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Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Committee on Accelerating Behavioral Science through Ontology Development and Use
Pages 143-150

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... He is also a distinguished research professor of health policy and management at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) , where he previously led the UCLA/RAND AHRQ health services training program and the UCLA/RAND Centers for Disease Control Prevention Research Center.
From page 144...
... His research focuses on data-driven medicine with applications of informatics techniques, including artificial intelligence and machine learning methods in medicine in order to solve big and heterogeneous data problems. He is focused on data mining, including the social Web, to provide insights into health-related behavior and health outcomes of various populations for development of interventions that promote public and consumer health.
From page 145...
... Previously, he held a faculty position with the department of psychology at the University of Hawaii, and he served as the clinical director of the Hawaii Department of Health's Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division. His ongoing research is aimed at improving the effectiveness of mental health service systems for children through innovation in mental health treatment design, clinical decision making, information-delivery models, and service system architecture.
From page 146...
... Many of her National Institutes of Health-funded randomized controlled trials additionally focus on changing both clinician and patient behavior, to ultimately improve length or quality of patient life.
From page 147...
... fellow and a recipient of the National Institute of Mental Health Biobehavioral Research Award for Innovative New Scientists, the National Science Foundation CAREER Award, and APS Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions.
From page 148...
... His research focuses on inter- and intraindividual variation in mental health experiences over time and factors that increase resilience to stress in older adults, specifically among diverse patient populations disproportionately impacted by dementia and cancer. The main goal of his work is to develop and test cognitive and behavioral interventions that promote healthy aging.
From page 149...
... Her background is in clinical informatics and computer science, and her research interests include ontologies, standard terminologies, semantic Web, information extraction and integration, machine learning, as well as applying these technologies to clinical and translational studies. She is a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S.


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