molecular function prediction via NMF based multi-label classification. Journal Of Biomedical Informatics 2018, 86: 160-166. PMID: 30130573, DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2018.08.009.
- Automatic extraction of informal topics from online suicidal ideation.Grant RN, Kucher D, León AM, Gemmell JF, Raicu DS, Fodeh SJ. Automatic extraction of informal topics from online suicidal ideation. BMC Bioinformatics 2018, 19: 211. PMID: 29897319, PMCID: PMC5998765, DOI: 10.1186/s12859-018-2197-z.
- Classifying clinical notes with pain assessment using machine learningFodeh SJ, Finch D, Bouayad L, Luther SL, Ling H, Kerns RD, Brandt C. Classifying clinical notes with pain assessment using machine learning Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing 2017, 56: 1285-1292. PMID: 29280092, PMCID: PMC6014866, DOI: 10.1007/s11517-017-1772-1.
- Ranking Medical Terms to Support Expansion of Lay Language Resources for Patient Comprehension of Electronic Health Record Notes: Adapted Distant Supervision Approach.Chen J, Jagannatha AN, Fodeh SJ, Yu H. Ranking Medical Terms to Support Expansion of Lay Language Resources for Patient Comprehension of Electronic Health Record Notes: Adapted Distant Supervision Approach. JMIR Medical Informatics 2017, 5: e42. PMID: 29089288, PMCID: PMC5686421, DOI: 10.2196/medinform.8531.
- Ranking medical jargon in electronic health record notes by adapted distant supervisionJinying Chen, Abhyuday N. Jagannatha, Samah J. Jarad, Hong Yu. Journal of Medical Internet Research- Medical Informatics, 2017
- Classifying Clinical Notes with Pain Assessment.Fodeh SJ, Finch D, Bouayad L, Luther S, Kerns RD, Brandt C. Classifying Clinical Notes with Pain Assessment. 2017, 245: 1261. PMID: 29295346.
- Estimating healthcare mobility in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare SystemWang KH, Goulet JL, Carroll CM, Skanderson M, Fodeh S, Erdos J, Womack JA, Abel EA, Bathulapalli H, Justice AC, Nunez-Smith M, Brandt CA. Estimating healthcare mobility in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System BMC Health Services Research 2016, 16: 609. PMID: 27769221, PMCID: PMC5075153, DOI: 10.1186/s12913-016-1841-4.
- Mining Big Data in biomedicine and health care.Fodeh S, Zeng Q. Mining Big Data in biomedicine and health care. Journal Of Biomedical Informatics 2016, 63: 400-403. PMID: 27670091, DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2016.09.014.
- Electronic approaches to making sense of the text in the adverse event reporting systemBenin AL, Fodeh SJ, Lee K, Koss M, Miller P, Brandt C. Electronic approaches to making sense of the text in the adverse event reporting system Journal Of Healthcare Risk Management 2016, 36: 10-20. PMID: 27547874, DOI: 10.1002/jhrm.21237.
- Classification of radiology reports for falls in an HIV study cohortBates J, Fodeh SJ, Brandt CA, Womack JA. Classification of radiology reports for falls in an HIV study cohort Journal Of The American Medical Informatics Association 2015, 23: e113-e117. PMID: 26567329, PMCID: PMC4954638, DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocv155.
- Clinical data mining.Zeng QT, Fodeh S. Clinical data mining. Computers In Biology And Medicine 2015, 62: 293. PMID: 26067752, DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2015.05.014.
- Baseline Cluster Membership Demonstrates Positive Associations with First Occurrence of Multiple Gerontologic Outcomes Over 10 YearsFodeh SJ, Trentalange M, Allore HG, Gill TM, Brandt CA, Murphy TE. Baseline Cluster Membership Demonstrates Positive Associations with First Occurrence of Multiple Gerontologic Outcomes Over 10 Years Experimental Aging Research 2015, 41: 177-192. PMID: 25724015, PMCID: PMC4347941, DOI: 10.1080/0361073x.2015.1001655.
- Clinical Data MiningQing Zeng, Samah Fodeh, Computers in biology and medicine;62(C):293, 2015
- Baseline Cluster Membership Demonstrates Positive Associations with First Occurrence of Multiple Gerontological Outcomes over 10 YearsS.J. Fodeh, M. Trentalange, H.G. Allore, T.M. Gill, C.A. Brandt, and T.E. Murphy. Baseline Cluster Membership Demonstrates Positive Associations with First Occurrence of Multiple Gerontological Outcomes over 10 Years. Experimental Aging Research 2014.
- Validating a natural language processing tool to exclude psychogenic nonepileptic seizures in electronic medical record-based epilepsy researchHamid H, Fodeh SJ, Lizama AG, Czlapinski R, Pugh MJ, LaFrance WC, Brandt CA. Validating a natural language processing tool to exclude psychogenic nonepileptic seizures in electronic medical record-based epilepsy research Epilepsy & Behavior 2013, 29: 578-580. PMID: 24135384, DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.09.025.
- Complementary ensemble clustering of biomedical dataFodeh SJ, Brandt C, Luong TB, Haddad A, Schultz M, Murphy T, Krauthammer M. Complementary ensemble clustering of biomedical data Journal Of Biomedical Informatics 2013, 46: 436-443. PMID: 23454721, PMCID: PMC4007219, DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2013.02.001.
- Functional Impairments as Symptoms in the Symptom Cluster Analysis of Patients Newly Diagnosed With Advanced CancerFodeh SJ, Lazenby M, Bai M, Ercolano E, Murphy T, McCorkle R. Functional Impairments as Symptoms in the Symptom Cluster Analysis of Patients Newly Diagnosed With Advanced Cancer Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2013, 46: 500-510. PMID: 23380336, PMCID: PMC4321795, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2012.09.011.
- Enhancing Clustering by Exploiting Complementary Data Modalities in the Medical DomainFodeh SJ, Haddad A, Brandt C, Schultz M, Krauthammer M. Enhancing Clustering by Exploiting Complementary Data Modalities in the Medical Domain 2012, 381: 357-367. PMID: 29479376, PMCID: PMC5823526, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-33409-2_37.
- Characterizing Clinical Text and Sublanguage: A Case Study of the VA Clinical Notes.Zeng, Q. T., D. Redd, G. Divita, S. Jarad, and C. Brandt. "Characterizing Clinical Text and Sublanguage: A Case Study of the VA Clinical Notes." J Health Med Informat S 3 (2011): 2.
- On ontology-driven document clustering using core semantic features.Fodeh, Samah, Bill Punch, and Pang-Ning Tan. "On ontology-driven document clustering using core semantic features." Knowledge and information systems 28.2 (2011): 395-421.
- Mining Big Biomedical Data,Samah Fodeh, International Journal of Knowledge Discovery in Bioinformatics (IJKDB) 6(1), 2016.
- Leveraging Twitter to better identify suicide riskSamah Fodeh, Joseph Goulet, Cynthia Brandt, Hamada Al-Talib.In Proceedings of Machine Learning Research (PMLR) form the First International Workshop on Medical Informatics and Healthcare (MIH) held with the International conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, V:69, pp:1-7, 2017.
- Automatic Classification of Critical Findings in Radiology Reports21. Aditya Tiwari, Samah Fodeh, Steven Baccie, Max Rosen.In Proceedings of Machine Learning Research (PMLR) form the First International Workshop on Medical Informatics and Healthcare (MIH) held with the International conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, V:69, pp 35-39, 2017.